JavaScript framework Eleventy has been renamed Build Awesome, 1.5 years after joining the Font Awesome stable. The name change precedes Build Awesome Pro, which will offer premium features alongside the features Eleventy users know and love. Today the Awesomeverse got a little awesomer.

The VoidZero team also open-sourced Vite+, which is a unified toolchain and entry point to web app development that manages runtime, package manager, and frontend toolchain all in one.

Since being acquired by Cloudflare, the Astro team had their first big release with Astro 6.0, which includes a new dev server and build pipeline powered by Vite’s environment API so it can run the exact same production runtime during development. Other upgrades include a built-in Fonts API, request-time content, and a new experimental Rust compiler.

Timestamps:

• 0:54 - Eleventy becomes Build Awesome
• 5:40 - VoidZero announces Vite+ alpha
• 10:38 - Astro 6.0
• 15:39 - Mozilla is working on a big Firefox redesign
• 17:53 - The Chrome team is looking for feedback on focusgroup
• 20:31 - Updates to TanStack AI
• 22:21 - OpenClaw gripe with lack of permissions
• 27:22 - Moltbook get acquired by Meta
• 30:05 - What’s making us happy

News:

• Paige - Astro 6.0
• Jack - VoidZero announces Vite+ Alpha
• TJ - Eleventy becomes Build Awesome and the original Font Awesome Kickstarter video

Lightning News: 

• Mozilla is working on a big Firefox redesign
• The Chrome team is looking for feedback on focusgroup
• Upgrades to TanStack AI
• OpenClaw gripe with lack of permissions with v2026.3.2
• Moltbook is acquired by Meta

What Makes Us Happy this Week:

• Paige - Foundation TV series
• Jack - Taxes done with Firefly III
• TJ - Claude Code

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