This is an example of Groundmist -- uses Ink & Switch Tiny Essay Editor, but you can login to Bluesky and publish to White Wind.
With the share URL, anyone should be able to login and edit.
Intros
Andres
- software engineer, moved to Vancouver 2 years ago
- building stuff, what's possible
- cross posting - Bluesky / Mastodon
- series of accounts, post info about Venezuela
- NorthSky contributor!
Natasha
- work in edtech at UBC
- not contributing right now, interested
- hear what people
Peter VG
- decentralized tech for a while
- like the move to ATProto
- learning it now is a good time
- app -> hashtag counting / trending app
David
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open source for a long time
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putting together a personal website - FB, goodreads, etc
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looking ATProto, put Bluesky feed on website, maybe
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auth system, Feathers.Cloud, will add Bluesky support
Danny
- believer in open standards, ATProto one
- built a podcast app, intro to RSS as distribution, open standards are great!
- stuff like ATProto for creators is good - why build subscriber base on a platform that doesn't come with you
Theo
- joining community
- what tech is emerging
- ATProto a few weeks ago
- interested in decentralized, open source
- see value in infra like this, attribute data
- Not Twitter, FB -- value in open protocols
Paul
- moved to Vancouver 10 years ago
- originally musician
- generative audio, web browser
- personalize, carry around on ATProto
- synthhash
Rowan
- physics research
- don't know much about ATProto
- fan of open source
Wesley
- working with local first, p2p, distributed web for a while
- working on ATProto https://cosmik.network -> https://bsky.app/profile/cosmik.network
- things are coming true! it's what got me excited, actual innovation
- people are excited and experimenting!
Anish
- developer!
- open source, open networks
- in Vancouver for 2 years - came to DWeb early
- local first, dev energy
An
- here from Germany
- Building SpaceHey https://spacehey.com/about
- Intends to add both ActivityPub and ATProto Support
- is coding it in PHP
Notes and Links
IndieSky
- Europe Notes https://atproto.wiki/en/working-groups/indiesky/europe-april-2025
- Figjam (password WurstSky) https://www.figma.com/board/AlN0FlY6qyyJewC4aJey7j/Untitled?node-id=40-131&t=LKck8GjYDkTRvLpq-0
NorthSky are local! https://northskysocial.com/
- worker owned co-op, going to start with PDS hosting
- have a graphical account migration tool they are working on
Gander Social https://gandersocial.ca
- Canadian ATproto app, Boris is getting more info
Web Summit Vancouver Meetup
- what do we want to cover?
Browsing your account data
- using AT Proto Browser https://atproto-browser.vercel.app/
- and PDSls https://pdsls.dev/
- PDSls will let you apply edits, by deleting / recreating record
Groundmist
- https://editor.groundmist.xyz
- Local first editing, you can then link with ATProto account and publish to WhtWnd
- This post is live https://whtwnd.com/bmann.ca/3lnyr7gug7c2v (but may have local edits applied that Boris hasn't published yet)
Graze
- custom feed building https://www.graze.social/
- has a mode where it inserts ads to pay curators
Deer Social
- https://deer.social/
- fork of Bluesky Social App codebase -- "client only" (uses Bsky backend for everything)
- has some changes applied to tweak things, Boris did a demo of setting verifiers
PinkSky
- https://pinksky.app/
- "instagram clone" - re-uses Bsky post types
