atproto is cool because it is fundamentally pragmatic about…

Samuel

@samuel.fm

atproto is cool because it is fundamentally pragmatic about what it means to be decentralised. decentralised where it matters, simple and scalable where it doesn’t

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Samuel 31 Jan

ask yourself: does this change the power dynamics of the network Y: decentralise it! N: keep it simple!

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Michel Bestaat 31 Jan

And you may ask yourself: what is this beautiful protocol? And you may ask yourself: how did I get decentralised?

Tynan Purdy ⁂31 Jan

Tynan Purdy ⁂@tynanpurdy.com· 27 Jan

Decentralization is not about servers. It’s about power.

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Reed Harmeyer 31 Jan

Absolute banger

Amir Akrari 31 Jan

That's also how I view it, context is everything. Its about picking the right architecture for the right goal. It's perfect for allowing different communities to follow their own rules, but other than that, a trusted central source is often superior. Its not about tech dogma bsky.app/profile/amir...

Amir Akrari@amirakrari.dev· 30 Jan

I was thinking that the reason why "decentralization" is blowing up is that "trust" has never been so broken as it currently is. I don't believe that decentralization is the one size fits all, rather, fixing the current broken state of the software industry thats filled with unethical practices is.

Melting Bananas 1 Feb

What are things it dosent decentralize specifically?

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Samuel 1 Feb

we avoid peer-to-peer architecture where possible (because it doesn’t scale)