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Just leaving a little “status update” post as I clean up some content to no longer feature Gitpod (RIP) on this site.

These “reads” also include some great “watches” I thought I’d share!

I learned to code on a Chromebook in online editors.

Here are some things I’ve recently been reading and enjoyed/learned from!

I realized while working on this site that it’s been a while since I’ve written for this site!

2025-12-07 update Gitpod no longer exists.

(approximate transcript below, in “speaker notes” formatting rather than properly written, with some slides sprinkled in and resources and references at the end) I’m going to ask a question and we’ll get back to the answer a little later.

The value of non-code contributions I’ve heard people speak dismissively of PRs that fix a typo or update a broken link.

This was originally written in early June 2022, in response to the question, “Have you written anything about your community-driven approach to Docs at Astro?”

Since the docs are about to get a lot more eyes on them after the Astro Beta Launch Week, I thought I’d take a moment to “doc the docs” for those who might want a window into our recent progress.

Last weekend, aFuzzyBear and I spent 3hrs on live-chat in the Astro Discord while other community members joined in.

With open source projects, not only can you see the code, you can help edit and maintain the code, too!

Trying out some new technology, and since I can’t fit the entire transcript in the YouTube video description, here it is all on this page.

Note This post refers to an older version of my site.

Static vs Dynaming Routing Astro uses file-based routing to create URLs (pages) for your site.

When I first built basic websites, back in nineteen-ninety… mumble mumble, I figured out enough HTML to make a static page, then link to another page.

React Gut Check Here are the very first, super-basic things to check that might be causing your perfectly-awesome React components to throw Astro errors: 1.

Astro is a learner’s paradise!

Rewriting a React/JSX Component as an Astro Component Astro describes their component syntax as “HTML enhanced with JavaScript.”

Look at me, I’m a pin setter!