A Social Filesystem — overreacted

kept by eddie jan 19

The article argues that social media data should be stored as open files in a distributed filesystem, using the AT Protocol's records, lexicons, and DIDs to decouple data from apps.

Internet Handle
The piece argues that domains should serve as universal internet handles, and AT Protocol-based apps like Bluesky already enable this.
also on Leaflet, Tangled, AT Protocol, Bluesky, #social-media, #open-source
A Social Filesystem
Hacker News commenters debate the AT Protocol's social filesystem metaphor, praising its elegance but criticizing overengineering and centralization risks.
also on AT Protocol, Bluesky, #social-media, #open-source
Stay away from my trash! - tldraw: Build whiteboards in React with the tldraw SDK
tldraw is closing external pull requests because AI-generated contributions are low-quality and more harmful than valuable, despite accepting AI-assisted code from internal team.
also on Excalidraw, #open-source
Filesystems are having a moment
Filesystems are emerging as a key context layer for AI agents, offering portable, owned data and interoperability without coordination, though context files risk reducing agent task success if overburdened.
also on AT Protocol, #software-architecture, #open-source, #user-experience