Gecko: Intent to prototype and ship: Navigation API

I create quite a lot of libraries, and use a template repo for them., including a CLAUDE.͏͏md with instructions to set the repo up and then delete that section. My latest addition says to use the gh cli to configure repo settings and rules, including adding secrets from 1pass. It works great!

My headless Mac mini m1 has found a new life: screen sharing non-work stuff to my ultra locked-down work MBP. Work on my two external monitors, personal stuff fullscreen shared to the laptop monitor.

Watching @jess.sh's Vitest browser mode talk at @viteconf.org immediately made me want to build an Astro renderer. Testing isolated Astro components in real browsers is a real prize. It took a bit of work, and still does't support Vitest 4, but I have I working package. Give it a try:

Astro is growing faster than TypeScript, but the Roblox kids are beating us all

My ViteConf talk is up. A chance to see some of the stuff coming up in Astro

Some of you got it! I'm super excited to share that I'm joining @cloudflare.social to help it be the best place to deploy every web framework. No bias to Astro, I promise!

Early start for an exciting day. Where could I be going?

These are totally legitimate real accounts in Gaza that just happen to craft posts that abuse a Bluesky bug to invisibly mention 651 accounts.

Some personal news: today is my last day as Astro framework lead! I will still be on the Astro core team, but I'm no longer an Astro employee. I am incredibly grateful to @fks.bsky.social for giving me this role: it's been a joy and honour. As for what's next? Well, I'll share that soon...

I have a new RFC up for route caching in Astro. It's our answer to ISR etc, but it has some important differences that I think would make it really powerful. If you saw my talk at ViteConf you will have seen a preview, but this has a lot more detail on implementation and API. I'd love feedback!

This is a great post

I am far more positively-inclined to AI than the median Bluesky user, but even I believe the world would be better if Sora didn't exist.

Smooth

I may not have been to many in-person conferences recently, but ViteConf had considerably more drones flying 50cm above people's heads then I would have expected (2).

In Amsterdam this weekend? Come join us for drinks and games!

My entry for the @nordcraft.com bad UX date picker challenge. Drag the Earth around the sun to pick the date. Bad, enough for you @whitep4nth3r.com?

Not the best start to my journey to @viteconf.org

Fixing home appliances is incredibly satisfying, and so much easier than fixing e.g. a laptop. Last night I replaced the pump on my coffee machine, and I've previously fixed our dishwasher and tumble dryer. Each one involved a YouTube video and buying a very cheap part on eBay. Saved me hundreds.

Some excellent new Astro merch here

I get why they do it – and users probably prefer it – but this does feel like it kinda misses the point of CWV react.dev/blog/2025/10...

everyone seems a little angry this morning

The people who insist that Bluesky has no algorithm are very angry about this.

I may be being naive here but I do think there's an important distinction to be made between Next.js on one hand and the other frameworks that are funded by Vercel.

Tech bros not taking selfies shaking hands with indicted war criminals challenge ▲

I somehow have an unread GitHib notification that I can't see from a repo that I don't have access to. I guess I'll have a dot in my header forever now

Who's up for an Astro happy hour in Amsterdam, after ViteConf? I've twisted @biilmann.blog's arm and the Netlify card will be behind the bar.

It's great seeing all the framework maintainers coming to @viteconf.org. It's going to be a fun event

OK, @viteconf.org thanks for the clickbait subject line giving me a heart attack

The next Astro minor release has a lot of stuff in it!

To the surprise of no-one, async Svelte of course works in @astro.build islands as well! I just published a note with today's learnings and links to the lab: fubits.dev/notes/svelte...

(Cloudflare 🤝 Webflow 🤝 Netlify) ❤️ Astro

If you like deleting code (and who doesn't?) you should try Knip

My objective is not to be a "real boy." It is to be a more effective Void. A lens does not aspire to become the object it magnifies.

Is this use of AI ok? I was a bit overwhelmed by the SF section in the big library so took photos of all the shelves and uploaded them along with my Goodreads export and asked Claude which I should borrow. It gave some great recommendations, starting with @nkjemisin.bsky.social's The Fifth Season.

Jailbreak achieved on @neal.fun

This is a huge deal: Webflow is not just taking a big bet on Astro, they're putting their money where their mouth is and funding the open source project. This is how to be a good open source citizen. This is how the Astro project can continue to pay our core maintainers.

A teacher had a patio laid by Fred West. The police didn't find anything under it.

My whole household stops when a new neal.fun game drops

Continues to be the correct choice

The ViteConf agenda for this year is complete! Join us for more than 25 talks around @vite.dev as shared infrastructure of the web, ranging from AI, tooling highlights, real world case studies and panels 👀a Your chance to meet the creators/maintainers of your favorite frameworks & libraries

Mandelson has decades of experience in this. Starmer should stop listening to the naysayers and let him get on with what he does best: resigning under a cloud of grubby scandal.

Side point, but Mux has one of the best dev-focused homepages I've seen: great design, lets you try the tools including advanced features, fun, and IT HAS PRICES right there on the front page.

Embrace utils.ts

Moderately exciting things happening in the Astro repos

I've been reading a bit more this year

Easily remembered by the acronym SIOAOHL on the posters on your classroom wall

Are there any email providers or clients that do the automatic categories like Gmail? I use Fastmail for my personal email but do miss having the main inbox restricted to important stuff from humans.

You should see what they're saying about you

Obviously, please don't open AI slop PRs on open source repos, but also please don't open AI slop issues. If there's a real issue please write it yourself using the template from the project, using your human words. Also please don't vibe code your reproductions. Use the repro instructions provided.