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Astro Weekly #109

Astro Weekly #109

Stainless joins Astro, new API docs platform launches, smarter knowledge bases and faster YouTube embeds

Nathan Lawson
November 16, 2025

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Hello, Astronauts!

Exciting news in the Astroverse this week, and it’s all about supercharging how developers build, ship, and document their APIs.

Plus, we’ve got guides to help you build smarter knowledge bases and embed YouTube the performance-friendly way.

Let’s explore what’s new! 🚀

What’s new with Astro 🗞️

Fresh features, updates, and announcements. The latest from Astro HQ!

Docs on rocket fuel

Stainless sponsors Astro 🤝

Astro has officially welcomed Stainless as its newest sponsoring partner, arriving hand-in-hand with the launch of the Stainless Docs Platform, built entirely on Astro.

Stainless is already the go-to platform for teams shipping high-quality APIs, generating robust SDKs straight from your API spec and keeping them flawlessly in sync across every language.

Integrated as a single Astro plugin, it adds full prose, API, and SDK reference docs to your site automatically, all while building on top of Starlight, Astro’s official documentation theme.

For all the details, check out the official announcement blog post.

Astro Boosters 🚀

Fueling the mission — brought to you by this week’s sponsor.

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Astro Community 🧑‍🚀

Spotlight on what’s shining in the Astroverse.

Butter Together

Spread knowledge with Astro + ButterCMS 🧈

This step-by-step guide shows you how to turn Astro and ButterCMS into a modern, flexible knowledge base that grows seamlessly alongside your content.

You’ll learn how to structure pages cleanly, fetch and render content dynamically, and dial in SEO best practices so users find answers fast.

Astro-charged embeds

Embed YouTube without the performance hit 📺

Ever drop a YouTube embed into your Astro site and watch those hard-earned Lighthouse scores take a nosedive?

Lokman Musliu shows how to build a lightweight, high-performance Astro component that saves your metrics.

Spotted in the Astroverse 🪐

A few standout posts from the community that grabbed my attention!

If you have something awesome you’d like to share with the Astro community, you can reach me at [email protected] or via DM on X

Blazing-fast Astro themes ⚡

Launch your link-in-bio page in minutes

Self-host your links in style with Linkk 🔗

Linkk is a clean, link-in-bio template built with Astro. Perfect for developers and creators who want a self-hosted alternative to Linktree.

Astro on X 🛰️

Tuning in to the Astro frequency on X!

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Direct link for web version:
https://x.com/leinwand/status/1986812003315564602

Astro Boosters 🚀

Fueling the mission — brought to you by this week’s sponsor.

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