#AstroConf?

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sleek forge
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Is AstroConf a thing? Not yet, but maybe one day!

What would you like to see from an official Astro conference?

sleek forge
umbral quartz
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I'd love such a conf houston_happy

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Would be cool to see some interesting Astro internals by the core team

smoky merlin
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  1. Compiler walk through
  2. Preview walk through (aka how to serve an Astro site)
  3. Starlight speed run (with pre written content and customization landing page)
  4. Dev tools walk through (high level what’s going on, how volar comes in)
  5. Contributing speed run (setting up dev environment creating fixture/tests)
umbral quartz
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Integration workshop

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(Sponsored by Astro Integration Kit™ xd)

proven bobcat
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Astroooocoooonfffff

topaz quartz
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Talk to you all live and meet in person!

clever hemlock
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[Optimized by Astro Font xD]

bleak pilot
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  1. Where the JavaScript stops and the Astro begins
  2. I forgot #2 but it seems like what if anyone could rewrite Astro what would that look like (save the trade secrets, though)
mental harness
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There are some neat ideas here! And maybe... some things that don't necessarily have to wait for an AstroConf...? Keep 'em coming!

proven bobcat
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I basically have a book about AstroConf in my head 😅 After being so involved with BeJS in both speaking and organizing and even attending. I have a lot of do's and don'ts

timid finch
mental harness
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I feel like there should be more activity in this thread!!

Here's my contribution: there's an open CFP that I've been crafting a talk for, but I found out they have dealt with other speakers in a sketchy manner, so I'm saving my new talk FOR ASTROCONF, for y'all!

timid finch
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What does CFP mean?

crude parrot
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CFP means “Call for Proposals” (or sometimes in more academic contexts “Call for Papers”)

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Basically, an open submission process where people can submit their ideas for talks and then conference organisers pick people to invite from the proposals.

bleak pilot
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Speaking of which (in case I missed it) where are interested parties submitting these CFP's 😃

timid finch
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Ohhhhhh right

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good to know!

crude parrot
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(AstroConf — for now! — is hypothetical 😄)

mental harness
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Ah yes, I had spelled it out in another thread here, but forgot not everyone will have read (or memorized!) every thread. Sorry!

timid finch
chrome flicker
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I kinda want to make it happen! Even if it is fully virtual! @mental harness are you the best person to talk about that privately first?

mental harness
minor crypt
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I am one of those who enjoy Astro in Japan!
Astro Conf, I will do anything to help make it happen!
I will support it!

mental harness
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It's on my task list to make a proposal for what this could look like!

We are plannning a virtual event, and would love to hear people's feedback on:

**QUESTION 1: **What content would be interesting to watch?

  • traditional "talks" (about general web dev / Astro-related topics, tools, processes?) planned ahead with slides etc.
  • more interactive Q and A style sessions/panels
  • "Behind the scenes" stories of/from Astro the project, development, history
  • "Get to know" team members
  • Cool stuff built USING (not by!) Astro: more showcase kind of content
  • "Big name" friends of Astro talking about their use of Astro, or live streaming building things
  • 5 - 7 minute "lightning talks" from the community -- anyone (including you!) could submit a talk about anything Astro-related!

**QUESTION 2: **What kind of participation would you want and (BE HONEST) actually do:

  • I would participate in a live chat thread while the event is happening
  • I would submit questions in advance for panel/Q and A type stuff.
  • I would submit questions/comments or even RESPONSES to questions in real time, DURING an event
  • I would chat in smaller breakout rooms
  • I would "live-tweet" (fediverse, instagram etc.) the event with a hashtag
  • If there were the option to turn my webcam on and have my face shown in a big "crowd" of attendees while the event was happening (think big zoom call), I would actually turn my web cam on and "participate" by showing my face
  • I would actually attend, mostly paying attention, from start to finish, and not just catch up on the replay/recording later

**QUESTION 3: **Fill in the blank: If Astro conf were going to do ___ I would for sure **cancel any existing plans **and make sure I watch!

Of course, feel free to leave any other comments, but these are what I am most interested in right now!

chrome flicker
# mental harness It's on my task list to make a proposal for what this could look like! We are p...

@chrome flicker Answers:

**QUESTION 1: **What content would be interesting to watch?
✅ - traditional "talks" (about general web dev / Astro-related topics, tools, processes?) planned ahead with slides etc.
✅ - more interactive Q and A style sessions/panels
✅ - "Behind the scenes" stories of/from Astro the project, development, history
✅ - "Get to know" team members
❌ - Cool stuff built USING (not by!) Astro: more showcase kind of content
✅ - "Big name" friends of Astro talking about their use of Astro, or live streaming building things
✅ - 5 - 7 minute "lightning talks" from the community -- anyone (including you!) could submit a talk about anything Astro-related!

