HN as usual...
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Like... I mean, I get the enthusiasm behind ATProto, and it's kind of awe-inspiring the technical stuff that comes out of the ATmosphere... but it all (and I mean, practically ALL OF IT) comes with a nagging feeling that it's a re-invention of classical data structures and transmission clouded in technical word soup that has evolved in its own echo chamber so much that it no longer bears any passing resemblance to existing technology.
... and there are all these really bright, really smart people who understand all of it, and so that other part of me feels like the first meme, where I am just along for the ride.
You know where I've seen it before?
Crypto.
You know where else I've seen it?
AI.
It has a smell to it that I can't describe properly.
So now I'm the old man yelling at clouds.
When did I get here I wonder.
