PodRocket - Episodes Tagged with “Astro”

Tailwind Layoffs, Cloudflare Buys Astro | Panel

LogRocket — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 08:00:00 -0500

In this mini-panel, Jack, Paige, Paul, and Noel discuss how AI reshaping developer tooling is impacting open source monetization, including the recent Tailwind layoffs and the collapse of Tailwind documentation traffic caused by AI. The conversation expands into broader developer tooling business models and reacts to claims like Ryan Dahl stating that the era of humans writing code is over.

They also cover the Astro Cloudflare acquisition, what it means for the Cloudflare developer platform, and how this shapes the frontend frameworks future. Hot takes include light mode vs dark mode SaaS, shifting developer aesthetics, and why AI productivity for developers may now come down to workflow design rather than raw coding skill.

Resources

Tailwind Layoffs and AI
Tailwind layoffs: https://www.businessinsider.com/tailwind-engineer-layoffs-ai-github-2026-1#:~:text=Tailwind%20laid%20off%2075%25%20of,on%20our%20engineering%20team%20lost
Tailwind layoffs: https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss.com/pull/2388#issuecomment-3717222957
Ryan Dahl Tweet: https://x.com/rough__sea/status/2013280952370573666
Apple and Google joint statement: https://x.com/NewsFromGoogle/status/2010760810751017017

Astro joins Cloudflare
Astro joins Cloudflare: https://blog.cloudflare.com/astro-joins-cloudflare

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Special Guest: Jack Herrington.

Astro 5 with Matt Kane

LogRocket — Wed, 09 Oct 2024 08:00:00 -0400

Matt Kane, core maintainer for Astro, discusses the exciting new features in Astro 5. He talks about the content layer API, server islands, and the future developments that Astro users can look forward to.

Links

https://astro.build
https://x.com/ascorbic
https://indieweb.social/@ascorbic
https://bsky.app/profile/mk.gg
https://mk.gg
https://dev.to/ascorbic

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Astro IRL with Eddy Vinck

LogRocket — Wed, 21 Feb 2024 08:00:00 -0500

Eddy Vinck, Senior Software Engineer at FrontValue, shares how he uses Astro in his day-to-day development with practical applications.

Links

https://twitter.com/EddyVinckk
https://www.eddyvinck.com
https://github.com/EddyVinck
https://www.linkedin.com/in/eddyvinck
https://substack.com/profile/74566816-eddy-vinck
https://youtube.com/channel/eddyvinck
https://astro.build
https://docs.astro.build/en/getting-started

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Special Guest: Eddy Vinck.

Astro 4 with Elian Van Cutsem

LogRocket — Mon, 18 Dec 2023 08:00:00 -0500

With the recent release of Astro 4, we talked to Elian Van Cutsem, Community Engineer at Astro, about all the new features of the release.

Links

https://www.elian.codes
https://twitter.com/eliancodes
https://github.com/eliancodes
https://m.webtoo.ls/@eliancodes
https://www.linkedin.com/in/elianvancutsem

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Special Guest: Elian Van Cutsem.

Opt-in design and React frameworks with Ben Holmes

LogRocket — Thu, 07 Dec 2023 08:00:00 -0500

Ben Holmes, core maintainer at Astro, is back to talk about the new era of React frameworks: opt-in design.

Links

https://wtw.dev
https://bholmes.dev
https://www.linkedin.com/in/bholmesdev
https://twitter.com/BHolmesDev
https://www.tiktok.com/@bholmesdev
https://www.youtube.com/@bholmesdev

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Special Guest: Ben Holmes.

Astro and MDX for digital gardening with Kathleen McMahon

LogRocket — Wed, 08 Nov 2023 08:00:00 -0500

Learn about how you can easily maintain your websites through digital gardening with the help of Astro and MDX with Kathleen McMahon, engineer, designer, and speaker.

