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

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