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title: Community Call - 23-10-24
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# Community Call

## Repos

*We noticed that the more people speak, the more fun the calls get, so try to include a lot of people*

### Astro Core

#### Latest version(s): `3.3.0`

[Astro CHANGELOG](https://github.com/withastro/astro/blob/refs/heads/main/packages/astro/CHANGELOG.md) 

#### Upcoming/roadmap stuff

[Roadmap discussions](https://github.com/withastro/roadmap/discussions/)

- [Incremental Builds](https://github.com/withastro/roadmap/issues/698)
  - See [project diagrams](https://www.tldraw.com/r/BNJz3OqQn-4KiagBmoXiF?viewport=-109%2C-772%2C5110%2C2829&page=page%3AQXvL28r7NlPqTZ6d9nhJo)

#### Partials (Sarah)
(as it's now renamed) being released on Thurs
[Docs PR preview](https://deploy-preview-5128--astro-docs-2.netlify.app/en/core-concepts/astro-pages/#partials)

(See also:)
- [Fragments RFC](https://github.com/withastro/roadmap/pull/721)
- [Draft Implementation PR](https://github.com/withastro/astro/pull/8755)


![](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/S1-gEUBza.png)

#### Dev Overlay Plugin API (Sarah - Elian to show pics!!)

[Draft Implementation PR](https://github.com/withastro/astro/pull/8757)
[Docs PR](https://github.com/withastro/docs/pull/5183)

[Preview of new Reference page](https://deploy-preview-5183--astro-docs-2.netlify.app/en/reference/dev-overlay-reference/)

Early access to a very new API! Providing a basic guide going over the different hooks and features primarily intended for people who make dev overlay plugins already.

### Docs (Sarah)

New tutorial extensions

- https://docs.astro.build/en/tutorials/add-content-collections/
- https://docs.astro.build/en/tutorials/add-view-transitions/

### Hacktoberfest (Sarah)

Last full week to get submissions in! Remember, PR reviews count, too!

Talking and Doc'ing will be trying to get through as many translation reviews as possible, and we have [instructions for how to help with reviews **even if you don't speak the language**](https://astro-docs-docs.netlify.app/reviewers/reviewing-translations/). So join us on Thursday, or follow the instructions and get started earlier, because we have to save Yan from there being around 70 open docs PRs at any one time. 

### Starlight

No new release since last week but some improvements and bug fixes are already ready for the next release.

- [Draft PR](https://github.com/withastro/starlight/pull/942) for Starlight Plugins
  - The PR body contains a small config example on how an imaginary search plugin could be used
  - The [live preview](https://deploy-preview-942--astro-starlight.netlify.app/getting-started/) shows this plugin replacing the default search UI automatically, could be Algolia for example
  - Open to any feedback
- Moved feature requests to [GitHub Discussions](https://github.com/withastro/starlight/discussions/categories/feature-requests)
  - Easier to have proper discussions/comments
  - Upvote system
  - Issues are down to 14 and only contains problems


### Cloudflare Adapter

We have a preview implementation of an external Image services for Astro assets using Cloudflare Image Resizing. This is still a "paid" service, which is undergoing a new pricing model starting on November 15th. https://blog.cloudflare.com/merging-images-and-image-resizing/

New pricing model allows a purely usage base pricing, without the need for a pro plan.
We'll be fully support it Day 0.
While this is still not as accessible as we would like it to be, we are currently prototyping a free solution based on the development.

The demo project can be found here: https://demo.a.stro.pictures/

With the code: https://github.com/alexanderniebuhr/terra-astralis

## Around the Community

### Announcement post

Weekly post on friday in the #announcement channel on our Discord

Last week: 

### Astro Peeps

(People on streams, conferences etc.)

### Tips and Tools

(libraries, tools, themes, templates that people can use in their Astro projects; look in `#showcase` and social media for posts)

#### Themes

- https://github.com/srsgores/astro-starter by @kirso_

### Personal/Professional/Project Sites

(Websites built with Astro from community members/individual peeps, **also tag with their Discord username if possible ❤️**)

- https://elazizi.com/posts/add-comments-section-to-your-astro-blog/ by @yjose_
- https://genderswap.fm/ by @for.eva.new
- https://sajankumarv.com/ by @sajan_8
- https://avatar-archives.vercel.app/ by @arnavk09
    - built with Keystatic CMS
- https://unicorn-utterances.com/ by @crutchcorn

### Starlight in the wild

- https://pwshspectreconsole.com/ by [`ShaunLawrie`](https://github.com/ShaunLawrie) on GitHub
  - Wrapper for the Spectre.Console .NET library to create beautiful CLI apps
- https://ai-prompt-snippets.vercel.app/getting-started/get-started/ by @oggnimodd 
  - Chrome extension to create libraries of reusable AI prompts
- https://docs.launchfa.st/documentation by [`rishi-raj-jain`](https://github.com/rishi-raj-jain) on GitHub
  - Boilerplate to launch a SaaS with Astro, Stripe, Tailwind, Upstash and Resend
- https://folksrouter.io/docs/introduction/ by [`gabrielediremigio`](https://github.com/gabrielediremigio) on GitHub
  - Decentralized exchanges aggregator to swap tokens across multiple decentralized exchanges on the Algorand blockchain
- https://arc-carousel-docs.vercel.app/
    - A React library to create interactive carousels