Evelyn
@chipnick.com
👩🏾💻 Head of Platform at a startup
👵🏾 In tech since before the cloud
🏳️🌈🌌 Part of NorthSky Social
Skeeting about Platforms and Cloud stuff.
https://chipnick.com
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https://ger.mx/A1d8oFPnDYkqdZCH1_mHnZxX5s8qizjfSIr83sCg-xTr#did:plc:lrphxvv25aibthe7xoc2eeyy
👵🏾 In tech since before the cloud
🏳️🌈🌌 Part of NorthSky Social
Skeeting about Platforms and Cloud stuff.
https://chipnick.com
🇩🇪🇸🇩🏳️🌈
https://ger.mx/A1d8oFPnDYkqdZCH1_mHnZxX5s8qizjfSIr83sCg-xTr#did:plc:lrphxvv25aibthe7xoc2eeyy
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Evelyn
@chipnick.com
· Oct 3
For those interested in paying for a platform that will actively protects its users, here's where you can pay us (Northsky)
Hot damn
Any blacksky.app users who get banned from bsky should try logging into the staging.blacksky.community website. Looking to get feedback + identify any lingering bugs. Email [email protected] with those.
Missing data from non-Blacksky hosted accounts + older posts is expected
Missing data from non-Blacksky hosted accounts + older posts is expected
Blacksky
Decentralized social media built for community power, culture, and collective freedom.
staging.blacksky.community
January 14, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Hot damn
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Community privacy is one of our top priorities at @transrights.northsky.social which isn't possible out of the box with any ATproto implementation today that doesn't just hide an entire PDS.
We're developing in the open and so I've published a proposal on it, feedback as always is we
We're developing in the open and so I've published a proposal on it, feedback as always is we
A Model for addressing privacy on ATproto
chipnick.com
January 14, 2026 at 8:02 AM
Community privacy is one of our top priorities at @transrights.northsky.social which isn't possible out of the box with any ATproto implementation today that doesn't just hide an entire PDS.
We're developing in the open and so I've published a proposal on it, feedback as always is we
We're developing in the open and so I've published a proposal on it, feedback as always is we
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Discussion thread on @evelyn.northsky.team’s private data architecture in the forum
discourse.atprotocol.community/t/proposal-s...
discourse.atprotocol.community/t/proposal-s...
Community privacy is one of our top priorities at @transrights.northsky.social which isn't possible out of the box with any ATproto implementation today that doesn't just hide an entire PDS.
We're developing in the open and so I've published a proposal on it, feedback as always is we
We're developing in the open and so I've published a proposal on it, feedback as always is we
A Model for addressing privacy on ATproto
chipnick.com
January 14, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Discussion thread on @evelyn.northsky.team’s private data architecture in the forum
discourse.atprotocol.community/t/proposal-s...
discourse.atprotocol.community/t/proposal-s...
I always thought my first post would be something about platform engineering or aws but nah, it's @atproto.com
If you look at the post on mobile I'm sorry, I'm still figuring out the PWA stuff.
If you look at the post on mobile I'm sorry, I'm still figuring out the PWA stuff.
January 14, 2026 at 8:12 AM
I always thought my first post would be something about platform engineering or aws but nah, it's @atproto.com
If you look at the post on mobile I'm sorry, I'm still figuring out the PWA stuff.
If you look at the post on mobile I'm sorry, I'm still figuring out the PWA stuff.
Writer forgot the “paid for by Supernault” byline.
January 11, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Writer forgot the “paid for by Supernault” byline.
I found the fediverse exhausting as every toot about racism was filled with “just make your own instance”
Nah, do not join the fediverse.
As the person that started the first Black led instance in that environment, I had to shut it down based on the sheer amount of unfiltered racism and hate that exists in that space.
And both projects mentioned here are anti-safety and moderation.
As the person that started the first Black led instance in that environment, I had to shut it down based on the sheer amount of unfiltered racism and hate that exists in that space.
