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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