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Software engineer @bsky.app exploring the Atmosphere with @attie.ai Topics: accessibility, refactoring, AI & career growth Podcast: @overcommitted.dev Website: brittanyellich.com ATProto Site: opensocial.community #pdx #atproto

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Brittany Ellich
Brittany EllichJul 26, 2026
108 PRs in eight days: Accidentally discovering loop engineering
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The Tropopause
The TropopauseJul 10, 2026
On Atproto and Atmospheric Groups
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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Web Dev Challenge (a CodeTV production)
Web Dev Challenge (a CodeTV production)Jun 4, 2026
Rebuild your website (again) | Web Dev Challenge Season 3
Reclaim your lil corner of the internet with an atproto-powered website. Watch community devs build their own atmospheric websites on Web Dev Challenge from CodeTV.
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Brittany Ellich
Brittany EllichMar 30, 2026
Why I'm betting on ATProto (and why you should, too)
Social media was supposed to connect us, but most of it has turned into ads, division, and loneliness. I'm betting on ATProto as a way to fix that, and not just for developers. Whether you're a scientist, journalist, or just someone who wants the internet to feel human again, I think ATProto matters for you too.
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Vibe: Overwhelmingly Positive
Vibe: Overwhelmingly PositiveJan 20, 2026
Capacity is relative
You can handle so much more than you think
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Brittany Ellich
Brittany EllichJan 13, 2026
AI Has an Image Problem
I spent 2025 going from skeptical to genuinely excited about AI tools. My non-tech friends and family spent 2025 learning to hate them. The AI industry has fumbled this introduction so badly that we've turned a useful set of tools into a cultural flashpoint - but the damage isn't irreversible.
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Vibe: Overwhelmingly Positive
Vibe: Overwhelmingly PositiveJan 10, 2026
The subtle peer pressure of working in public
How to go from starting things to finishing things.
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Brittany Ellich
Brittany EllichJan 9, 2026
2025 in review
2025 was my year of doing ALL the things - speaking at 5+ conferences, starting a podcast, shipping side projects, and somehow not completely burning out. I learned that momentum creates more momentum, perfectionism is overrated, and seeing people in real life again after years of isolation is actually really, really good.
techlife
Brittany Ellich
Brittany EllichDec 20, 2025
Representing groups in ATProto
I wanted to add book clubs to my GoodReads-like app (Collective), but ATProto doesn't have a standard way to handle shared group resources yet. So I'm building opensocial.community—a separate service that manages groups independently from any single app. This means the same book club could potentially work across multiple apps (imagine your book club having both a reading list in Collective AND a discussion forum in another app), and groups can migrate between providers if needed. It's probably over-engineered for my use case, but might help other ATProto developers building community features.
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Brittany Ellich
Brittany EllichNov 24, 2025
A Software Engineer's Guide to Agentic Software Development
I've cracked the code on breaking the eternal cycle - features win, tech debt piles up, codebase becomes 'legacy', and an eventual rewrite. Using coding agents at GitHub, I now merge multiple tech debt PRs weekly while still delivering features. Tickets open for months get closed. 'Too hard to change' code actually improves. This is the story of the workflow.
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Brittany Ellich
Brittany EllichAug 6, 2025
I finally added Bluesky comments and likes to my blog (and you can too!)
Learn how to add Bluesky comments and likes to your blog in under an hour using ATProto integration, with copy-paste code for Astro sites.
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Brittany Ellich
Brittany EllichDec 22, 2024
2024 in review
A look back at parental leave, switching teams at GitHub, finding crochet, and starting therapy and an SSRI that changed everything.
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