Atproto CO Meetup Minutes

The Colorado ATProtocol community @colorado.atprotocol.space gathered on the evening of Tuesday, July 28th in Denver, with @engineer.sitereliability.best, @montoulieu.dev, @cyanne.codes, @derekparks.dev, @donaldmurdock.bsky.social, @pyxorium.com, Justin, and Ryan (briefly) in attendance. The meeting followed a four-part format: community announcements, introductions, lightning talks, and roundtable discussion.

For this meeting, we convened at ID345 in Denver, a fantastic coworking space located at 3960 High Street.

Community Announcements

We opened the evening with community announcements, including a note about our listing on opensocial.community. Check it out and join us there!

Introductions

Next, we shared a bit about our backgrounds and what brought us to the ATProtocol space.

Lighting Talks

To begin, @montoulieu.dev described his work with the Grata app, which you can check out here at the link -> (grata.at).

You can use the app to record a verbal expression of gratitude which then shows up as an orb floating in space. By tagging someone else, you can create connections between orbs. Give it a try!

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Next, @engineer.sitereliability.best talked about a new project called L-Space which will be based on permissioned data and encourage sharing and discovery of interesting media.

Alex explained that this work draws inspiration from the following sources.

The New Internet: Tailscale's Vision for the Future of Connectivity

Why RichText facets in Bluesky

@cyanne.codes then shared a work in progress app called Sparkle Pets, where you can adopt pets, play games, and win Shimmer. One great thing about this app is that the pets live forever.

@montoulieu.dev also described a next-generation version of Aether OS which will be based on Linux. Currently under development.

Next, @montoulieu.dev demoed another work in progress called Hypering, which will be an AT Protocol implementation drawing inspiration from the original Webrings.

On a final note, @montoulieu.dev described a recent Attie Quest to track Jimothy activity across the ATProtocol 🦝

Roundtable Discussion

The group discussion covered a variety of topics, including recent developments in AI models.