Nel Ramblings

Whatever ramblings I come up with. Don't expect anything consistent or even a lot. Just whenever I need to yap about something in long form.

The AT Protocol has an authorisation issue. Part 1

atproto has an authorization issue. Not in the traditional sense, we have OAuth and service auth and they work great! but for the case of app level actions taken by making records.

April 09, 2026

A varied ecosystem and terminology.

As soon as you have an open protocol you will have an ecosystem building up around it, and soon as you have an ecosystem you have people doing stuff differently. This is especially true when dealing with an open protocol built on a set of distributed pieces working together to create a whole.

December 14, 2025