An excellent layperson's breakdown of how Bluesky works, beneath the hood ...
... specifically, what's decentralized about it (content storage, for now) and what, for now, isn't (the part that queries for updates in user's posts, and then assembles it into a feed)
https://anderegg.ca/2024/11/15/maybe-bluesky-has-won
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Clive Thompson /
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