A Social Filesystem by Dan Abramov
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People recommend it as a clear primer on atproto, the protocol behind Bluesky, and as a readable longread for learning it. It is free to read on overreacted.io.
People recommend it as a clear primer on atproto, the protocol behind Bluesky, and as a readable longread for learning it. It is free to read on overreacted.io.
9 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 8
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 89%
Recommended in 6 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 8 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 8 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 6 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
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Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Clear primer on atproto
“That article should be the official ATProto docs at this point.”
Comment from 1 May 2026 in “At Protocol: Building the Social Internet” “Yes, excellent primer of atproto, nice one!”
Comment from 29 Apr 2026 in “Tangled – We need a federation of forges” “should give you a really crisp picture”
Comment from 29 Apr 2026 in “Tangled – We need a federation of forges” - Comment from 29 Apr 2026 in “At Protocol: Building the Social Internet”
Good longread for learning atproto
“If you genuinely want to learn about atproto, I have two longreads for you”
Comment from 10 Mar 2026 in “Bluesky CEO Jay Graber is stepping down” “I have a couple of longreads on the topic”
Comment from 10 Aug 2026 in “ATProto for Distributed Systems Engineers” Strong fan praise from readers
“just wanted to share how much i loved this blog post”
Comment from 29 Apr 2026 in “Tangled – We need a federation of forges” “The Social Filesystem is amazing!”
Comment from 22 Jul 2026 in “Introduction to Formal Verification with Lean Part 1”
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The four most recommended other articles, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
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| Programming as Theory Buildingby Peter Naur | 32 | 0 | 100% | 7 | — | Approved |
| Ur-Fascismby Umberto Eco | 18 | 2 | 90% | 8 | — | Approved |
| Politics and the English Languageby George Orwell | 14 | 0 | 100% | 5 | — | Approved |
| The Grug Brained Developer by Carson Gross | 13 | 1 | 93% | 9 | — | Approved |
| A Social Filesystem by Dan AbramovThis page | 8 | 1 | 89% | 6 | — | — |
What people said
All 11 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“does a great job at explaining and motivating the data model”
“I have a couple of longreads on the topic”
“The Social Filesystem is amazing!”
“That article should be the official ATProto docs at this point.”
“really good primer on AT-stuff”
“Yes, excellent primer of atproto, nice one!”
“just wanted to share how much i loved this blog post”
“should give you a really crisp picture”
“If you genuinely want to learn about atproto, I have two longreads for you”
“New user sign up is a bit wonky.”
“Dan was also super on point writing A Social Filesystem”
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