Non-ATProto people:

Audience I had in mind for this is a developer with experience on other platforms curious about ATProto, but good stuff here for everybody!

ATProto people:

Comment and add things I forgot/am not aware of!

If I included you/your thing on this list and you don't want to be here I'm sorry! Message me and I'll remove.

The Blog Posts that ATProto-pilled me (personally)

https://overreacted.io/open-social/ External Link • overreacted.io https://overreacted.io/where-its-at/ External Link • overreacted.io https://underreacted.leaflet.pub/3m23gqakbqs2j External Link • underreacted.leaflet.pub

From the official docs (there's tons of good stuff there)

https://atproto.com/articles/atproto-for-distsys-engineers External Link • atproto.com

One (of many) firehose utilities/visualizations

https://firesky.tv/ External Link • firesky.tv

PDSls (deserves its own post)

https://pdsls.dev External Link • pdsls.dev

Type in a handle and browse is my advice.

https://pdsls.dev/at://did:plc:gq4fo3u6tqzzdkjlwzpb23tj External Link • pdsls.dev

^ one great starting place, dame.is who made...

https://dame.is/writing/blogs/a-guestbook-and-welcome-message-for-my-pds/ External Link • dame.is

...a cool guestbook you can sign and...

https://anisota.net/ External Link • anisota.net

...Anisota!

Various Blogs about ATProto:

https://atprotocalls.leaflet.pub/ External Link • atprotocalls.leaflet.pub https://marvins-guide.leaflet.pub/ External Link • marvins-guide.leaflet.pub https://babesky.leaflet.pub/ External Link • babesky.leaflet.pub https://blog.stream.place/ External Link • blog.stream.place https://pfrazee.leaflet.pub/ External Link • pfrazee.leaflet.pub

Very incomplete list of people who have shared things that have helped me learn ATProto stuff

https://bsky.app/profile/bmann.ca External Link • bsky.app https://bsky.app/profile/doll.dollsky.social External Link • bsky.app https://bsky.app/profile/rude1.blacksky.team External Link • bsky.app

Open Social (aka u don't need a bluesky to be part of the atmosphere):

https://latenthomer.leaflet.pub/3m4gbb777t22u External Link • latenthomer.leaflet.pub

^ Bridges are cool. People can follow my bluesky from mastodon, and I can follow bridged mastodons on bluesky.

https://pub.jbc.lol/how-wafrn-bsky-integration-works External Link • pub.jbc.lol

^ Wafrn is maybe the greatest place in cyberspace. Seriously. Every time I go there something makes me laugh out loud.

https://bsky.app/profile/wamellow.com External Link • bsky.app

^ for those with a foot in the discord world!

podcasts, too (not ATProto, more open social):

https://revolution.social/ External Link • revolution.social https://dot-social.simplecast.com/ External Link • dot-social.simplecast.com

Old stuff

https://jaygraber.medium.com/web3-is-self-certifying-9dad77fd8d81 External Link • jaygraber.medium.com https://rolandtanglao.com/2021/03/04/p1-jay-graber-decentralized-social-ecosystem-review/ External Link • rolandtanglao.com

I've mostly focused on 2025+ stuff because as a heuristic I'm often trying to read the latest whatever, but been impressed to find evidence that not just the CEO but a lot of people behind the scenes have been thinking hard about this space for a while.