Chad
@chadtmiller.com
software engineer, building @grain.social, hacking on atproto
a few pics from grain camera this weekend. honestly not too bad. this is really just a pi hq, pi 3a+, and a bunch of adafruit breakout boards.
September 21, 2026 at 3:26 PM
a few pics from grain camera this weekend. honestly not too bad. this is really just a pi hq, pi 3a+, and a bunch of adafruit breakout boards.
messing around with a grain camera prototype. native atproto support. photos sync to your pds whenever it connects to wifi.
September 20, 2026 at 6:27 PM
messing around with a grain camera prototype. native atproto support. photos sync to your pds whenever it connects to wifi.
I feel like the @grain.social android app might be better than iOS 😢
Native Android dev feels less abstract to me than iOS and everything just slots in nicely with the design language.
Native Android dev feels less abstract to me than iOS and everything just slots in nicely with the design language.
August 23, 2026 at 6:55 PM
I feel like the @grain.social android app might be better than iOS 😢
Native Android dev feels less abstract to me than iOS and everything just slots in nicely with the design language.
Native Android dev feels less abstract to me than iOS and everything just slots in nicely with the design language.
oof, getting an app in the google play store is exhausting, so many screens and questions and also a full on background check of the developer essentially
i know this probably for the better but for everyone who demands your app runs on android, just know that its more complicated than ios IMO
i know this probably for the better but for everyone who demands your app runs on android, just know that its more complicated than ios IMO
August 22, 2026 at 6:57 PM
oof, getting an app in the google play store is exhausting, so many screens and questions and also a full on background check of the developer essentially
i know this probably for the better but for everyone who demands your app runs on android, just know that its more complicated than ios IMO
i know this probably for the better but for everyone who demands your app runs on android, just know that its more complicated than ios IMO
ugh now @railway.com deploys are down, all these outages 😵
August 19, 2026 at 12:56 AM
ugh now @railway.com deploys are down, all these outages 😵
@tangled.org pretty slow lately, also just got a 504
August 18, 2026 at 6:18 PM
@tangled.org pretty slow lately, also just got a 504
starting to see spam accounts coming from selfhosted.social, anyone else?
Selfhosted.social
Landing page for selfhosted.social, an ATProto PDS
selfhosted.social
August 13, 2026 at 3:35 PM
starting to see spam accounts coming from selfhosted.social, anyone else?
wishing for a better app store connect 🔮
August 12, 2026 at 8:30 PM
wishing for a better app store connect 🔮
Golden hour tour by @chadtmiller.com — Grain
Devils Churn to Heceta Head
grain.social
August 10, 2026 at 3:55 PM
footgun, seams, say the word!
I asked Claude why I kept going on about "seams" and what it meant. Surprisingly it had an answer:
"It's a term from Michael Feathers (Working Effectively with Legacy Code): a seam is a place in a program where you can change what happens without editing the code that calls it."
"It's a term from Michael Feathers (Working Effectively with Legacy Code): a seam is a place in a program where you can change what happens without editing the code that calls it."
August 8, 2026 at 6:50 PM
footgun, seams, say the word!
new PDS UI refresh is out, excited to help move it forward!
For the "release on a Friday because we're invincible geniuses" crowd — we have a So Big(!) new PDS, piping hot out of the oven. We've got UI customization, OTel monitoring, session reporting fixes, bigger blobs... our whole summer roadmap! Enjoy.
atproto.com/blog/pds-cus...
atproto.com/blog/pds-cus...
Make the PDS Your Own: Customization and Metrics
Branding, observability, and a session-list fix in the newest reference PDS
atproto.com
August 7, 2026 at 4:37 PM
new PDS UI refresh is out, excited to help move it forward!
heart is breaking, if it jumps 35 that’s it. the most beautiful place i know will be up in flames
August 4, 2026 at 2:36 PM
heart is breaking, if it jumps 35 that’s it. the most beautiful place i know will be up in flames
PDS folks! Working on a redesign of the authentication and dashboard screens for the reference PDS, bringing in a proper component library and consistent patterns across the UI. One notable change: customizable light/dark backgrounds on the auth screens.
