Michael Black

@michael.bsky.team

Software Engineer Bluesky App Team "Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should" 📍 Chicago, IL

hey self-hosters! we’re planning to raise default PDS blob size limits to 300M soon to allow users to upload longer videos (up to ~10 minutes at 3mbit) by default. any thoughts?

there was a recent bug in the Bluesky app that caused some people's chat permission settings to switch to "No one" we already fixed the bug, but folks may want to double-check their settings to make sure they are set the way they want. go here: bsky.app/messages/set... look for these settings:

Screenshot of the chat notification settings in the Bluesky app.

we're making big moves to make the app better and more performant. soon, we'll be enabling the react native new architecture. want to help us test it out? you now can! iOS: join the TestFlight beta testflight.apple.com/join/UjM5zxM9 Android: use this prerelease APK github.com/bluesky-soci...

Release v1.128.0 RC 1 (New Arch) · bluesky-social/social-app

Experimental New Arch Build This build contains experimental changes to enable the React Native New Architecture. Thank you for helping us test it out! If you find any bugs, please file a GitHub Is...

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I think there's a lot of opportunity for sports in the Atmosphere. A standard set of lexicons could define games, statistics, standings, events, etc. Leagues could produce their own records and own their own data. Atmosphere apps/sites could easily follow live updates.

About unread chat badges on the nav bar. We recently changed how chat unread counts work. Before: we would get the 31 (IIRC) most recently messaged convos and see if there were any unreads among them.