If you want to understand how we scaled to handle this influx like we did, this blog post from @gergely.pragmaticengineer.com goes over a lot of our design and implementation decisions

Building Bluesky: a Distributed Social Network (Real-World Engineering Challenges)

Bluesky is built by around 10 engineers, and has amassed 5 million users since publicly launching in February this year. A deep dive into novel design decisions, moving off AWS, and more.

I love discovering new music from the Bandcamp Links feed: bsky.app/profile/did:...

I use Safari for Bluesky on my iPad and it works well. Might be worth a try?

📢 App Version 1.90 is rolling out now (1/11) This release is focused on personal moderation controls, and includes a lot of new tools for reducing unwanted attention! Open this thread for more details. 👀

Though I now have a weird compulsion to ride and rough camp all 2,350km of it and write up the experience. I just need a photographer to come along with me... Meet you on the corner in Rosslare at 8(pm) tomorrow?!

To be fair, it's probably a good idea given how undeveloped EV1 is in Ireland (bit more context: irishcycle.com/2023/05/18/r...)

Rush to market Irish EuroVelo 1 route leaves cyclists using busy 100km/h national roads -- IrishCycle.com

— Mild warning to local and international cyclists hidden on new website. A rush to market EuroVelo 1 in Ireland, part of a long-distance international cycling route, to tourists means it inc…

similar discussion github.com/sissbruecker... but I guess a free opt in service could be cool.

Not that I'm aware of. Though you've given me an idea to create something like that! As well as a directory of instances It could aggregate shared bookmarks to create something like Pinboard's 'popular' page: pinboard.in/popular/

I was lucky enough to go to this fantastic gig on Monday. Thanks to @jasonlee.ie for taking much better photos than I did! I can recommend checking out the recent albums from both This is the Kit and Rozi Plain.

JLjasonlee.ieAug 15, 2024 12:54pm

…the night before In Levis Corner House, Ballydehob, with This Is The Kit, Rozi Plain & Uncle Mark 🎂🥳 👍 @thisisthekit.bsky.social After this, both bands were headed to Kilkenny! where Liane ☝️would see them. #LevisCornerHouse #ThisIsTheKit #RoziPlain #Ballydehob #Music #Photography #WestCork

Thanks for sharing. Very useful and inspires me to give it a go.