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neilvtoday at 3:34 AM2 repliesview on HN

> By convention, the client looks under /satellite/ by default. If that path is already taken, place a satproto_root.json file at the domain root containing { "sat_root": "my-custom-repo" } — the client checks this first.

Would a `/.well-known/` be helpful here?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Well-known_URI


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noman-landtoday at 3:43 AM

.poorly-known

chrismorgantoday at 5:57 AM

Ah, just like AT Proto when it was released, introducing compatibility hazards and security vulnerabilities by putting stuff in the root rather than in .well-known. Sigh.