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What my chess app taught me about the future of multi-user software

I was skeptical that AT Proto was anything more than Bluesky-with-extra-steps, learnt how much potential the protocol has after building a multiplayer chess app, entirely client side and "on protocol". The real value is that apps become different views into the same data.

Scott Hadfield|May 07, 2026

Scott Hadfield|May 07, 2026