{"podcast":{"title":"The InfoQ Podcast","slug":"the-infoq-podcast-1106590","podcast_index_feed_id":1106590,"rss_url":"https://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:215740450/sounds.rss","website_url":"https://bit.ly/3yxbEaU","image_url":"https://i1.sndcdn.com/avatars-000562967820-b6wqfw-original.jpg","author":"InfoQ","episode_count":383,"summary":"Software engineers, architects and team leads hav…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-28T00:17:19.986509+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-infoq-podcast-1106590"},"episode":{"title":"Increasing Users’ Data Agency: From BlueSky's AT Protocol to the Local-First Software Movement","slug":"increasing-users-data-agency-from-bluesky-s-at-protocol-to-the-local-first-software-movement","published_at":"2026-06-15T09:59:59+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-infoq-podcast-1106590/increasing-users-data-agency-from-bluesky-s-at-protocol-to-the-local-first-software-movement","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-infoq-podcast-1106590","url":"https://soundcloud.com/infoq-channel/increasing-users-data-agency","audio_url":"http://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2335998404-infoq-channel-increasing-users-data-agency.mp3","summary":"Martin Kleppmann, an associate professor at Cambridge and author of Designing Data-Intensive Applications, discusses the evolution of data systems over the last decade, mainly the shift from monolithic databases to modular building blocks. Kleppmann underlines the importance of moving from cloud-centric data storage systems to decentralised data storage similar to Bluesky’s AT protocol. He also dives into explaining the local-first movement and the importance of users owning their data. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/4vXoT1V Newsletter: Subscribe to the Software Architects’ Newsletter for your monthly guide to the essential news and experience from industry peers on emerging patterns and technologies: https://www.infoq.com/software-architects-newsletter InfoQ online certification cohorts: Online cohorts for senior engineers and architects, built around QCon talks. Join a 5-week confidential peer group to validate your approach and apply practitioner frameworks to the technical challenges you face at work. Learn more: https://certification.qconferences.com/ Upcoming Events: InfoQ Live (June 23, 2026) https://live.infoq.com/ InfoQ Online Certification Programs (July 25, 2026) https://certification.qconferences.com/ai-engineering QCon San Francisco 2026 (November 16-20, 2026) https://qconsf.com/ The InfoQ Podcasts: Weekly inspiration to drive innovation and build great teams from senior software leaders. Listen to all our podcasts and read interview transcripts: - The InfoQ Podcast https://www.infoq.com/podcasts/ - Engineering Culture Podcast by InfoQ https://www.infoq.com/podcasts/#engineering_culture - Generally AI: https://www.infoq.com/generally-ai-podcast/ Follow InfoQ: - Mastodon: https://techhub.social/@infoq - X: https://x.com/InfoQ?from=@ - L…","meta_description":"Martin Kleppmann, an associate professor at Cambridge and author of Designing Data-Intensive Applications, discusses the evolution of data systems over th…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2379,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-infoq-podcast-1106590/episodes/increasing-users-data-agency-from-bluesky-s-at-protocol-to-the-local-first-software-movement/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-infoq-podcast-1106590/increasing-users-data-agency-from-bluesky-s-at-protocol-to-the-local-first-software-movement.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}