Let us know what you think!
#atproto
Let us know what you think!
#atproto
August 3, 2026 at 9:49 PM
PDS folks! Working on a redesign of the authentication and dashboard screens for the reference PDS, bringing in a proper component library and consistent patterns across the UI. One notable change: customizable light/dark backgrounds on the auth screens.
Let us know what you think!
#atproto
Let us know what you think!
#atproto
don't worry, everything is fine over here in Oregon
August 3, 2026 at 8:24 PM
don't worry, everything is fine over here in Oregon
it‘s about to be 100 degrees and over 100 AQI in Portland, should be fun
August 3, 2026 at 8:07 PM
it‘s about to be 100 degrees and over 100 AQI in Portland, should be fun
created a plc backed by sqlite instead of postgres if anyone is interested tangled.org/chadtmiller....
i have a setup for an appview in railway where i create an ephemeral environment per pr against a long running pds and plc with some test accounts for dev.
i have a setup for an appview in railway where i create an ephemeral environment per pr against a long running pds and plc with some test accounts for dev.
July 28, 2026 at 10:41 PM
created a plc backed by sqlite instead of postgres if anyone is interested tangled.org/chadtmiller....
i have a setup for an appview in railway where i create an ephemeral environment per pr against a long running pds and plc with some test accounts for dev.
i have a setup for an appview in railway where i create an ephemeral environment per pr against a long running pds and plc with some test accounts for dev.
Nice day on mountain, You gotta do a 20 mile day every once and a while
📍 Mount Hood, Oregon, US
#GrainSocial https://grain.social/profile/did:plc:bcgltzqazw5tb6k2g3ttenbj/gallery/3mrjhorw4vk2l
📍 Mount Hood, Oregon, US
#GrainSocial https://grain.social/profile/did:plc:bcgltzqazw5tb6k2g3ttenbj/gallery/3mrjhorw4vk2l
July 26, 2026 at 3:43 AM
Nice day on mountain, You gotta do a 20 mile day every once and a while
📍 Mount Hood, Oregon, US
#GrainSocial https://grain.social/profile/did:plc:bcgltzqazw5tb6k2g3ttenbj/gallery/3mrjhorw4vk2l
📍 Mount Hood, Oregon, US
#GrainSocial https://grain.social/profile/did:plc:bcgltzqazw5tb6k2g3ttenbj/gallery/3mrjhorw4vk2l
i feel like claude is getting even more em dash pilled
July 24, 2026 at 8:29 PM
i feel like claude is getting even more em dash pilled
it's always so confusing when my pds runs out space, stuff starts randomly failing and i'm like WHAT IS HAPPENING. giving it some more breathing room this time so i won't have to think about it for a while
July 20, 2026 at 5:43 PM
it's always so confusing when my pds runs out space, stuff starts randomly failing and i'm like WHAT IS HAPPENING. giving it some more breathing room this time so i won't have to think about it for a while
back on the bike, it’s been too long
📍 Portland
#GrainSocial https://grain.social/profile/did:plc:bcgltzqazw5tb6k2g3ttenbj/gallery/3mqctopbiem2d
📍 Portland
#GrainSocial https://grain.social/profile/did:plc:bcgltzqazw5tb6k2g3ttenbj/gallery/3mqctopbiem2d
July 10, 2026 at 7:05 PM
back on the bike, it’s been too long
📍 Portland
#GrainSocial https://grain.social/profile/did:plc:bcgltzqazw5tb6k2g3ttenbj/gallery/3mqctopbiem2d
📍 Portland
#GrainSocial https://grain.social/profile/did:plc:bcgltzqazw5tb6k2g3ttenbj/gallery/3mqctopbiem2d
Just finished the TMB in 8 days over 100+ miles and 35,000 ft of ascent/decent. Time to rest the legs for a few days 😂
July 1, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Just finished the TMB in 8 days over 100+ miles and 35,000 ft of ascent/decent. Time to rest the legs for a few days 😂