What does the conference structure reveal about where the ATProto community is focused — and where the gaps are?
How the conference maps to the Resonant Computing Manifesto's five principles.
The distribution across 89 talks is uneven in telling ways. Prosocial dominates with 42 tags — this community is building for connection first, infrastructure second. Plural follows closely at 38, reflecting the ATProto ecosystem's core commitment to decentralization. Together these two principles account for the majority of the conference's intellectual energy.
Science is a parallel community. The research track occupies Friday entirely on its own — 10 talks in a self-contained day. This is not a side event; it is a second conference sharing the same protocol substrate.
Community & Moderation leads in talk count. Nine talks focused on trust, safety, and community governance make this the conference's largest single theme. The ATProto community is prioritizing the social over the technical.
AI is surprisingly thin. Only 4 dedicated AI/Agents talks in a 2026 conference. The community appears to be building the substrate first and treating AI as one consumer of the protocol, not the point of it.
Dedicated is underrepresented. With 30 tags, the principle of software-that-works-for-you trails behind Plural and Prosocial. Personal tools, single-user servers, and agent-driven workflows are present but not yet the center of gravity.
The gap between Plural and Dedicated is where the next wave happens. The infrastructure for decentralization is being built; the personal tools that make it meaningful to individuals are still emerging.