An excellent layperson's breakdown of how Bluesky works, beneath the hood ...
... specifically, what's decentralized about it (content storage, for now) and what, for now, isn't (the part that queries for updates in users' posts, and then assembles it into a feed)
https://anderegg.ca/2024/11/15/maybe-bluesky-has-won
via Cory Doctorow (npub1fdr…lvhs)
Clive Thompson
npub1k9…48ylh
2024-11-17 20:44:50 UTC
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