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The Tropopause

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The tropopause is the boundary between the troposphere, where we all live, and the rest of the atmosphere above. This blog lives in the same spot: a place to pause between the things I'm building and the bigger open social web they're part of. Expect notes on building with atproto (for work and for fun!), what I'm learning from folks in the community, dispatches from co-hosting a local atproto meetup, and probably some opinions about community and building healthy spaces on the internet.

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Atproto Is the Context Window You Own
Aug 21, 2026
I don't think it's a coincidence that atproto is taking off at the same time AI is. Well, okay, it kind of is a coincidence. I don't think anybody planned these things to work out at the same time. But it's a lucky alignment that I think is worth savoring: AI is maturing at exactly the moment the atproto ecosystem is getting diverse enough for your data to really mean something. AI is the tool, and your atproto data is the substrate. Quick disclosure before we go further: I'm an engineer at Blue...
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On Atproto and Atmospheric Groups
Jul 10, 2026
I'm starting A Fresh Blog(tm), this time on Pckt. I wanted a dedicated space to post about development, atproto, and community thoughts, and a new space felt like the right place for it. Plus I wanted to get in on standard.site summer while it's still ongoing. Before I get into any of that, though, an introduction. As of a little over a month ago, I work at Bluesky! Before that I was a staff engineer at GitHub, and a long time before that I have a background in public health, which colors a lot ...
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