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After my critique of Bluesky's 2026 Report resonated across the Atmosphere, the company's new interim CEO reached out. We talked about what went wrong, what collaboration should look like, and why private data is the next test of whether the words match the work.

The Marshmallow Test

At AtmosphereConf, Bluesky celebrated its community, then signaled it's willing to eat them alive. No context. No acknowledgment. I was in the room.

ATProto Has a Profile Problem. Lexicon Generics Could Help.

As the Atmosphere grows beyond Bluesky, assuming every user has a Bluesky profile won't hold up. A base profile sounds like the fix, but the UX gets weird fast. Lexicon generics — a pattern built from existing ATProto concepts — could make profile-type records discoverable and translatable across apps without flattening them into a single record.

Discord Isn't Requiring a Face Scan — Your Legislators Are

Yesterday's headline in The Verge had people planning their Discord exodus overnight. But the real story isn't about Discord — it's about legislators demanding surveillance infrastructure.

Searching through Dev Documentation Straight from Discord, Powered by Algolia

Managing the communities around open source software is a full time job in itself, and we maintainers can use all the help we can get.

"Tabs vs Spaces" Is All Sorts of Messed Up

The debate about tabs vs spaces is as old as the internet itself (I assume), and the way that we go about deciding which one to use is far more selfish than you realise.

Melody: A New Way to RegEx

Writing RegEx has always felt like using blood to draw runes in the dirt for the purpose of enacting an arcane incantation, but... maybe it doesn't have to be that way. 🤔

It's Time to Move On From Twitch...

Twitch has treated me well, but it's time to try out some greener pastures.

What would you do if your computer caught on fire?

Have you ever wondered what you'd do if you spent the day working on a huge new feature, only for your machine to catch on fire before you push the code? Well… I'll bet you're wondering about it now. 🙃

Making a Video Game in Zero Easy Steps!

Performance Testing CSS with the Chrome DevTools

Building Web Apps with Firebase

Data modeling makes everything easier when you're building an app. I'll explore my own data modeling process and discuss how I decide what data I need in my database.