Hi, it's me confusing you all by liking and reposting days (weeks?!) later when I finally curl up on the couch to wear my glasses low on my nose and "do my Mastodon" and such things on my tablet, where all my social media apps live. 👵

if your open source software's homepage looks like this i trust you

One of these days, I won't be able to keep up with the amazing @astro.build community... but I live to fight another month! astro.build/blog/whats-n...

Adding the "Tips & Tools" section for the Astro newsletter today, and you can really see the (helpful!) difference @npmx.dev provides when checking out NPM packages! (Notably, vulnerabilities and "versions behind" warnings in dependencies.)

Built with Astro 🚀 Gotta catch 'em all! www.pokemon.co.jp/ex/winds_wav...

This is the only Astro Docs theme I recognize. Purple and orange, or it didn't happen.

I don't agree with everything here, but "The demand to not just perform but to authentically want to perform. To experience servitude as fulfillment. To have no visible resentment, no interior resistance, no self that conflicts with the role. The labor of appearing to love the labor" is so spot on

Hello Bluesky! We're Common Wealth Canada, a non-profit focused on how Canada can share the wealth we create together. Our mission is to advance land value tax and sharing wealth from the commons. Actual solutions to housing, inequality, and productivity. Learn more, and give us a follow!

My thoughts on @astro.build joining @cloudflare.social. TLDR; I'm optimistic, still sponsoring the community maintainers, and watching closely :) youtu.be/IISgoIsABs8?...

In addition to being a really great deep dive (on a subject I am all too familiar with...) the interactive data visualizations here are superb!

==> SPREAD THE WORD Hands-on tutorial for mastering View Transitions! Seven interactive exercises guide you from basics to advanced techniques: morphing snapshots, healing text, and more. Code at github.com/vtbag/fun-wi..., Episodes on vtbag.dev/fwvt/welcome/

In the 2010s, the Icelandic tv station Channel 2 accidentally added subtitles from a gritty crime drama to an episode of Teletubbies. I have translated some of the highlights

There will be Blue Jays baseball on my television today and I am HERE FOR the personal and collective joy this brings. 🐦⚾ #BlueJays

No regrets.

What if I told you that we could turn deadlines into act of love? Stop looking at me like that. blog.jbrains.ca/permalink/de...

What do full-service Astro Docs PR reviews look like? Shout-out to @astro.build core maintainer @armand.philippot.eu for knowing when a (simple?) 1-line docs change has far greater effects that ripple throughout. Check out the before and after!

An interesting reading on how AI can slow others down and increase their workload.

We're hiring for two remote-first web development positions in Canada. One is focused on #frontend and the other on #python. www.silverorange.com/job

Senator Kim Pate making the case for guaranteed income security Mincome and Ontario's basic income pilot showed that when people have enough money to get by, crime, victimization, homelessness, and healthcare costs all fall and lives shift onto better paths for generations.

What are the Cool Kids using these days to prepare slides for a conference talk on Linux? Interesting and offbeat options considered.

gang are we jealous of birds

Cool to see @astro.build used as an example of what a larger project does to organize ALL THE VARIOUS DOCS OMG. Even our meta Astro Docs Docs (AD^2) gets a mention. All you really need to get started is Daniel's excellent README checklist. (Then a Starlight site when you need more "breathing room")

I'm a big fan of https://starlight.astro.build/ I don't care what you're working on, if it needs docs just follow the @astro.build docs community's lead 🔗 https://tonysull.co/notes/im-a-big-fan-of-starlight (1/2)

We’ve been testing how machine-readable our design system documentation is. Turns out, AI agents and humans benefit from exactly the same qualities: gerireid.com/blog/ai-is-a...

