Astro Weekly #95

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Hello, Astronauts! 🚀 

It’s a quieter week in the Astroverse, but that just means more space to explore.

Speaking of space to explore, this week we have a guide on to how to build your own newsletter using Astro… maybe one for us to check out!

Plus, we’re sharing a practical guide on how to display your latest YouTube videos inside your Astro blog, with both build-time and real-time methods covered.

What’s new with Astro 🗞️

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

Astro’s out for summer 🏖️

No major Astro updates to report this week as the summer breather continues.

In the meantime, why not revisit the “Building Astro sites with AI tools” guide we covered in issue #93, especially if you’re curious about doc-aware editors, real-time agents, or AI-powered workflows.

It’s also a great time to explore the Astro docs for new features you might have missed — there’s plenty of hidden power tucked away in live content collections, experimental fonts API, and responsive images.

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Astro Community 🧑‍🚀

Spotlight on what’s shining in the Astroverse.

Build an Astro newsletter (wait, what?) 📬

Sarthak Mishra shows how to add a newsletter to a static Astro site using Cloudflare KV, Resend, and MDX. No external newsletter services such as Substack required.

Sarthak covers secure subscriber flows, one-click unsubscribe compliance, and automating scheduling, all while keeping the newsletter archive SEO-friendly.

Display YouTube videos inside Astro 📺

Dragos covers two ways to fetch YouTube videos in Astro: build-time with SSG for blazing-fast load times, and real-time updates using SSR for fresh content.

Along the way, you’ll also get practical tips on handling errors gracefully and optimizing performance, including caching strategies and lazy loading.

Spotted in the Astroverse 🪐

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

• 🆕 New Astro Site, 2025

• 📖 Getting Started with Astro and BCMS

• 🆚 Astro vs React: Why I Chose Astro for My First Dev Portfolio

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

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Astro on X 🛰️

Tuning in to the Astro frequency on X!

Direct link for web version:
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Astro Showcase 🤩

Fresh from the launchpad: Astro sites worth a look!

That’s a wrap for this week!

As always, if you have something to share in a future newsletter, let’s hear it! Drop me a line at [email protected] or send a DM on X.

See you next Sunday.

– Nathan 🧑‍🚀