Astro has once again become a hot topic, capturing the attention of developers and impressing them with its user-friendly features. Astro 2.0 introduced new and improved error overlays that are functional and well-designed, making debugging more efficient for developers.  
Astro 2.0 is powered by the fast and efficient Vite 4, which has received high praise in the developer community. Robbie thinks Vite is the future of build tools and based on the State of JS results, many others seem to agree. Chuck shares his struggles with using material UI as a library for Tailwind, which has left him feeling frustrated. But, Robbie thinks using Tailwind UI and Headless UI makes material UI redundant.
In this episode, Chuck and Robbie talk about the exciting new features of Astro 2, the pros and cons of using material UI, and their cleanse diets.

Key Takeaways

[01:42] - A whiskey review: Very Olde St. Nick Ancient Cask 8-Year-Old Rye Whiskey.

[09:02] - New features in Astro 2.0.

[15:35] - Asto 2.0 introduces Vite 4 as its bundler.

[25:04] - The drawbacks of Material UI.

[36:05] - Chuck speaks about his cleanse diet.

[47:48] - Chuck’s experience at NBC Sports Premier League Fan Fest.

[52:37] - Robbie talks about his Ford Bronco Restomod.  


Quotes
[17:06] - “Everyone seems excited about building on top of Vite, and it unlocks so many things, so I think that would be a huge step forward for everyone.” ~ Robbie Wagner
[19:46] - “I love how many JavaScript-supporting tools are written in other languages.” ~ Chuck Carpenter 
[30:47] - “Solid is really great. If you know React, which 99% of people do, the syntax is the same.” ~ Robbie Wagner

Links

Very Olde St. Nick Ancient Cask 8-Year-Old Rye Whiskey

Todd Snyder

Pappy Van Winkle

Preservation Distillery

Astro 2.0

Next.js

React

Ember

Nullvox

Webpack

Vite

Nuxt

State of JS

Rollup

Parcel

Bun

Deno

Shop Talk Show

Syntax

Ryan Dahl

Node

Rust

Tailwind CSS

Post CSS

Material UI

Tailwind UI

Headless UI

Solid JS

DietBet

Adobe Photoshop

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Amazon

NBC Sports Premier League Fan Fest

Barclays Bank

Cotton Bureau

FedEx

UPS

Ford Bronco

Pocket Casts

Restomods


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