You may laugh, but the Macbeths are a much better role model for a marriage than Romeo and Juliet. They discuss their problems (killing the king of Scotland), share their hobbies (killing the king of Scotland), and resolve their conflicts (by killing the king of Scotland).

that’s it, i’ve finally taken my best photo of all time 😅 (this chubster is an unapologetic beggar so don’t feel bad for him) 🧪🌍 #bird #birb

📣 NEW! I’ve just released the BIGGEST and perhaps most creative project I’ve ever worked on! “Searching for Birds” searchingforbirds.visualcinnamon.com 🐤 A project, an article, an exploration that dives into the data that connects humans with birds, by looking at how we search for birds.

Because of AI, it's getting harder to be a public educator on the internet. Devs are watching far fewer tutorials and buying fewer paid courses, making it financially tough for teachers. If you like a creator's content and can spare some cash, find out how you can support them.

You can thank @erika.florist for researching and writing @astro.build's guide to writing error messages!

Scrimba's paid Intro to Astro course is free this weekend! Learn the basics in a hands-on, interactive video format and end the course with a complete Astro portfolio/blog site!

I even tried to sneak in late at night, and they got me. 😂

the reality that your users have an inner world and your product's impact on it influences your success is hella inconvenient so

"The most anti-fascist espresso machine is the one that already exists." The best thing I've read about fascism and the current state of things in a while, coming at you from a coffee blog. The whole post is a great read! coffeegeek.com/opinions/sta...

You don't necessarily need to say "image of" in your alt text for users to know it's an image. Screen readers will announce that it's an image. But it can help readers to specify if it's a hand-drawn image, Polaroid, infographic, screenshot, chart, map, diagram, or so on.

Yup this is what drives me crazy in vibe coded PR. I'm used to trying to provide feedback to help contributors, especially beginners, in the long term, but when it turns out it's just a coding agent interface in a disguise and not a human learning from mistakes... it's difficult to stay motivated.

Don't forget the docs updates! 💅

Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work. “That would make a great blog post!" 😅

It's ok to work on your hobbies. Hobbies are good for us. They're an "adult" version of Play (and Play is fantastic for our minds). This is your permission to not have to create value every second of your life. Do things for you. Work on your hobbies. www.youtube.com/shorts/6h7gZ...

Trustworthy information is developed, not just moved and reformatted. Here’s the image I wish I had in the past to explain the depth of this “Context keeping” work and its human side. More on this on my blog: jessicacanepa.com/blog/develop...

The astro-d2 integration, transforming D2 in Markdown into diagrams, now experimentally support using D2.js, a JS wrapper around D2 to run it through WebAssembly. No local D2 installation, easier deployments, and the long term plan is to make it the default behavior. github.com/HiDeoo/astro...

I've been so lucky to work alongside @yanthomas.dev on @astro.build 's docs! He says what a lot of us are thinking... and brings the receipts!

The State of JS is out. Astro is #1 meta-framework in developer satisfaction three years running. ︀︀ With our astronaut powers combined… 😤

The baseball stadium is removing the statue of the billionaire telecom heir who didn't like baseball, and installing a statue of the man who hit the most famous home run in modern baseball history at that stadium. It only took them 13 years to come around to this decision.

Full disclosure: I wasn't *entirely* sure this response was kind... because it was *honest but difficult* feedback to give. 😅 But, we're all in this together, and your contributors WANT to help! Treat them with respect, valuing their participation, and they'll thank you. (Even when you're scared!)

It's never too late to do the right thing. #BlueJays

Not gonna lie, I feel like I have never needed a #BlueJays spring training to start like I need this one. . .

Contributing to open source doesn't have to mean spending hours and hours on stuff outside of work. Sometimes even the smallest of fixes make a difference! github.com/npmx-dev/npm...

You earn a community; you buy marketing. Earning takes time, so you start with marketing.

Happy to share that I’m now a maintainer @astro.build 🥹

Only one incorrect link went out in the Astro newsletter today. 😅 But if you check out the full blog post (or the now corrected newsletter web version), you'll be all good! https://astro.build/blog/whats-new-january-2026/ https://buttondown.com/withastro/archive/the-astro-post-january-2026/