Protocol Design

The ‘No Instances’ Claim Is True. Here’s Why That’s Terrifying.

📅 August 9, 2026 📂 AI & Machine Learning

ATProto doesn’t eliminate servers—it eliminates their social meaning. By decoupling identity from hosting, instances become invisible. But invisible boundaries don’t disappear; they become algorithmic. This architectural bet may liberate users, or it may hand power to the black boxes we can’t see. The debate isn’t semantics—it’s about who controls the lines we never knew existed.

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You Could Write the Next Internet Protocol. The Only Thing Stopping You Is a Bad Text Editor.

📅 July 31, 2026 📂 Tech Industry

The barrier to shaping the internet’s core infrastructure isn’t technical genius—it’s a Markdown file. This article reveals how one developer’s Kramdown-RFC template is democratizing the IETF, turning the arcane draft process into something any developer can do. You don’t need a PhD. You just need an idea and a text editor.

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