? Heads up — we’re releasing a “developer sandbox” for devs to test out the technical bits of federation, like running their own server!
This is a big part of Bluesky’s vision of an open ecosystem, but for now, none of this will affect your experience here.
Let’s explain what this all means:
Developers, the sandbox environment for federation is now ready for you! Help us test out the technical infrastructure for federation ?
Please read our sandbox guidelines and instructions here:
Find installation instructions here: https://github.com/bluesky-social/pds
This is a testing environment. Data in the developer sandbox will be wiped every 1-2 weeks.
You can provide feedback on the atproto repo:
• Flag bugs in Issues https://github.com/bluesky-social/atproto/issues
• Raise higher-level questions in Discussions https://github.com/bluesky-social/atproto/discussions
The sandbox environment that we released today is a completely separate network from our production services and will not affect any users in the main Bluesky server and app.
This is a step towards opening up the network more broadly, but we will only integrate federation into production once we feel satisfied with both the technical and safety capabilities.
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