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Show HN: Microwave – Native iOS app for videos on ATproto
Hi HN — I built Microwave, a native iOS app for browsing and posting short-form videos, similar to TikTok, but implemented as a pure client on top of Bluesky / AT Protocol.
There’s no custom backend: the app reads from and publishes to existing ATproto infrastructure. The goal was to explore whether a TikTok-like experience can exist as a thin client over an open social protocol, rather than a vertically integrated platform.
Things I’d especially love feedback on:
- Whether this kind of UX makes sense on top of ATproto
- Client-only tradeoffs (ranking, discovery, moderation)
- Protocol limitations I may be missing
- Any architectural red flags
TestFlight: https://testflight.apple.com/join/cVxV1W3g https://testflight.apple.com/join/cVxV1W3g
- whiterock 9mo agoyay, more brainrot =)
- mcny 9mo agoCongratulations on launching. Also this is probably the most comprehensive what to test notes in a test flight I've ever seen iirc
- thejazzman 9mo agoget used to it with coding agents
- zingplex 9mo agoWhat are your thoughts on ATproto after implementing a client?
- frizlab 9mo agoLooks very good! I don’t have feedbacks wrt what you asked, but I like the app.
- podlp 9mo agoCool app! It’s quite polished and scrolling is smooth on a 13 Mini. Some quick thoughts: - I didn’t see any loading indicator, and some videos took multiple seconds to load - When I scroll up then back down, I get a white gradient at the bottom of the screen that goes away after a few seconds - I’d like to be able to expand the description text, but clicking it didn’t do anything - Without signing in, my initial feed was almost entirely ICE videos
- cedws 9mo agoMost of the videos are related to American politics. Would be nice to see more diversity.
- toomuchtodo 9mo agoAsk creators you follow to add Bluesky as a publishing target. Alternatively, someone builds a pull through cache and content is ripped from TikTok and Insta for serving on the ATproto fabric (yt-dlp still works well for ripping from Big Tech social media storage targets).
- fabifabulous 9mo agoLooks nice. Why not add ActivityPub as well? Or is this not possible?
- tiernano 9mo agoInstalled. Had a look around. Quite fast. Nice and responsive. No option to share though… wanted to send a video outside of Bluesky and no option. I can re-whateverthewordisinbluesky, but no external share.