Tag: Bear Community

8 posts

We said we'd fix it. Here's where we are.

A progress report on our own infrastructure, and a look at how ATProto actually works.

Chunky Guys blog

Apr 25, 2026

When Bluesky goes down, we go down. That needs to change.

What happened this week, why it affected Chunky Guys, and what we're building so it doesn't happen again.

Chunky Guys blog

Apr 18, 2026

The Chunky Guys cap: a brief history

How a small run of baseball caps became a minor legend, and why we're finally opening a shop.

Chunky Guys blog

Apr 11, 2026

Building in the open

What you've told us, what we're building, and a word about bugs.

Chunky Guys blog

Apr 4, 2026

"But it's just Bluesky..."

We hear you. Here's what we've done about it, and what's coming next.

Chunky Guys blog

Mar 28, 2026

Boops: the story so far...

A small feature with a surprisingly complicated launch.

Chunky Guys blog

Mar 21, 2026

How an Instagram page became an app

A decade of building community, the principles that shaped it, and the platform that grew from it.

Chunky Guys blog

Mar 14, 2026

The Bear Code | Queer History

So I have gotten asked quite a few times what the string of characters labeled “bear code” is up on my mastodon profile. This was an old, old bit of gay internet arcarna from before sending a photo through the internet was terribly time consuming and costly thing. Painstakingly waiting for a single jpg to download line-by-line over copper telephone lines. The code was a shorthand way for people to describe themselves without images in small internet servers and chatrooms. The code’s creation is attributed to Bob Donahue (Bear code: B5 c+ f s-: w t- r k?) and Jeff […]

bootblackcub.com

May 1, 2025