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       # Nuxt Minimal Starter

     

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       # finxol blog

     

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       This is the repo for finxol's blog.

     

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       All posts are in `content/`.

     

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       Configuration is in `blog.config.ts`.

     

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       ## Technology stack

     

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       - Nuxt v4

     

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       - Nuxt Content

     

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       - TailwindCSS

     

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       - Deno (Deploy EA)

     

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       ## Bluesky integration

     

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       Tracking PR: [#1](https://tangled.org/finxol.io/blog/pulls/1/)

     

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       Comments on this blog are directly integrated with Bluesky, the atproto-based micro-blogging social network.

     

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       This integration relies on the `@atcute/` library collection for interaction with Bluesky/atproto.

     

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       The idea was originally inspired from [natalie's blog](https://natalie.sh/posts/bluesky-comments/).

     

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       Although I ended up using mostly the same tools and strategies, I didn't follow her post to build it here.

     

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       ### How it works in practice

     

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       The author of the blog writes a post and publishes it.

     

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       They can then post about it on Bluesky, find the post id, and add it to the `bskyCid` field in the post frontmatter.

     

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       Any Bluesky post below the one identified will now be displayed at the bottom of the blog post, allowing for integrated conversation about the post.

     

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       ### How it works technically

     

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       The [AT Protocol](https://atproto.com/) is an open internet protocol for social applications.

     

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       All the data is decentralised and public ([for now](https://pfrazee.leaflet.pub/3lzhui2zbxk2b)).

     

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       This openness allows us to reuse and build things based on that data very easily, in a built-in way, without hacky workarounds.

     

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       This integration works in several parts:

     

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       #### `app/util/atproto.ts`

     

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       Contains the utility functions for retrieving all replies to a post, and extracting a post id from an atproto uri.

     

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       Uses `@atcute/client` to fetch using the `app.bsky.feed.getPostThread` RPC on the Bluesky public API.

     

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       Everything is strongly typed, although fetch errors are handled as `post not found` to make handling simpler in the Vue component.

     

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       #### `blog.config.ts`

     

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       The author DID is set blog-wide in the config file through `authorDid`, as it is primarily intended as a personal blog.

     

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       If need be, I can always move the DID parameter to the post frontmatter, allowing for guest authors or secondary accounts too.

     

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       #### `content.config.ts`

     

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       Since the Bluesky post CID needs to be set for each blog post independently, 

     

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       I added a `bskyCid` field in the post frontmatter.

     

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       #### `app/components/BskyComments.vue`

     

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       This is the core component to display the replies.

     

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       The component simply fetches the replies by calling `getBskyReplies`, passing in the post CID passed as prop,

     

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       and displays the content using the `BskyPost` component.

     

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       The reply, like, repost, and bookmark counts of the original Bluesky post are also displayed.

     

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       Look at the [Nuxt documentation](https://nuxt.com/docs/getting-started/introduction) to learn more.

     

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       #### `app/components/BskyPost.vue`

     

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       ## Setup

     

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       This component displays the post author, their avatar, the post content, and its stats beautifully.

     

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       Make sure to install dependencies:

     

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       Replies to replies are indented accordingly to visually thread replies together, using `BskyPost` recursively,

     

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       with a `MAX_DEPTH` to set a limit to the number of replies to show.

     

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       ```bash

     

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       # pnpm

     

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       pnpm install

     

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       ```

     

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       ## Development Server

     

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       #### `app/pages/posts/[...slug].vue`

     

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       Start the development server on `http://localhost:3000`:

     

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       The actual post page only had some minor adjustments to integrate the `BskyComments` component,

     

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       using a `Suspense` boundary with a fallback to avoid blocking the rendering of the actual content.

     

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       ```bash

     

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       pnpm dev

     

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       ```

     

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       #### Others

     

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       ## Production

     

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       Some other files saw modifications, to adapt to this integration addition, allowing for visual consistency.

     

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       Build the application for production:

     

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       ### Advantages of the approach

     

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       ```bash

     

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       # pnpm

     

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       pnpm build

     

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       ```

     

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       Since this blog is built with Nuxt, everything is SSRed.

     

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       This makes the Bluesky integration a wonderful progressive enhancement.

     

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       without blocking rendering of the actual content through the use of a `Suspense` boundary.

     

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       Locally preview production build:

     

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       Using Bluesky as a comment platform allows me to integrate conversations about my posts directly alongside them,

     

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       without bearing the load of moderation and user accounts.

     

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       ```bash

     

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       ### Limitations

     

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       Check out the [deployment documentation](https://nuxt.com/docs/getting-started/deployment) for more information.

     

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       this could be refined for better reporting in the UI.

     

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       This integration also only handles plain text content.

     

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       All embedded and rich media is effectively ignored for now.

     

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       ## Install locally

     

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       ```sh

     

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       # Install dependencies

     

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       pnpm i

     

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       # Build for production

     

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       deno task build

     

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       # Deploy to Deno Deploy EA. Add `--prod` to deploy to production

     

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       deno deploy

     

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       ```