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Jim Ray

@jimray.bsky.team

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DevRel at Bluesky. THE Bluesky.

Applied Meteorology is where I write about AT Protocol and the Atmosphere: https://am.jimray.net

Host of Off Protocol, a show about building a better internet: https://atproto.com/off-protocol

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@jimray.bsky.teamOct 9, 2026, 7:23 PM

I never need a reason to follow a new @jennschiffer.com joint, these are very good reasons nonetheless

fridge-cigarettes.pckt.blog/ai-thought-d...

1. i was simply born to blog

2. i am an elder millennial so i remember life before posting and have seen the impact of posting on all our generations.

3. i don't use ai to write anything, i added this list as a little gag because i do enjoy making fun of every aspect of the ai conversation. see next point:

4. i used to write web development satire in the mid 2010s that made a lot of men online angry because it used to be illegal to be a woman and funny and able to write code. they'd accuse me of having my hypothetical boyfriend that they made up in their own mind write my code.

5. today, their ai girlfriend writes their code.
@jimray.bsky.teamOct 9, 2026, 6:49 PM

We're here for you, Charles! The hardest part for me, conceptually, has been unlearning two decades of the centralized web and going waaaay back to the ideals of the early web.

@schuyler.infoOct 9, 2026, 3:57 AMReposted by @jimray.bsky.team

This is what I’m saying: AT Protocol isn’t a product feature. It’s a path for developers to promise credibly not to screw over their users.

@jimray.bsky.teamOct 9, 2026, 6:34 PM

This is part of something we're working on figuring out to make the app more Atmospheric.

@jimray.bsky.teamOct 9, 2026, 3:11 PM

Our sign-off for this one has been called "unhinged" but the only way for you to know is to listen to the full episode yourself. Are you up for it?

@jimray.bsky.teamOct 9, 2026, 2:05 AM

That's right.

@blaine.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 8:18 PMReposted by @jimray.bsky.team

I love this new feature we built for Roundabout. Our community members needed a way to message each-other with personal information, but no-one needed a new way for someone to slide into their DMs, or a new inbox to check.

RRoundabout@roundabout.townOct 8, 2026, 4:48 PM

How do you allow people to connect one-on-one, for things like coordinating coffee chats and free item pickups, without creating a vector for spam and abuse?: In response to community member requests, our team came up with an elegant solution: Direct Replies

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@jimray.bsky.teamOct 8, 2026, 6:36 PM

As with all things atproto, there are a few layers — is it the APIs themselves? The docs? Some of the headier concepts?

@jimray.bsky.teamOct 8, 2026, 6:34 PM

Harsh, but fair

@jimray.bsky.teamOct 8, 2026, 6:33 PM

Time to make myself irrationally angry about the Jake Coolidge BART map again

An alternate future BART map showing lines going all the way down the peninsula, *into Marin*, and actually serving the East Bay
@jimray.bsky.teamOct 8, 2026, 6:10 PM

Good oatmeal today!

@jimray.bsky.teamOct 8, 2026, 5:48 PM

Proud to be in the trenches with you, Bryan

@jimray.bsky.teamOct 8, 2026, 5:45 PM

If you're not tuning in for the livestreams (on @stream.place of course) you really are missing out

@iame.li: unhinged-ass sign-off, i approve
@jimray.bsky.teamOct 8, 2026, 4:13 PM

Sadly, and this pains me personally every day, messaging like control of the algorithm and owning your data just doesn't land, even with folks that are receptive to it. We've got some product work that I am very excited about that will start to bring in more of the Atmosphere to the app.

@jimray.bsky.teamOct 8, 2026, 4:01 PM

As someone who's followed your work for a long time, I can't believe you actually think this, right? This is a bit? Like, come on man you're not some drive by rando, you know how software development works.

@jimray.bsky.teamOct 8, 2026, 3:59 PM

"Good people slogging along together" same as it ever was, more important than ever

@jimray.bsky.teamOct 8, 2026, 1:42 PM

Let’s go!

@jimray.bsky.teamOct 8, 2026, 1:42 PM

✊🏼

@jimray.bsky.teamOct 8, 2026, 1:42 PM

That’s what I’m talking about

@jimray.bsky.teamOct 8, 2026, 1:41 PM

Yeah. Some of those were the wrong bets and some just need some attention from a small team with a long priority list. What do you think we can do to make those easier?

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