Long-form writing on the AT Protocol #

Architecture #

Prerequisites #

• Node, pnpm.
• make.
• AWS CLI.
• Iframely for media embeds. Get a free account and grab your API key (client hash).

Local Development #

See DEV.md

Production #

See PROD.md

Differences between local (LocalStack) and AWS (production) deployment targets #

• create-local-indexer / create-local-backfill pass AwsEndpointUrl to point at LocalStack — AWS versions don't need it.
• update-aws-indexer has no local equivalent — locally the indexer runs as a process (run-local-indexer), not on EC2 via SSM.
• create-aws-waf / create-aws-cloudfront have no local equivalents — LocalStack doesn't support WAF or CloudFront in all plans.
• serve-local via Caddy proxy has no AWS equivalent — on AWS the site is served from CloudFront.