I helped the Bluesky team write a paper explaining the underlying architecture and the reasons why it works the way it does. Releasing the paper today to celebrate that you no longer need an invite code to sign up for a Bluesky account: arxiv.org/abs/2402.03239

Bluesky and the AT Protocol: Usable Decentralized Social Media

Bluesky is a new social network built upon the AT Protocol, a decentralized foundation for public social media. It was launched in private beta in February 2023, and has grown to over 3 million...

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My ElixirConf keynote, the foundations of the Elixir type system, is up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giYbq4HmfGA Thank you @ElixirConf, sponsors, and everyone who attended. Next week I will publish a blog post on @elixirlang with further discussion on gradual typing. Enjoy the weekend!

There’s this YouTube channel that releases maybe 1-2 videos per year but they are absolute bangers. It’s called KRAZAM and it’s the only one I set to get notifications for new videos. If you work in tech, you might also find them funny & worth watching: https://youtube.com/@KRAZAM