Astro Weekly #14

Happy Tuesday, Astronauts!

How are those New Year’s resolutions holding up?

This week we have updates on Starlight being nominated for an award in the Oscars of Tech, plus some fantastic resources to level up your content game in Astro, as well as our usual Astro Showcase to excite and inspire!

Let’s jump right in!

This week in Astro ✨

Starlight nominated for Golden Kitty Award 😻

Forget the Emmys, the biggest awards news this week comes from the annual Golden Kitty Awards by Product Hunt — and there’s reason to celebrate!

Starlight, the web framework for building modern documentation websites by Astro, has been nominated in the Open Source category. 🎉

Every vote matters, so be sure to show your support and vote for Starlight — but be quick, voting closes Sunday, January 21st.

Astro Community 🧑‍🚀

Adding reading time to Astro 📚

Jahir Fiquitiva has published this useful guide on adding reading time to your Astro projects without the hassle.

Jahir advocates against the conventional Astro recipe for calculating reading time on blog posts.

Instead, Jahir proposes a more efficient approach using existing data and a custom utility function. This alternative not only skips unnecessary steps but also provides a more efficient method for calculating reading time.