Off Protocol

“Policy Without Tools Is Just Poetry”

Juliet Shen from ROOST joins the show to talk through the Coop 1.0 release, what open-source trust and safety unlocks for new builders, and where AI actually belongs in moderation

With Juliet Shen

The Cobbler’s Kids

Jim and Alex are back on the livestream at a new time to discuss personal websites, Coop 1.0, exciting announcements from Eurosky, a new OAuth scope builder, and more news from the Atmosphere.

In Our Timeline

Paul and Daniel are on the livestream this week with a look at the new Standard.site integration, updates from permissioned data, and news from around the Atmosphere

Why Don’t We Just Do This Together?

Jim sits down with members of the core team building and governing Standard.site, the shared Lexicon for publishing longform writing on atproto. Brooke from pckt.blog, Jared from Leaflet, and Miguel from Offprint cover the design tradeoffs in creating a new shared format, tales of data migrations, strategies for shared governance, and why you shouldn't buy a premium domain name.

With Brooke, Jared, Miguel

The Puppy Problem

Jim and Alex are live with the first live episode under the new Off Protocol name. Protocol meetups are happening everywhere, Alex and Jim were both in Portland, the Ozone moderation tool has some new features, and Bluesky is considering an edit button. Plus a few of your questions.

Why a New Protocol? The History and Future of AT Protocol

Bluesky CTO Paul Frazee and Head of Protocol Daniel Holmgren join for a wide-ranging conversation about what atproto is, why it exists, how it got built, and where it's going next. From a Twitter consultancy to an IETF working group, this is where to get started.

With Paul Frazee, Daniel Holmgren

Blacksky As a Service

Rishi Balakrishnan joins to talk about the work that went into building Acorn, Blacksky's new platform for creating moderated communities on atproto — and why the landing page never mentions a PDS.

With Rishi Balakrishnan

Slowly, Then Quickly: What AtmosphereConf Made Visible

With AtmosphereConf 2026 wrapped, Boris Mann and Ted Han join to talk about what the gathering surfaced in the ecosystem. From the IETF working group, the move beyond a single foundation, to a growing layer of co-ops, regional meetups, and independent stewards.

With Boris Mann, Ted Han

A Thousand PRs in Two Weeks

Daniel Roe, Matias Capeletto, and Zeu join to discuss how their frustration with JavaScript packaging went from a Bluesky post to one of the most successful new community-led projects on the protocol.

With Daniel Roe, Matias Capeletto, Zeu