Podcast Season 2 Β· Episode 11
Build faster websites with Astro
Fred Schott chats with us all about Astro and how you can build static sites with any framework.

Guests
Questions
- The Astro Technology Company - https://astro.build/blog/the-astro-technology-company/
- What was the motivation behind creating something that uses multiple languages?
- What developers or companies are you targeting with Astro?
- Can you explain what islands architecture is?
- Can you explain what Partial Hydration means? https://docs.astro.build/en/core-concepts/component-hydration/
- Are A11y warnings apart of Astro?
- Astro Technology under the hood
- How is Astro similar or different from Gatsby, Hugo, 11ty?
- WASM - Figma post https://www.figma.com/blog/an-update-on-plugin-security/
Picks
Alex Patterson: Retool, Admin UI Builder
Brittney Postma: Cassidy Williams - Astro from the Ground Up
Brittney Postma: Accelerating Svelte's Development
Brittney Postma: Encanto
Fred K Schott: tRPC end-to-end typesafe APIs made easy
Fred K Schott: Marko JS