Supper Club × Astro 2.0 with Fred Schott
Show notes
In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Fred Schott about all things Astro v2.0. What is Astro and why should you use it? How do islands work? Images, edge, AI, error overlays, hybrid rendering, and more! Show Notes 00:40 Welcome 01:08 Guest introduction FredKSchott.com @Fredkschott on Twitter Fred on GitHub 02:17 What is Astro and why should someone use it? 04:57 What can you build with Astro? 06:11 What’s an island in content? 09:43 How do routes work with Astro? 12:30 How is Markdown handled in Astro? mdxjs 14:32 How does Astro work on the edge? 18:15 How does Astro v2 handle data fetching? 23:25 Integrations with Astro 26:38 Astro AI bot? AI Langchain 30:40 Error overlay design 36:10 What are some of the most important upgrades in v2? 37:18 Hybrid rendering 40:27 Astro’s image component Squoosh 44:39 What happened to snowpack? Pikapkg? 46:48 What is the financial model for Astro? 50:28 Supper Club questions Obsidian ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Chat Langchain Shameless Plugs Astro Astro Discord Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets
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