Nobody knows nothing

 Following some discussion on Bluesky I came to the realization  that I don't know how the appview works in ATproto. It was described as alternatively an API server or a server layer to organize and backup repos. Neither really encapsulates what it is but it's a large piece of tech to learn. 

Adventures in the ATproto

I started up my own Bluesky PDS last week.  I used digital ocean and the premade image to make life easier for myself and give myself a digital playground rather than get bogged down in local networking.  Eventually I would like to host my own PDS fully from home, but I have a lot to learn before we get there.  

Setting up the PDS was very straightforward as they have good documentation online as well as active discord channels.  I did have to reset the password on the test account I created as I didn't copy it down correctly but it worked well fast and the account is online now.  The PDS is at codeslice.quest 

The name is just a fun domain I grabbed for this project, I always liked the term code slicer from Star Wars and quest domains are priced as a reasonable buy right now.  

I did sign up for a free Resend account to add email auth but something is still misconfigured there as it still has not verified my email.  I'll be debugging that this coming week.

Looking forward to starting to automate posts and other operations through scripts, maybe even create my own lightweight posting app.