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Sarah Rainsberger
@sarah11918.rainsberger.ca
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Leading community-driven, open-source #documentation at
@Astro.build 🚀🧑‍🚀✍️👩‍💻

📷🐦 Bird photographer
🎼 Choir Alto
⚾ Toronto #BlueJays
💕 @jbrains.ca
🇨🇦 Summerside PEI/Epekwitk
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Sarah Rainsberger @sarah11918.rainsberger.ca · Nov 1
So I guess we're all doing this, eh?

Hello to everyone newly here (or who has newly found me) and please bear with me while I get lists set up so I can actually figure out how to keep up with everyone! 😅

In the mean time, I'll try to bring the birds and open source docs content!
Far away shot of me standing on a stage (giving a talk) in a dark room front of a huge slide monitor showing "1,000 contributors" surrounded by hundreds of GitHub avatar circles and the Astro logo in a few places.
sarah11918.rainsberger.ca
l accomplished two household chores today, and while I in no way deserve a medal, I'm gonna take the win.

And if you need a win today, heck, share mine! We did it, fam! 🥳
November 23, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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tabathasouthey.bsky.social
Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
A screenshot of a Facebook post where a person named Andy ask the Well now “What the hell is transgender?” The Royal Canadian Air Force account response with “That’s a pretty big question asked in a pretty small way, Andy. ‘Transgender’ putting describes someone whose gender – who they know themselves to be – doesn’t match the sex they were assigned at birth. It’s not new, and it’s certainly not a fad. People have lived this experience for as long as people have existed; we’re just finally talking about it openly. You don’t have to fully understand it right away, most learning takes time, but we can always start from a place of respect. That’s how decent folks handle things they’re still getting used to.”
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
sarah11918.rainsberger.ca
I had maintainers of OSS projects thanking me for addressing what's sometimes uncomfortable to say and hard to explain: some contributions are more appreciated than others!

Practical tips for channeling your enthusiasm into MEANINGFUL contributions. (And, tips for maintainers to help you GET them.)
November 21, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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astro.build
Astro 5.16 is out, featuring SVG optimizations and more!

astro.build/blog/astro-5...
Astro 5.16 | Astro
Astro 5.16 brings experimental SVG optimization with SVGO, interactive CLI shortcuts, and improved developer experience across the board.
astro.build
November 20, 2025 at 4:08 PM
sarah11918.rainsberger.ca
I made the @reactadvanced.gitnation.org marketing email!

You want to be a part of the very first React Advanced conference in **Canada**, don't you?? Attend in person (Toronto), or remotely: reactadvanced.com/canada/
A grid of six speakers ("Our stars:") including well-known speakers such as Wes Bos and Josh Comeau but also somehow me, with a link to check out more speakers.
November 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
sarah11918.rainsberger.ca
Fun fact: it was a wild, long, extra-inning game late in 1998 (not even a Toronto #BlueJays game!) I watched with Joe that hooked me on baseball.

I'm so excited that this *objectively entertaining* 2025 World Series likely spawned a whole new batch of Blue Jays/baseball fans across Canada.
November 8, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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makesmewannauke.bsky.social
theconversation.com/boys-do-cry-...
#BlueJays
Boys do cry: The Toronto Blue Jays challenge sport’s toxic masculinity with displays of love and emotion
Rather than uphold a dominant hypermasculine image of men in sport, this years’ World Series might have opened our eyes to a counter-narrative in sport.
theconversation.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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joshuakgoldberg.com
@hideoo.dev is truly an MVP for Astro and Starlight. starlight-blog, starlight-links-validator, etc. - I can't imagine how much harder my docs site would be without their work.
November 8, 2025 at 3:12 PM
sarah11918.rainsberger.ca
(K, but next talk: DIY frumpy unisex T-shirt cutting tutorial?)
voidzero.dev VoidZero @voidzero.dev · 19d
Astro's @sarah11918.rainsberger.ca shares practical advice on how to make impactful contributions to open-source projects, focusing on the non-code ways to get started, such as improving documentation, testing, and being a good community member.

Full video: youtu.be/bzogTYPv65M
November 7, 2025 at 2:42 AM
sarah11918.rainsberger.ca
Steeling myself for the comments, but T-minus 5 hours until the premiere of my ViteConf talk! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzogTYPv65M
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
sarah11918.rainsberger.ca
Many thanks and kind appreciation to those who knew we were trying to watch the World Series while travelling/working in Europe and may have been behind... and so didn't mention #BlueJays to me at all!

I'm heartbroken for THEM, but elated for US. So epic. Much everything. I loved it. Bring on 2026.
November 5, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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nickkapur.bsky.social
Japan's "Mundane Halloween" costume contest is back!

Each year website DailyPortalZ holds a contest where people dress up as something super duper ordinary.

Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2025 contest!

