RE: https://fosstodon.org/@mainmatter/117241212710498594

check it out friends! were getting started on the next chapter too!!

Faced with an ageing codebase, @evilmartians migrated to Astro, reusing existing React components, halving page weight, and improving performance.

Learn how one engineer did it in just 9 days: https://astro.build/case-studies/evil-martians/

another full @mainmatter workshop!! very exciting

ppl at @rustconf seem to be really interested in migrating codebases to Rust!

RE: https://fosstodon.org/@mainmatter/117230221469326597

come say hi if you’re around!!

You can now test your website WebMCP in the @ChromeDevTools 🤯

Vitest 5 is here! 🎉

- Big performance improvements (vm pools up to 53% faster, ~18% boost across the board including Browser Mode)
- New builtin Trace View in Browser Mode
- Nested projects support
- New benchmarking API
- New `vi.when` API
- Better defaults
- And a lot of bug fixes!

https://vitest.dev/blog/vitest-5.html

Astro 7.3 is out: --ignore-lock for astro preview, a runtime logger for custom image services and cache providers, and a finalize() helper for Cloudflare custom worker entrypoints.

https://astro.build/blog/astro-730/

A riddle for you: how can one Starlight release contain both LESS JavaScript and MORE JavaScript?

All is revealed in v0.42 ✨️

https://astro.build/blog/starlight-042/

rare PSA: we @mainmatter have our Rust engineers free right now! A client paused on budget timing, so they are coming straight off a highly complex c2rust project!

some of theee best engineers I know, looking for the gnarliest problems you’ve got! 👀

DM me if your company has those!

#rust #rustlang #cybersecurity #ai #c #cpp

Lots is new this month!

- New project steward
- New component playground
- New meet-up

Read all about it!
https://astro.build/blog/whats-new-august-2026/

RE: https://fosstodon.org/@mainmatter/117189845263518871

this is your once in a lifetime chance to ask us all your weirdest questions! dont miss it!

Refactored my <status-indicator> web component to use a CSS-only implementation of the pulse animation, so the template don't need a re-render on property changes :)

demo 👉 https://status-indicator.webcomponent.io

code 👉 https://github.com/ayo-run/status-indicator/blob/72231d1080890d02cca79008ea81ff27bc2ea95d/src/status-indicator.ts#L21

#webdev #frontend #css #webcomponents

Two weeks until Astro Together in Wiesbaden, Germany!

Join Astro maintainers for an evening of talks and demos at Seibert Group HQ.

Sign up today 👇️
https://go.seibert.group/astro-together-fra-seibert-2026

Decided to write my first skill to help AI agents write better docs, with support of Comark / MDC components.

Inspired by Vue docs writing guide & Gemini CLI docs-writer.

https://github.com/atinux/docster

There’s a new place to get Astro help.

Come ask, search (and answer!) questions in our GitHub Discussions forum:
https://github.com/withastro/community-support/discussions

Under the hood: every playground session spins up its own real Astro Compiler instance in a Dynamic Worker, so what you see is exactly what you'd get locally. Built with Svelte for the UI.

Ever wanted to write Astro components without starting a new project? 👀

We built a Playground that shows you - preview, CSS, JavaScript, compiler output.

https://play.astro.build/

M. Gessen, “What’s Happening in Kansas Should Alarm Us All”

Gift link: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/13/opinion/kansas-anti-trans-laws-drivers-license.html?unlocked_article_code=1.5VA.jp5I.LoEWZhbZDILK&smid=nytcore-android-share

The view across the river earlier this evening.

#Eclipse #berlin #sofi #sonnenfinsternis

Also, for no particularly good reason, it includes a knob to make the oscillators slide between notes for when you’re in need of some light relief.