Lightning Talk Development and Protocol

Scaling the Atmosphere

Jim Calabro · @calabro.io

Sunday, March 29, 2026

4:10 PM – 4:20 PM PT

Room 2301

Available in-person & via livestream — Stream 3 (Room 2301)

Lessons learned from building and scaling atproto and bsky.app. How do you move beyond an appview powered by a single sqlite? How are we at Bluesky PBC building scalable and reliable infrastructure that can A) be provided as a service and B) be run by self-hosters. What's next for us and the ecosystem scaling-wise?