Nice shot! What are those dark spots on each egg? I know with some Hemiptera species you can see eyes showing through the egg membrane, could it be the same thing going on here?

How would that work as a silhouette though?

So cool! Love the concept and such a great low tech (and power) solution too. Didn't know about bistable LCDs, I always assumed those shop price displays must be e-ink.

This is exactly how I'd hope it works. Sometimes I listen to only a small handful of artists each month and I'd love to see my money only go to those artists. Would be awesome to even see a breakdown of where my money goes each month (and over time)

Exciting! I've signed up 👽

Perhaps the official play counts live on a separate repo, owned by whoever is managing payments and streaming. If an artist decides to go with a different provider, they keep their profile, subscribers and content. Artists could even offer their own direct payment plans under the same system.

@tynanpurdy.com @danabra.mov

uh oh, they often seem to be having server issues? Searching species in the Android app is painfully slow 😫

Just kept it simple with Bluesky API 🫡

And we're live 😎 @dailydoodle.art

that's verrrrry cool!

I think I'd make a separate bluesky account (@dailydoodle.art) seeing as I have that domain 😎

Thanks for this! But I think I'll go for the simpler way:

1. I post to dailydoodle.art (self hosted, traditional DB)
2. Then it automatically also posts to Bluesky (via API)

That way the data lives in two places and I don't have to get toooo technical with the AT stuff (at least not just yet 😅)

Ok, it's starting to make sense, thanks for your input! My only fear is that Bluesky one day disappears and all my art goes with it (if I don't move my AT repo over in time), hence why I want some version kept with my own hosting. But maybe a copy is better than having a single source of truth.

I guess I'm still struggling with how it would work. Feels like there are lots of ways to do this.

1. I host (traditional DB) and copy to Bluesky
2. I post to Bluesky, and copy (or reference) to my site
3. I host my own AT repo, with posts on Bluesky

Ideally I want to directly upload to my site and then have a feed on AT (would that be via Bluesky posts?). Not sure what the best approach is.