Manton tells Daniel about the accidental mini-disaster he caused at Micro.blog while daring to deploy changes while on a cruise. They talk about the risk of losing trust with users when you make mistakes, especially repeatedly, and how unit testing might be a good protection against such problems. Then they talk more about Bluesky’s recent surge in popularity, and prospects for the future of the open web.

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Links:

Micro.blog – Manton’s blog-hosting service.
Hugo – Web templating framework used by Micro.blog.
AT Protocol – The social networking protocol used by Bluesky.
Finally in a Good Place – Manton’s post appreciating the advantages of both the ActivityPub and AT protocol.
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ActivityPub – The social networking protocol used by Mastodon and many other services.
Social Web Community Group – W3C community group supporting social networking technologies.

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