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>>aendru+(OP)
For those not getting the context(like me), this seems to be about the Bluesky Social(https://bsky.app/), a twitter alternative.

>>sidmit+72
Further context: Bluesky lets you use a domain name you own as a user handle.

The official method is to set a TXT record, but apparently their "AT protocol" also lets you confirm a domain by serving `GET your.domainname.com/xrpc/com.atproto.identity.resolveHandle`

and `xrpc` was available as an S3 bucket name :)

>>pyentr+d7
Yikes, why didn't they use a /.well-known/ address instead of inventing a new directory? This is entirely on Bluesky, not AWS.

>>oxguy3+161
Because tech bros always believe they have a better solution than battle tested standards.

>>ohgodp+bL1
The less edgy, pithy, probably correct explanation is that the over-worked developer wasn't aware of the standard.