Building BlueMigrate: My First Profitable Web Dev Project – Porting Tweets to Bluesky

[Technical Overview] BlueMigrate is a web application designed to transfer tweets from Twitter to the Bluesky social network, preserving the original tweet timestamps. This functionality leverages the respective APIs of both platforms, requiring careful handling of authentication, rate limits, and data transformation. The core technical challenge lies in accurately recreating the tweet’s metadata and content within Bluesky’s constraints. The current industry context sees a surge of interest in decentralized social media alternatives, making a tool like BlueMigrate highly relevant for users seeking to migrate away from centralized platforms like Twitter (now X)....

December 8, 2024 · 3 min · 551 words · OnlineNotes Team