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Sarah Rainsberger

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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!

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Astro @astro.build · 1d

Want to meet the Astro core team? Come join us for some drinks and a chat in Amsterdam on Saturday — sponsored by @netlify.com!

Register here: luma.com/fbmyfx30

Astro Happy Hour · Luma

Astro is coming to Amsterdam for ViteConf and we'd love to meet you! Join us for a happy hour, generously sponsored by Netlify. The Astro core team is meeting…

luma.com

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Sarah Rainsberger @sarah11918.rainsberger.ca · 2d

Have so far successfully pulled off the "stay awake even after you crossed the Atlantic overnight and basically didn't sleep" trick.

If I don't fall face first into my dinner at the table with the Astro crew here in Amsterdam, then I'll consider myself probably on local time now.

Sarah Rainsberger @sarah11918.rainsberger.ca · 4d

In today's edition of "birds or baseball, does it really matter?" 🪶⚾

A juvenile blue jay (pink flexible mouth for easy feeding; slightly lighter colouring, more greyish on the back) for the rookie pitcher Yesavage "built for" taking on the Yankees today. If this doesn't scream LFG... #BlueJays

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Samantha Woj @samwojart.bsky.social · 5d

Let’s Go Blue Jays 👏 Here’s a painting I did of Kevin Gausman with baseball equipment as a paintbrush 👏 #bluejays #toronto #kevingausman #art

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Sarah Rainsberger @sarah11918.rainsberger.ca · 5d

A little something for everyone, whether you're following the #BlueJays hashtag for birds or baseball! 🪶⚾

One of my favourite action snaps, and appropriate for the energy of the playoff game today! Let's go Blue Jays!!

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Sarah Rainsberger @sarah11918.rainsberger.ca · 5d

If you're on Android, I highly recommed this great Bluesky app with a lot of niceties and a super responsive developer!

Skywalker @skywalker.thereforeiam.eu · 6d

The "For You" feed, created by @spacecowboy17.bsky.social , shows posts based on your likes.
A drawback can be that some of those posts are from people you follow, that you already see in your Following feed.
Skywalker lets you hide people you follow from the feed, from any feed you pin as favorite.

In the options menu disable "show following" to hide posts from people you follow.

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Sarah Rainsberger @sarah11918.rainsberger.ca · 7d

The Rainsberger European Tour 2026 begins... pretty darn soon! 😅

Is there anything Astro-related going on (or that we can make happen) for the next month in... Stockholm, Iasi, Brasov, Munich???

Sarah Rainsberger @sarah11918.rainsberger.ca · 7d

The first-ever printed one belongs to me! It'll be handed off to me in Amsterdam at ViteConf next week! 🌌

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Sarah Rainsberger @sarah11918.rainsberger.ca · 7d

OK, I think if you're filming a promo for your talk at an upcoming tech conference held in *Canada*, it's entirely appropriate to go all out! #BlueJays

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Astro @astro.build · 7d

Announcing the Spirit of Astro Design Contest winners! 🏆

Check out the amazing designs by our community members, available now in the Astro shop.

astro.build/blog/spirit-...

Spirit of Astro: meet the winning designs | Astro

New t-shirt designs and a pixel perfect Astro mug, designed with love by the Astro community.

astro.build

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Sarah Rainsberger @sarah11918.rainsberger.ca · 9d

When you have to shoot a promo vid during a #BlueJays playoff run.

Brush my hair? I'm sorry, this visor doesn't leave my head while they're winning. Do you even baseball?

(And, trying to figure out how to make the vid for React Advanced Canada on March 26 without calling it "Opening Day" instead.)

ViteConf @viteconf.org · 9d

Open Source projects, especially @vite.dev, would be nothing without their community!
ViteConf is the conference to celebrate all maintainers, contributors, and to get in touch with them.
Not contributing yet? @sarah11918.rainsberger.ca will show you how and why it doesn't have to be code.

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Sarah Rainsberger @sarah11918.rainsberger.ca · 9d

Aaaaand first casualty of the newsletter actually going out: spotting some text that didn't get updated from last month.

I mean, at least nothing beats the chaos of the month I published with "February" spelled wrong, affecting half the links. If I can get through that...

Sarah Rainsberger @sarah11918.rainsberger.ca · 9d

This isn't a ploy to get you to read, subscribe, check for, or open the newsletter... Just sobbing that the exact moment I hit "Publish," Buttondown crashed on me. 😭 So... maybe enjoy this month's The Astro Post?

