Wrote about the playlist I compiled as a companion to my novella, Xorientation.
This includes a lot of little behind-the-scenes insights about the book, though I refrained from spoilers. If you haven't read it, it might give you a better idea of what you're in for!
smol.news/p/the-xorien...
New Patreon benefit for $5+/mo. subs
DRM-free copy of Averal, a replacement for Launchpad, which is being removed in macOS 26 Tahoe.
If you cancel the sub, you only lose access to future updates!
www.patreon.com/posts/134618...
New Patreon benefit for $10+/mo. subs
DRM-free copy of Domaineer, an app for tracking your domain names and when they need to be renewed. It can even generate a calendar for you!
If you cancel the sub, you only lose access to future updates.
www.patreon.com/posts/134617...
The Eggsweeper beta is now live!
play.eggsweeper.com
- Daily challenge with 3 lives!
- Unlimited random games!
- Save your scores to your PDS!
- OAuth support!
Finally have this out, and I'll apply what I learned about ATProto OAuth to Skyrdle in the near future! 🫡
Hmm, strange, we'll try to figure out what happened.
The ProtoPro Labeling Service is now live at @labeler.protopro.blue!
Mark yourself as hiring or looking for work! Subscribe to the labeler and see others with these labels!
While the main ProtoPro app is still a ways away, here's something you can use on Bluesky now that will have special functionality later!
If a better professional networking experience is at all appealing to you (and I know it won't be for some), follow this account.
LinkedIn is broken. All your data is trapped behind a walled garden, job applications never seem to go anywhere, and the whole site increasingly seems to be an ad to try to upsell you LinkedIn Premium.
We're here to help. For Pros on Proto to connect Pro to Pro!
New Patreon benefits:
$5/mo. tier - Joyt for macOS (menubar scratchpad)
$10/mo. tier - Axelytic for macOS (vehicle records tracker)
Both are DRM-free!
patreon.com/smolfarm
Over time, we plan on adding a lot more settings to customize how exactly it functions, though we've started with a critical one:
Do you want to open links in bsky.app, smol.life, zeppelin.social, or deer.social?
Introducing ProtoPeek for macOS, a tool for power users and devs to tinker with ATProto.
Browse and, if you authenticate, even edit raw PDS data. More features planned and coming soon!
App Store ($14.99): apps.apple.com/us/app/proto...
Patreon ($10+/mo.): patreon.com/smolfarm
New Substack post about how ChatGPT isn't causing "brain damage" but we need to adapt to changing times to ensure that people continue to challenge themselves mentally.
smol.news/p/atrophy-ve...
Egg tier and above now has access to a DRM-free download of smolsky for macOS, our menubar app that makes it convenient to post to Bluesky quickly.
A logo of some eggs in the grass
We have a new ATProto game in the works! Here's a tease. It might not be what you expect!
We're using this as a chance to do OAuth as well before we rebuild large parts of Skyrdle.
We just setup a Patreon! We always want to provide a lot for free, e.g. @skyrdle.com, that has no catches or ads.
However, setting up ongoing revenue to support our efforts is important.
For now, we offer one tier: the $5/mo. egg tier
The benefits will expand with time!
patreon.com/smolfarm
Joyt for macOS v1.1 released
The main thing this adds is iCloud syncing support, which may help if you have multiple Macs.
However, we also have some requests to be able to view Joyt notes on-the-go via a phone app, which this will make possible!
apps.apple.com/us/app/joyt/...
Stats popup showing streak, games won, and average score
Skyrdle now has a stats popup you can bring up when playing!
Now live on the App Store!
Just submitted smolsky for iPhone v1.0.2 for App Store review
This has the features that were added to the Mac version last week:
- support for custom PDSes
- support for 2FA
We hope you enjoy this distraction-free way to post!
New Substack post about the potential of ATProto and our recent efforts building atop it!
smol.news/p/building-o...
Screenshot of smol.life settings
We're making it so that you can edit your Linkat.blue data directly from within smol life. Just look for the new "Other Protocol Data" section in Settings.
Should be live in the next 15 minutes!
smol life screenshot
You can now "install" apps or games in smol life. All this does is create a PDS record at:
life.smol.installed
However, that then signals to the client that you care about that AT Proto app and want to be able to access it easily!
People have played hundreds of games of Skyrdle already, and we're not even a week old!
New update! The main change is support for custom PDSes, along with some other refinements, such as the login screen looking nicer.
Still more to come like OAuth!
Should be available on the Mac soon, and the minor updates to the Mac version will be available on the iPhone app in the coming week.
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Submitted smolsky for macOS v1.0.2. Should be live soonish!
The only major change to this is that it determines your actual PDS URL, enabling support for PDSes not hosted by Bluesky.
The iOS version is still on v1.0.0, but it will get the features of both macOS updates very soon!
A little rough still, but @smol.life will now show your @linkat.blue links if you have them
Thank you to all the love shown to @skyrdle.com so far!
