my father-in-law is an appview developer. he is insanely gifted. we were on bluesky and I asked him what it would cost to build it today. I will never forget his answer...
"we can't. we don't know how"
what most excites me about atproto is how it shifts the incentive structure of the web back towards collaboration
it's actually pretty hard to build on atproto and not have others benefit from it!
"locked open" is a good metaphor, but beyond that, it's a sign that says "COME IN & MAKE IT YOUR OWN"
