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November 15, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Astro Weekly #108 🚀

- Starlight tops the charts 🌟
- Astro's early bet on the server 🎰
- SEO tips for lightning-fast sites ⚡

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Top SEO tips for Astro | Astro Weekly #108
Starlight tops the charts, Astro's early bet on the server, learn how to make your lightning-fast sites SEO-ready
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November 13, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Astro is officially one of the top 5 fastest-growing languages on GitHub in 2025 🚀

+ over 45k developers 🧑‍🚀
+ 78% year-over-year growth rate 📈
November 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Astro Weekly #107 🚀

- @astro.build among fastest-growing languages 📈
- Astro: the meta-framework for htmx? 🧩
- Choosing the right rendering mode in Astro 🏝️

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Astro the new meta-framework for htmx | Astro Weekly #107
Astro among fastest-growing languages on GitHub, the new meta-framework for htmx, choosing the right rendering mode for your UI
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November 4, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Astro Weekly #106 🚀

- Astro 5.15 adds new tricks (and treats) 🎃
- Banish outdated AI answers with Astro MCP 🧙
- Add frighteningly-fast search to static sites 👻

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Boost your AI workflow with Astro MCP docs server | Astro Weekly #106
Astro 5.15 adds automatic skew protection, boost your AI workflow with MCP docs server, add lightning-fast search to static sites
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October 28, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Astro Weekly #105 🚀

- View Transitions hit Firefox ✨
- Build a secure contact form with Astro Actions 📨
- Code blocks with custom syntax highlighting 💡

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Build a secure contact form with Astro Actions and Resend | Astro Weekly #105
View Transitions hit Firefox, build a secure contact form with Astro Actions, level up your code blocks with custom syntax highlighting
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October 23, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Astro Weekly #104 🚀

- Astro goes live in Amsterdam 🇳🇱
- Mastering images in Astro 🖼️
- Keeping Figma and Astro in sync 🎨

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Builld a living design system with Astro and Figma | Astro Weekly #104
Building the future of the open web at ViteConf, mastering images in Astro, keeping Figma and Astro in sync like a pro
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October 13, 2025 at 1:40 PM
What’s the best place to find out about conferences in Europe before they actually happen? I swear I only hear about them once people are tweeting from an airport. I have CPD budget going to waste.
October 8, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Astro Weekly #103 🚀

- Migrate your Next.js site to Astro 🚚
- React forms with Astro Actions ⚡
- New Astro swag in the Mart 🛍️

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Migrate your Next.js site to Astro | Astro Weekly #103
Migrate your Next.js site to Astro, React forms with Astro Actions, new Astro swag in the Mart
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October 7, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Astro Weekly #102 🚀

- Astro partnership streak continues 🔥
- Hands-on with Mux video API 🎥
- Migrating Astro to a headless CMS setup 🛠️

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Hands-on with Mux video API for Astro | Astro Weekly #102
Astro partnership streak continues, hands-on with Mux video API for Astro, migrating Astro to a headless CMS setup
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September 29, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Been using Claude Sonnet 4.5 for 10 minutes. AMA.
September 29, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Astro Weekly #101 🚀

- Webflow backs Astro with $150k donation 💰
- Astro to power Webflow's new AI tool ⚡
- Astro UI libraries compared 🧩

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Best Astro UI libraries compared | Astro Weekly #101
Webflow backs Astro with $150k support, Astro to power Webflow's new AI tool, Astro UI libraries compared
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September 22, 2025 at 2:01 PM
$150k + AI partnership. Webflow is all-in on Astro.

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Webflow Donates $150,000 to Support Astro's Open Source Mission | Astro
We are happy to announce Webflow's $150,000 donation to Astro and selection of Astro to power their new AI code gen capabilities, coming soon.
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September 17, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Astro Weekly #100 🚀

- @astro.build announce new partnership 🤝
- Build a streaming platform with Mux 📺
- Inside Astro with Elian Van Cutsem 🎙️

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Build a streaming platform with Astro | Astro Weekly #100
Astro announce new partnership, building a streaming platform with Astro, Astro maintainer discusses project's impact
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September 16, 2025 at 6:03 PM
This is the thinnest iPhone ever.
All-day battery.
Most durable design in history.

Battery pack and half a dozen new cases available Friday.
September 9, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Astro Weekly #99 🚀

- Astro VS Code extension passes 1M installs 🎉
- Smarter ways to use React in Astro 🧠
- CSS cascade fixes that actually work 🥞

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3 ways to use React in Astro | Astro Weekly #99
Astro VS Code extension passes 1M installs, smarter ways to use React in Astro, CSS cascade fixes that actually work
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September 8, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Astro Weekly #98 🚀

- The future of Astro at ViteConf ⚡
- Practical accessibility tips with Storyblok ♿
- Track visits in Astro the right way 📊

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Set up Google Analytics in Astro the right way | Astro Weekly #98
The future of Astro at ViteConf, practical accessibility tips with Storyblok, track visits in Astro the right way
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September 3, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Astro Weekly #97 🚀

- Astro writing made easy with new desktop app ✍️
- Stronger typing in AstroDB with enums 🔢
- Astro + headless WordPress previews that work 🔗

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Headless WordPress previews with Astro | Astro Weekly #97
Astro writing made easy with new desktop app, enums bring type safety to Astro DB, WordPress previews that work
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August 25, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Astro Weekly #96 🚀

- Astro 5.13 simplifies environment variables 🍀
- Fetch webmentions with live content collections 📡
- Display your Spotify “Now Playing” in Astro 🎵

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Display your Spotify “Now Playing” in Astro | Astro Weekly #96
Astro 5.13 ships experimental features, making your site dynamic with live webmentions, showing Spotify Now Playing in Astro
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August 18, 2025 at 9:28 PM
too many deadlines. zero posts.
August 13, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Astro Weekly #95 🚀

- Launch your own newsletter w/ @astro.build 📬
- Display latest YouTube videos inside Astro 📺
- Getting started with Astro and BCMS ⚡

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Display latest YouTube videos inside Astro | Astro Weekly #95
Launch your own newsletter with Astro, how to show your latest YouTube videos in Astro, getting started with Astro and BCMS
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August 11, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Astro Weekly #94 🚀

- Host your Astro database w/ Turso ⚡
- Build a personal media catalogue 🕹️
- Headless Shopify + Astro starterkit 🛍️

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Host your Astro database with Turso | Astro Weekly #94
Astro + Turso tutorials on fast media catalogues and hosting AstroDB, July roundup, headless Shopify starterkit
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August 4, 2025 at 8:37 PM
If you’ve been thinking about building a headless Shopify store, check out this super clean Astro + Svelte starter.

Demo: shopify-headless-demo.netlify.app

Products, variants, cart, and typed Storefront API calls ready to roll.

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GitHub - LivexTwin/shopify-headless-demo: A public demo built using my Shopify Headless Starter with Astro + Svelte.
A public demo built using my Shopify Headless Starter with Astro + Svelte. - LivexTwin/shopify-headless-demo
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July 30, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Astro Weekly #93 🚀

- New Astro docs MCP server 📖
- How to code Astro w/ Cursor 🧑‍💻
- Make content easier to parse w/ LLMs 🤖

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Building Astro sites with AI tools | Astro Weekly #93
Building Astro sites with AI tools, new Astro docs MCP server, how to code Astro with Cursor, make content easier to parse with LLMs
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July 28, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Oasis live ‘25 🎸
July 27, 2025 at 4:43 PM