SMRTR ProgrammingDec 1, 2025lobste.rs

Building user interactivity on your website without a backend

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The author built cutebook, a library that adds guestbooks to websites using AT Protocol and Bluesky authentication. Visitors sign in with Bluesky, leave messages stored in their own repositories, while Constellation indexes entries as backlinks. This creates a database-free guestbook system using just web components and OAuth configuration.

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