Dev
Design
Marketing
Business
Date
May 29, 2024 1:00 pm
Duration
40 min
Location
Marble Hall
What do WordPress, GitLab, Threads by Meta, and Flipboard have in common? They all embraced ActivityPub, a standardized protocol for federated content distribution. Popularized by Mastodon, it’s a key part of Fediverse, an open network of interoperable social networking applications. However, ActivityPub’s potential extends beyond social media.
In this talk, Jan will take a deep dive into how (and why) ActivityPub works and how you can take advantage of it (or at least some of its parts) in your product.
Jan Vlnas
Senior Backend Engineer
MEWS
Jan is a full-stack web developer and former developer advocate focused on the design and usability of web APIs. When he's not working, parenting, or Slacking, he’s diving into the obscure histories of computing and hypertext.