Blog posts and RSS forever, baby! https://astro.build/blog/whats-new-september-2025/

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Astro @astro.build · 10d

It’s always sunny in the Astroverse, but some of our summer collection is going out of stock.

Get 'em while you can!

shop.astro.build

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Samantha Woj @samwojart.bsky.social · 11d

To celebrate the @torontobluejays.bsky.social incredible season I decided to paint George Springer aka Springer Dinger with a baseball bat and ball as a paintbrush. Let’s go Blue Jays 👏💙
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#bluejays #toronto #georgespringer #art #mlb #baseball

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Sarah Rainsberger @sarah11918.rainsberger.ca · 11d

It's nearing the end of another month, which means I get anxious about one of the few things I do that has a hard deadline...

But also, I get to bask in the warm glow of everything the @astro.build community did this month! Sign up for the newsletter & blog RSS feed now so you don't miss anything!

The Astro Newsletter

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Sarah Rainsberger @sarah11918.rainsberger.ca · 12d

We're lucky to have you!

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Astro @astro.build · 13d

Astro is coming to Amsterdam for @ViteConf.org and we'd love to meet you! 🇳🇱

Astro Happy Hour – day after ViteConf – drinks are on @netlify.com. Who's in?

An invitation to save the date for Astro Happy Hour in Amsterdam, 11 October with a large Houston floating in an Amsterdam city canal. Sponsored by Netlify.

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Sarah Rainsberger @sarah11918.rainsberger.ca · 14d

Some great talks today! Thanks to all the organizers, speakers and sponsors for a great day of sessions! (Check out the replay if you missed it!)

CFE.dev @cfedev.bsky.social · 14d

CodeWord Conf is all about where code meets content for developing on the web. This free virtual conference starts in less than 3 hours. For this year's edition, there's no need to register as we'll be streaming live on YouTube starting at 11am ET (UTC -4) until 4pm. youtube.com/live/C9IkpI4...

CodeWord Conf 2025

Content is central to the web. It’s what makes the web useful for learning, research, entertainment. But content is rarely a topic we talk about from a devel...

youtube.com

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Astro @astro.build · 14d

Astro 5.14 is here, with a bountiful crop of new features and improvements to warm your heart:

🍂 New routing tools
🌽 Async Svelte rendering
🍏 React 19 form actions
🧺 Astro DB in non-Node.js runtimes

...and more!

Curl up with a hot, spiced beverage and enjoy.
astro.build/blog/astro-5...

Astro 5.14 | Astro

Astro 5.14 has a bumper harvest of features and DX improvements to warm the cockles of your heart, with new routing tools, async Svelte rendering, React 19 actions support, and more!

astro.build

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Sarah Rainsberger @sarah11918.rainsberger.ca · 14d

So sorry to be missing you there! 💔 We'll all be thinking of you!

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Sean C Davis @seancdavis.com · 15d

Ready to hit the virtual stage tomorrow alongside @remotesynthesis.com for @cfedev.bsky.social's and @fitc.ca's CodeWord Conf!

CodeWord Conf 2025

Content is central to the web and therefore to most web developers' daily work. CodeWord Conf is all about the combination of code and content.

cfe.dev

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Sarah Rainsberger @sarah11918.rainsberger.ca · 15d

Recorded my ViteConf promo video wearing my #BlueJays visor, as one does. Might go full on "Take October" t-shirt for the React Advanced Canada one.

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Sarah Rainsberger @sarah11918.rainsberger.ca · 16d

No rest for the wicked: I'm also excited to share that I'll be joining the amazing speaker lineup at React Advanced Canada 2026! reactadvanced.com/canada/

The call for papers is still open for a little longer, so propose something, get your maple on, and join me? 🍁 gitnation.com/events/react...

React Conference In Toronto, March 24 & 26, 2026

React Advanced is coming to Toronto for the first time – after establishing itself as the leading React conference in the UK. Focused on Advanced React topics from the React Core team, framework autho...

reactadvanced.com

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Netlify @netlify.com · 16d

The web thrives when it’s open. 🌍

We’re supporting frameworks like @tanstack.com & @astro.build with @cloudflare.social—keeping them strong, independent & community-driven.

More from @biilmann.blog → www.netlify.com/blog/support...

Supporting an Open Web with Netlify + Cloudflare

Netlify and Cloudflare have come together to support standout frameworks like TanStack, Astro, and others that are shaping the future of web development.

www.netlify.com

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