some group discussions i'm hoping to have at #atmosphereconf:
"IndieSky": there are a few scaled-down bsky appview projects. how can we get to an out-of-box "service distribution" which people can self-host?
this doesn't seem to have impacted too many folks or services, but it is worth checking any consuming services you operate.
this took place around: Friday 14 March 2025 18:21:51 UTC
(plus/minus a few minutes)
should be seeing current sequences (now) like 6492917018
RE:
we may have had an operational oops with the bluesky firehose ([bsky.network](https://bsky.network )), resulting in some far-future sequences being emitted.
depending on how strict consumers are, might need to roll-back sequence. looking in to details now.
atproto devs!
this is a small one: we are updating the NSID syntax to allow non-leading digits in the final 'name' segment. this makes 'com.example.postV2' a valid NSID (it wasn't before).
this will take a while to roll out everywhere, and will be "broken" until it works everywhere...
[NSID: allow digits in 'name' s...](
got a new proposal up for web policy wonks!
calling these "User Intents"
this is a mechanism to let atproto users declare their preferences around certain categories of data use, like generative AI, public access archiving, bulk datasets, and protocol bridging
[github.com/bluesky-social...](π.md )
made some updates to 'goat', and wrote up a guide to registering a recovery key for a DID PLC, which gives better independent ownership of network identity.
this is a *bit* more accessible that previously, but still oriented towards devs and power users. one small step, etc, etc
[Registering Identity Recovery ...](
