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  • A Technical Comparison of Distributed Social Media Protocols v3

    calendar Mar 8, 2026 · 82 min read · tech protocols nostr activitypub atproto  ·

    Update 3/14/2026: I’ve updated the post to reflect that porting Nomadic Identities to Activity Pub is still ongoing. Shoutout to [email protected]. Also, less than 24 hours posting this, BlueSky CEO Jay Grabber has stepped down from her roll. A change in leadership may change the state of the platform, …


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  • This is Fine: an Interim Microblogging Protocols Update

    calendar Dec 7, 2025 · 43 min read · tech protocols nostr activitypub atproto  ·

    As is customary on my microblogging posts, let’s get us started with an original meme. Also, if you’d like to read my previous Microblogging Protocols compared posts, you can read v1 here and v2 here. It’s been a little over a year since I made my updated microblogging protocols comparison. Since then …


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  • NFTs and Dark Web Shenanagins

    calendar Jun 18, 2025 · 46 min read · tor i2p protocols projects ipfs activitypub nostr  ·

    A based design that makes a web that’s true ICANNs and NATs embrace shall be no more Behind a Pi or in the cloud for you We use that tool be I2P or Tor Come join a world of speech that can flow free The words by truths of math they shall be bound A power built right in that’s DHT Identity by key pairs holds …


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  • The Vibe Coding Chronicles

    calendar Apr 13, 2025 · 8 min read · ai activitypub nostr  ·

    POV: You’re a professional dev watching me talk about vibe coding: Your browser does not support the video tag. I’m not exactly a stranger to using AI code, parts of nipy-bridge like the part that handles posts based on size was written by Chat GPT via Duck.AI, and I regularly use a Mixtral-Dolphin written …


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  • Microblogging Protocols Compared v2

    calendar Aug 11, 2024 · 70 min read · tech protocols nostr activitypub atproto  ·

    Update: September 20th, 2024: I was incorrect regarding AT’s (BlueSky) inability to fully delete things, the protocol DOES support fully deleting posts from the user’s repo and I’ve updated the post to reflect that. Read more. Big thanks to Ryan for providing the info. Also, on a less important update …


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  • ActivityPub/Nostr/AT-BlueSky Compared

    calendar Jan 30, 2024 · 33 min read · tech protocols nostr activitypub atproto  ·

    Note: This post is out of date, here’s a more up to date version Update August 5th 2024 I have some good and bad news regarding this post. First, I made two mistakes. AT crawlers are not in fact crawlers, they are called relays. Also, shared inboxes are actually part of the Activity Pub W3C standard as apposed to …


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