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Christopher Jr Riley

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Resilient Autistic that loves solving problems with Swift. Make the world more accessible. 🇨🇦 Currently working on ATProtoKit. #atdev (Profile pic drawn by kaylee_acnh on Twitter.)

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Christopher Jr Riley @cjrriley.ca · 24d

My #Swiftlang #ATProto API library, ATProtoKit, has been updated to version 0.32.0.

This ended up becoming a much smaller update than originally intended. It’s now been reduced to some tweaks and removals, such as adding new public initializers, as well as removing ATMacro.

#atdev

GitHub - MasterJ93/ATProtoKit at 0.32.0

A straightforward solution for using the AT Protocol and Bluesky, written in Swift. - GitHub - MasterJ93/ATProtoKit at 0.32.0

github.com

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Christopher Jr Riley @cjrriley.ca · 2h

Only 93% of their sales target to go!

(Seriously: 100 million sales? Really?)

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AT Protocol Community @atprotocol.dev · 3h

Announcing ATmosphereConf 2026, coming to Vancouver March 26th to 29th.

We've got the full announcement and future news and updates on our new site news.atmosphereconf.org/3m3cwwz4mpk2j

Announcing ATmosphereConf Vancouver 2026 - ATmosphereConf News

The next ATProto Community Conference is coming to Vancouver, Canada, in March 26th to 29th 2026

news.atmosphereconf.org

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Christopher Jr Riley @cjrriley.ca · 4h

They'll need some mascots first.

... I don't know if they have that yet.

Christopher Jr Riley @cjrriley.ca · 4h

When a company that owns a company says they're partnering with their own company:

Christopher Jr Riley @cjrriley.ca · 1d

Local coffee shop?

Christopher Jr Riley @cjrriley.ca · 1d

To clarify, I didn’t expect to reach 185 stars at this time. I expected to reach to this point at around mid-November. Being ahead of schedule like this makes me truly happy.

Christopher Jr Riley @cjrriley.ca · 1d

I didn’t expect to get to 185 stars for ATProtoKit. Thank you very much! I’m humbled for your generosity and support. 🙏

Please do continue to boost this project higher: if you can get it to 200 by the end of the year, I would greatly appreciate it.

ATProtoKit

A straightforward solution for using the AT Protocol and Bluesky, written in Swift.

atprotokit.cjrriley.com/documentation/atprotokit/

185 stars
35 forks

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Christopher Jr Riley @cjrriley.ca · 1d

I hope to reach 200 stars on GitHub for ATProtoKit by the end of this year. That seems possible, would it? I have 21 stars left to go. So maybe 10 stars per month.

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Christopher Jr Riley @cjrriley.ca · 3d

Once ATLexiconC is released, I'll release this article in the DocC, as the article assumes that ATLexiconC has already been release and is in full force.

I plan on doing more of these in the DocC on all ATProtoKit family Swift packages. Please look forward to it.

Christopher Jr Riley @cjrriley.ca · 3d

All lexicon models are eventually supposed to contain public general initializers, as well as the initializer and method from Decodable and Encodable. However, some have slight deviations, such as converting the date format, or forcibly truncating fields, as required by the lexicon itself.

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Christopher Jr Riley @cjrriley.ca · 3d

In an effort to improve documentation, I've been in the process of writing an article that explains how lexicon models are supposed to behave. In general, this should help developers understand what to expect when using them. ATLexiconC will strictly abide by these rules as well.

Serialization and Validation Behavior in Lexicon Models

Learn how lexicon models are expected to behave within ATProtoKit.

ATProtoKit’s lexicon model types implement custom `Codable` logic to support the AT Protocol’s specific data serialization and validation requirements. This article explains the common encoding, decoding, and validation rules applied across lexicon models, including date handling and field length/array size enforcement.

Overview

While lexicon model in ATProtoKit conforms to the `Codable` protocol, not all rely on the standard synthesized implementations. Instead, many models provide explicit implementations of:
- A custom `public` initializer,
- a custom `Decodable` initializer,
- a custom `Encodable` method, and
- a custom `CodingKeys` `enum`.

By having explicit implementations, ATProtoKit can help ensure the models are consistent with the lexicon the `struct`s are following, and the [...]

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Christopher Jr Riley @cjrriley.ca · 4d

Thank you for blessing us with another cute Daisy drawing. 🙏🥹

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Christopher Jr Riley @cjrriley.ca · 4d

I appreciate that.

I hope I continue to meet your and everyone else's expectations.

Christopher Jr Riley @cjrriley.ca · 4d

Oh yeah: I needed this. Because I was sleeping for the past couple of days of doing nothing and I feel so drained. This is the reassurance I needed to keep going. Seriously. Thanks.

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Bailey Townsend 🦀 @baileytownsend.dev · 4d

I been a little all over the page tonight. but watch carefully. every single one of us in the atmosphere is working on something, and it’s all going to change it for y’all. and by “every single one of us” I also mean you, so don’t stop cause you’re doing it

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Christopher Jr Riley @cjrriley.ca · 5d

The Wii Remote felt more comfortable to hold for me, especially sideways. So yay.

Christopher Jr Riley @cjrriley.ca · 5d

That’s terrifying, not gonna lie. 🤣

Christopher Jr Riley @cjrriley.ca · 7d

Oh...

That's gonna be a bloodbath... 😰