Bikeshed time. What should we name this tool:
A sync engine which is told which collections and dids to sync, then fetches from the network and produces an event stream for your app (cc [@dholms.xyz@bsky.brid.gy](
The core of the Atmosphere is using the PDS to store user's records, just like desktop apps use the filesystem.
Desktop apps interoperate using files. Atmosphere apps interoperate using repo records.
That's the ethos that I highly doubt will ever change.
You can't say you're buying something for "pennies on the dollar" anymore. Nobody will know what you mean. "Pennies!?" they'll say. "OK boomer" they'll say.