commit 7d9cf4026ceceee4a2ab9b166c5d90daefd53ec7 · finxol.io/blog

+35 -4
content/posts/0-draft-embracing-atproto-pt-2-tangled-knot.md
···

       1
       1
        
       ---

     

       2
       2
       -
       title: "Embracing ATProto, pt.2: Tangled Knot"

     

       3
       3
       -
       description:

     

       4
       4
       -
       date: 2025-09-01

     

       2
       2
       +
       title: "Embracing ATProto, part 2: Tangled Knots and social coding"

     

       3
       3
       +
       description: |

     

       4
       4
       +
           You thought Github was a social coding platform? Think again, get ready to tangle!

     

       5
       5
       +
           Built on atproto, tangled allows you to use your Bluesky identity on a (not quite yet) fully feldged git platform!

     

       6
       6
       +
       date: 2025-09-09

     

       5
       7
        
       authors:

     

       6
       8
        
         - name: finxol

     

       7
       9
        
       tags:

     
···

       10
       12
        
       published: false

     

       11
       13
        
       ---

     

       12
       14
        
       

     

       13
       13
       -
       This is the post

     

       15
       15
       +
       I recently set up my own atproto PDS, for use with Bluesky and all other atproto apps.

     

       16
       16
       +
       If you already feel lost, check out last week's post where I wuickly explain what atproto is,

     

       17
       17
       +
       roughly how it works, and the steps I followed to get my PDS running.

     

       18
       18
       +
       

     

       19
       19
       +
       ::Bookmark{url="/posts/embracing-atproto-pt-1-hosting-pds"}

     

       20
       20
       +
       Embracing ATProto, part 1: Setting up a PDS

     

       21
       21
       +
       ::

     

       22
       22
       +
       

     

       23
       23
       +
       The PDS setup was an overall very smooth process.

     

       24
       24
       +
       Bluesky and the AT Protocol are backed and built by a very competent team of well funded engineers for a few years already.

     

       25
       25
       +
       

     

       26
       26
       +
       ## What's tangled?

     

       27
       27
       +
       

     

       28
       28
       +
       Tangled, on the other hand, was started only about 8 months ago, at the start of 2025 by [two](https://tangled.sh/@oppi.li) [brothers](https://tangled.sh/@icyphox.sh).

     

       29
       29
       +
       It's a "social-enabled git collaboration platform"

     

       30
       30
       +
       

     

       31
       31
       +
       The platform has gained a lot of traction since, and the community is very much involved in the development, but for now tangled is still in alpha.

     

       32
       32
       +
       That doesn't mean it's not usable yet.

     

       33
       33
       +
       

     

       34
       34
       +
       

     

       35
       35
       +
       ### What's a Knot?

     

       36
       36
       +
       

     

       37
       37
       +
       Just like plain atproto, tangled has some lingo of its own.

     

       38
       38
       +
       

     

       39
       39
       +
       In tangled, a knot is essentially a git server.

     

       40
       40
       +
       It's sort of like an atproto PDS in the sense that it's where your data—here your code—lives.

     

       41
       41
       +
       

     

       42
       42
       +
       ## Setting up a Knot

     

       43
       43
       +
       

     

       44
       44
       +
       ## Setting up a Spindle