And both projects mentioned here are anti-safety and moderation.
January 11, 2026 at 4:13 PM
I found the fediverse exhausting as every toot about racism was filled with “just make your own instance”
Keep looking at all the robots coming out that are still using traditional servos and joints which leads to all the obvious failures. Good to see artificial muscle is getting the love it deserves.
AuraFlex has one of the cooler products at CES 2026. It's what they call a photonic muscle. Basically these soft bundles have an LED in them that makes the material contract in a way that functions like a muscle. You can use them to replace larger mechanical motors
January 11, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Keep looking at all the robots coming out that are still using traditional servos and joints which leads to all the obvious failures. Good to see artificial muscle is getting the love it deserves.
Reposted by Evelyn
Thankfully @anisota.net wasn't susceptible to this attack, but it did reveal I needed to be doing more to get ahead of other potential platform manipulation — just rolled out several improvements. Ty to @thisismissem.social, @scoiattolo.mountainherder.xyz, & @baileytownsend.dev for their work here!
Be aware that there are accounts attempting to steal session keys. This particular method won’t work using the Bluesky app for a couple of reasons, but third party apps may be vulnerable to similar attempts.
We will attempt to automatically label these as Platform Manipulation.
We will attempt to automatically label these as Platform Manipulation.
January 8, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Thankfully @anisota.net wasn't susceptible to this attack, but it did reveal I needed to be doing more to get ahead of other potential platform manipulation — just rolled out several improvements. Ty to @thisismissem.social, @scoiattolo.mountainherder.xyz, & @baileytownsend.dev for their work here!
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Docs are the closest thing open source has to a product manager. They decide who can succeed without a private Slack channel. Good docs are inclusive infrastructure.
January 7, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Docs are the closest thing open source has to a product manager. They decide who can succeed without a private Slack channel. Good docs are inclusive infrastructure.
Reposted by Evelyn
If you want to change Bluesky’s default moderation settings, go to your moderation settings on the web - bsky.app/moderation. Apple limits adult-content controls inside iOS apps, so you won’t see those options on the iPhone app itself. 1/2
bsky.app
January 7, 2026 at 9:45 PM
If you want to change Bluesky’s default moderation settings, go to your moderation settings on the web - bsky.app/moderation. Apple limits adult-content controls inside iOS apps, so you won’t see those options on the iPhone app itself. 1/2
Goodness I was naive to think I could just write up a post with embeds and everything would render properly.
January 7, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Goodness I was naive to think I could just write up a post with embeds and everything would render properly.
That’s a lot of trust to place on the pds to keep your data safe and protected from attacks. E2EE dms is quite honestly a necessity in this age of information warfare.
IMHO fully featured DMs for AT / Bluesky isn't very complex if you accept that email-level security (TLS) is sufficient.
The complexity comes from insisting on Signal-like E2EE.
All we actually need is AT protocol-based PDS-to-PDS email as a core feature.
Would unlock tons of apps beyond DMs too.
The complexity comes from insisting on Signal-like E2EE.
All we actually need is AT protocol-based PDS-to-PDS email as a core feature.
Would unlock tons of apps beyond DMs too.
There are a lot of features we can and will build. But photos in DMs and group chats are way outside of scope and so…would really love if bluesky could prioritize that
January 7, 2026 at 5:31 AM
That’s a lot of trust to place on the pds to keep your data safe and protected from attacks. E2EE dms is quite honestly a necessity in this age of information warfare.
It’s nearly 3am, I don’t have much to say about 2025 as it was a hellscape for everyone.
No matter what, keep being you, don’t forget that you are loved, and thrive.
We won’t let whatever comes next stop us
No matter what, keep being you, don’t forget that you are loved, and thrive.
We won’t let whatever comes next stop us
January 1, 2026 at 1:53 AM
It’s nearly 3am, I don’t have much to say about 2025 as it was a hellscape for everyone.
No matter what, keep being you, don’t forget that you are loved, and thrive.