Links

https://twitter.com/resource11
https://www.kathleenmcmahon.dev/
https://github.com/resource11
https://front-end.social/@resource11
https://www.linkedin.com/in/resource11/

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Special Guest: Kathleen McMahon.

Deno 2.0, Astro 3.0, and local-first web

LogRocket — Fri, 08 Sep 2023 08:00:00 -0400

In this week’s roundup, we talk about the upcoming release of Deno 2.0, view transitions in Astro 3.0, and why local-first web could be the way of the future.

Links

Apple
What to know about Deno 2.0 with Kevin Whinnery: https://apple.co/3PfAlmJ
Astro 3.0 with Matthew Phillips and Ben Holmes: https://apple.co/3Phksv9
Local-first web with Kyle Simpson: https://bit.ly/3Ekv7Qj

Spotify
What to know about Deno 2.0 with Kevin Whinnery: https://spoti.fi/3OWODXZ
Astro 3.0 with Matthew Phillips and Ben Holmes: https://spoti.fi/3L4qTjD
Local-first web with Kyle Simpson: https://bit.ly/45XhVgh

Google
What to know about Deno 2.0 with Kevin Whinnery: https://bit.ly/3OVmYXx
Astro 3.0 with Matthew Phillips and Ben Holmes: https://bit.ly/3KZbhOo
Local-first web with Kyle Simpson: https://bit.ly/3QZUlez

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Astro 3.0 with Matthew Phillips and Ben Holmes

LogRocket — Wed, 30 Aug 2023 08:00:00 -0400

With Astro 3.0 out today, Astro co-creator Matthew Phillips and Ben Holmes, dev on the Astro team, come to talk about the new features, road map, and more.

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Special Guests: Ben Holmes and Matthew Phillips.

Astro 2.0 with Ben Holmes (Repeat)

LogRocket — Sat, 03 Jun 2023 08:00:00 -0400

Originally published on January 31st, 2023.

In this repeat episode, Ben Holmes, Software Developer at Astro, joins us to tell us everything you need to know about Astro 2.0.

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The Launch Pad with Lindsay Wardell and Tejas Kumar

LogRocket — Fri, 17 Feb 2023 08:00:00 -0500

We’re back with episode three of the Launch Pad with Lindsay Wardell and Tejas Kumar, as we cover the latest acquisition of Gatsby, what we should do with Create React App, and what we think of the Astro 2.0 release.

Links

Lindsay Wardell
https://twitter.com/lindsaykwardell
https://www.lindsaykwardell.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindsaykwardell/
https://github.com/lindsaykwardell
https://dev.to/lindsaykwardell

Tejas Kumar
https://tej.as
https://twitter.com/TejasKumar_
https://github.com/tejasq
https://www.youtube.com/c/tejaskumar

Netlify acquires Gatsby, composable architectures, and the future of Jamstack
Netlify announced that it would be acquiring Gatsby
Biilmann cited Gatsby’s recently released Valhalla platform
Netlify Acquires Gatsby Inc. to Accelerate Adoption of Composable Web Architectures
Netlify Acquires Gatsby, Its Struggling Jamstack Competitor

Replace Create React App recommendation with Vite
Replace Create React App recommendation with Vite
Twitter resoundingly agreed about using CRA
CRA’s inability to support PostCSS configurations and recommending Vite, Parcel, Next, or Remix
Dan Abromov’s response

Release of Astro 2 and “hybrid rendering”
Astro 2 released in mid-January
Hybrid rendering alternative API considerations
Unlock New Possibilities with Hybrid Rendering
Introducing Content Collections: Type-Safe Markdown in Astro 2.0

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Special Guests: Lindsay Wardell and Tejas Kumar.

Astro 2.0 with Ben Holmes

LogRocket — Tue, 31 Jan 2023 08:00:00 -0500

Astro 2.0 is here! Ben Holmes joins us to tell us everything you need to know about the latest version. Listen now.

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Special Guest: Ben Holmes.