Protocol-Native Applications
Building on the AT Protocol
A body of protocol-native application experiments exploring how open identity changes software design.
I’m interested in what social software looks like when identity is portable, applications share an open protocol, and incentives can be redesigned from the ground up. These projects explore identity, reputation, matching, trust, and public infrastructure on ATProto.
Each one rethinks a familiar product category through the lens of the protocol, exploring what changes once a user’s identity and data travel with them and the relationship belongs to the person. This is work I’ve been building and writing toward for a while.
PBJ
LiveDating · matching
Dating built around intentional scarcity and visible decisions. A finite weekly roster makes attention a real resource, and the people you prioritize can see it. The cost is the signal.
Leafroll
LiveProfessional networking
Professional networking built around earned relationships. Connections are intentional and bilateral, carried by portable identity.
Glowrm
Spec + RefsTrust infrastructure
Portable identity calls for reputation that travels with it. Glowrm is the shared trust layer these apps are designed against. It provides cross-app reputation, shared moderation, and a configurable resource-allocation system, so accountability follows users across apps.