#MundaneHalloween
November 2, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Reposted by Sarah Rainsberger
tlball.bsky.social
#bluejays 2025 a team we will never forget 🫶⚾️🧢🇨🇦🍁
2025 Blue Jays
November 2, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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astro.build
Astro was one of the fastest growing languages on @GitHub.com this year.

Shout out to Luau, @Typst.app, @Laravel.com Blade, and @TypeScriptLang.org for making the top 5!
Top 5 fastest-growing languages: 1. Luau, >3,600 developers, +194% YOY 2. Typst, >3,600 developers, +108% YOY 3. Astro, >45,600 developers, +78% YOY 4. Blade, >91,100 developers, +67% YOY 5. TypeScript, >2,600,000 developers, +67% YOY YOY growth compares August 2025 to August 2024.
October 30, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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astro.build
From booooo-tiful sites to tools for ghouls, come get your fill of thrills and spills! 🎃

It’s our monthly update from the Astroverse

astro.build/blog/whats-n...
What's new in Astro - October 2025 | Astro
October 2025 - The future of Astro is revealed, Biome support arrives, Astro skyrockets in GitHub's Octoverse 2025, and more!
astro.build
October 31, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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astro.build
Time to peer into @mk.gg’s crystal ball! 🔮

Watch the first Astro core team talk from @ViteConf.org to learn more about the future of Astro

www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSMf...
Matt Kane | The Future of Astro | ViteConf 2025
Matt Kane introduces Astro, a web framework built on Vite for creating high-performance, content-driven websites, showcasing its unique "Islands Architecture" and revealing upcoming features for…
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October 28, 2025 at 9:40 AM
sarah11918.rainsberger.ca
Me at 9pm as the conf speaker dinner is ending: "We should go back to the hotel at a reasonable time and get a good night sleep."

Me, at 22:30, having followed the group into a Romanian karaoke bar: "What even is time? I'll have another gin and... forest? What am I drinking?"
October 27, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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mnrajah.bsky.social
Saw this art posted on FB & wanted to share it.

Indigenous Blue Jays logo (made by Kory Parkin/@paintsbyparkin)

#LetsGoBlueJays !
October 25, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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samwojart.bsky.social
To celebrate Trey Yesavage this season. Here is a painting I did of him with a baseball as a paintbrush.
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#bluejays #toronto #art
October 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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samwojart.bsky.social
Game Day ⚾️ Let’s Go Blue Jays 👏 Painted Vladdy Jr with baseball equipment as a paintbrush 💙 @bluejays.com #vladdy #baseball #toronto #art
October 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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hideoo.dev
🎨 Looking for a new Starlight theme for your documentation? Check out this new website to easily browse, preview, and compare all available Starlight themes in one place.

starlight-themes.netlify.app
Starlight Themes
The one place to preview all Starlight themes.
starlight-themes.netlify.app
October 24, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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rosemarymosco.com
Halloween costume ideas for birders.
A comic called halloween costume ideas for birders. In panel 1, labeled easy, there's a person labeled northern cardinal wearing a party hat, a beak, and red clothes, and a person labeled roseate spoonbill wearing pink clothes and a wooden spoon on their nose. In panel 2, labeled harder, there's a person labeled merlin sound ID wearing a big green circle with a microphone modeled after the button on the merlin sound ID app, and a person labeled hybrid green x blue jay wearing a complex costume with a mask and robe and hat modeled after a recently discovered hybrid bird. In panel 3, labeled challenging, there's a person labeled baltimore oriole nest wearing an enormous accurate woven oriole nest suspended from their arms and shoulders, and a person labeled african jacana carrying chicks with a hideous costume of long-toed bird feet hanging from their armpits. In panel 4, labeled hot, there's a person labeled high quality spotting scope who is shirtless and is wearing a spotting scope mask on their head, and a person labeled sexy owl pellet wearing an owl pellet top and bottom with a mouse skull on their head.
October 23, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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astro.build
ward off spooky skews and ghoulish FOUTs with Astro 5.15 👻

astro.build/blog/astro-5...
Astro 5.15 | Astro
Astro 5.15 introduces Netlify skew protection, granular font preload filtering, and new adapter APIs for customizing fetch headers and assets.
astro.build
October 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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hideoo.dev
The Starlight links validator plugin now takes care of validating links in your frontmatter too, e.g. hero actions or prev/next links.

Gotta validate 'em all!

github.com/HiDeoo/starl...
GitHub - HiDeoo/starlight-links-validator: Starlight plugin to validate internal links
Starlight plugin to validate internal links. Contribute to HiDeoo/starlight-links-validator development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
October 18, 2025 at 11:45 AM
sarah11918.rainsberger.ca
Astro is in Stockholm! (Or rather, I am in an Espresso House on Drottninggatan working on docs.) 🇸🇪

Let me know if you want to stop by and say hi if you're in the area! ☕
October 18, 2025 at 10:13 AM