We won’t let whatever comes next stop us
No matter what, keep being you, don’t forget that you are loved, and thrive.
We won’t let whatever comes next stop us
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Hey so fun fact I’m building a webcomic hosting platform that doesn’t suck.
You literally just upload your pages and boom, you have a website.
The waitlist is open if you’re curious!!
webcomic.studio
#comics #webcomics
You literally just upload your pages and boom, you have a website.
The waitlist is open if you’re curious!!
webcomic.studio
#comics #webcomics
Webcomic Studio
Publish your webcomic in minutes
webcomic.studio
December 31, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Hey so fun fact I’m building a webcomic hosting platform that doesn’t suck.
You literally just upload your pages and boom, you have a website.
The waitlist is open if you’re curious!!
webcomic.studio
#comics #webcomics
You literally just upload your pages and boom, you have a website.
The waitlist is open if you’re curious!!
webcomic.studio
#comics #webcomics
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Git's HTTP server side design does not scale
The newest post on Xe Iaso's blog
xeiaso.net
December 29, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Kid asked if she could play a horror game. Hesitant, I asked her to show me a video thinking it was something like silent hill or five nights at Freddie’s.
It is Doki Doki Literature’s Club.
It is Doki Doki Literature’s Club.
December 29, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Kid asked if she could play a horror game. Hesitant, I asked her to show me a video thinking it was something like silent hill or five nights at Freddie’s.
It is Doki Doki Literature’s Club.
It is Doki Doki Literature’s Club.
Got affinity photo running on Linux, bg3 is running after needing to compile an ancient libssl build.
Things have progressed since I last ran Linux as my desktop 15 years ago.
Things have progressed since I last ran Linux as my desktop 15 years ago.
December 28, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Got affinity photo running on Linux, bg3 is running after needing to compile an ancient libssl build.
Things have progressed since I last ran Linux as my desktop 15 years ago.
Things have progressed since I last ran Linux as my desktop 15 years ago.
Dare I consider using the same did across account repos.
December 27, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Dare I consider using the same did across account repos.
Reposted by Evelyn
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Just after a day of this I'm highly skeptical about the on/off protocol discourse. Any measure of privacy requires breaking the whole way blobs are created/fetched. If you want to store them in a manner that is private it's immediately considered off protocol unless you're doing hydration gymnastics
December 26, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Just after a day of this I'm highly skeptical about the on/off protocol discourse. Any measure of privacy requires breaking the whole way blobs are created/fetched. If you want to store them in a manner that is private it's immediately considered off protocol unless you're doing hydration gymnastics
Might for the sake of time pressure just go with abusing embeds and use layered validations for reasons.
December 26, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Might for the sake of time pressure just go with abusing embeds and use layered validations for reasons.
Digging into lexicons, seems that in theory I can extend the app.bsky lexicon with my own very uniquely named records which is ideal if I'm looking to tweak how records are created while allowing them to be seen by all clients 🤔
December 26, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Digging into lexicons, seems that in theory I can extend the app.bsky lexicon with my own very uniquely named records which is ideal if I'm looking to tweak how records are created while allowing them to be seen by all clients 🤔
Alright so the bread loaves I thought were a disaster are actually the best tasting I’ve ever baked. The rise was just a bit garbage.
December 26, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Alright so the bread loaves I thought were a disaster are actually the best tasting I’ve ever baked. The rise was just a bit garbage.
Converted my desktop turned server back to a desktop by simply installing a dm on top of fedora server. Lxqt was flakey so I installed kde which was nice, removed lxqt which cause plasma to break and I couldn’t resolve the library issues. Installed cinnamon and it works but sddm randomly chokes.
December 26, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Converted my desktop turned server back to a desktop by simply installing a dm on top of fedora server. Lxqt was flakey so I installed kde which was nice, removed lxqt which cause plasma to break and I couldn’t resolve the library issues. Installed cinnamon and it works but sddm randomly chokes.