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Welcome to Astro Weekly #116!
This week features Astro 5.17's latest improvements, a fresh approach to Astro component libraries, a Notion-powered blog setup, and more!
Astro 5.17 ships with configurable dev toolbar placement, async parsing for the file() loader, partitioned cookies support, background colors for image transformations, and Sharp kernel selection for resizing.
Bearnie takes a different approach to component libraries by copying components directly into your Astro project instead of shipping them as npm packages, giving you full ownership and control.
A clever setup using Astro, GitHub Actions, and the Notion API to convert Notion pages into MDX at build time, then deploy to Cloudflare Pages.
Chris Pennington shares his reaction to the Astro joining Cloudflare, breaking down the acquisition announcement and what it means for Astro's future.
A detailed guide to integrating PhotoSwipe with Astro's MDX and image optimization pipeline, creating performant lightboxes that work seamlessly with build-time image processing and content collections.
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