**QUESTION 2: **What kind of participation would you want and (BE HONEST) actually do:
✅ - I would participate in a live chat thread while the event is happening
✅ - I would submit questions in advance for panel/Q and A type stuff.
✅ - I would submit questions/comments or even RESPONSES to questions in real time, DURING an event
✅ - I would chat in smaller breakout rooms
❌ - I would "live-tweet" (fediverse, instagram etc.) the event with a hashtag
✅ - If there were the option to turn my webcam on and have my face shown in a big "crowd" of attendees while the event was happening (think big zoom call), I would actually turn my web cam on and "participate" by showing my face
✅ - I would actually attend, mostly paying attention, from start to finish, and not just catch up on the replay/recording later

**QUESTION 3: **Fill in the blank: If Astro conf were going to do interactive participation & giveaways I would for sure **cancel any existing plans **and make sure I watch!

You already have some of my thoughts ;)

mental harness
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Whoa, Alex SHOWING UP for the questions! 😄

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(For everyone else, short answers/comments are fine. I was just trying to get the ball rolling, not make you address each individual thing. But, that's super hepful Alex! Over and above!)

chrome flicker
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Well I just copy and pasted + adding some emojis 😅 🫣 (not that much work actually)

mental harness
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So clever! I'm glad it turned out to be that easy to do it that way!

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Are there "super-interested" emoji for the ideas you ABSOLUTELY LOVE?? 🤔

chrome flicker
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(Just realize that even after filtering, it's still a lot 😅)

thorny rain
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Ok first of all, I will cancel literally any plans for AstroConf. My wife will be giving birth in a few months... But if AstroConf is go, you better believe I'm there!

So hype for this fr now!

QUESTION 1: What content would be interesting to watch?

All of it! I really want to meet the team, see behind the scenes, and big names friends would be amazing. I would also love to give a lightning talk! I'm well up for that!

I also would like to see projects that shows what's possible with Astro.

We get a lot of questions comparing Astro to other frameworks, or things like "can you add Auth to Astro". So I kinda want to see some big ways people are using it. I know certain people use Astro heavily with htmx and must be making some awesome stuff that really you couldn't, or definitely shouldn't, do with other frameworks.

QUESTION 2: What kind of participation would you want and (BE HONEST) actually do:

All of it but _live_tweet. I'd happily tweet about it several times, but prolly not going to live tweet it as it happens. But the rest though. Very happy to be on cam, happy to ask and answer quetsions.

And you know I LIVE for that live chat thread. That is going to be just incredible. I hope it's like the birthday chat chefskiss

worldly vector
mental harness
chrome flicker
mental harness
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NOTE FOR FUTURE PEOPLE ANSWERING:

It's completely normal that the MOST involved people are answering first, and saying things like, "I will miss the birth of my first child for this." IT IS PERFECTLY OK TO BE LESS ENTHUSIASTIC WHEN GIVING YOUR RESPONSES!

I am honestly looking for QUANTITY of answers so that we can be sure we are catering to as many people as possible. So ESPECIALLY if you're on the fence or kind of "meh"... your answers are really going to help us make something that meets the needs of our entire community! Don't be shy! Please give your half-hearted, lukewarm, "I might come if..." answers too! You matter just as much! 💜

chrome flicker
halcyon dirge
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  1. Behind the scenes, Cool stuff built, Big name, lightning talks (in ~ that order) are the things that would interest me the most. Traditional talks have never engaged me as much, but I am not against having them!
  2. I would probably actually attend, plus chat in a thread (Or if it's in person, somewhere in europe, and the tickets are cheap, I can prob grab a flight for the day)
  3. Announce the houston plushie Probably tease some big feature/collab to be revealed, similar to studio. (A fully featured CMS comes to mind, but in reality it would be probably something a bit smaller in scope lol)
pale hearth
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QUESTION 1: What content would be interesting to watch?

Definitely a keynote on the “State of Astro” i.e. where we’re at and we’re heading, announcing key initiatives for future major releases etc.

Talks focused around recently introduced features. For example, if AstroConf was happening next week, I’d expect to see talks around Astro DB, Astro Studio, Developer Portal to help with adoption.

Community talks from other project maintainers, as well as individual community members. e.g. Adding authentication to Astro using Clerk, improving performance with Astro Font.

Astronaut launchpad: a dedicated slot for developers to announce / introduce new projects of their own. A bit like a Nintendo Direct.

QUESTION 2: What kind of participation would you want and (BE HONEST) actually do:

I’d certainly love to be involved in any capacity, but a good fit would be an extension to my coverage on social media by providing commentary to the community. i.e. live tweeting, participating in live chat

QUESTION 3: If Astro conf were going to announce "One more thing..." I would for sure cancel any existing plans and make sure I watch!

timid finch
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I cannot wait to join AstroConf... online!!

dense remnant
celest pecan
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  1. I think tradiditional talks and interactive QnAs would be interesting to watch.

  2. I might be able to do a short presentation on Astro and micro-frontends on Zoom (though I can't promise anything).

mental harness
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I think for sure I want to open it up to lightning talks at least! We're not limited by time or space, so I'd love people to at least have their 5-7 minutes on stage!

Over the next two weeks, I'll be narrowing down these ideas and come up with a format plan. KEEP YOUR RESPONSES COMING EVERYONE!

mental harness
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NEWS: We don't have an exact day yet (will it only be one day???) but we have a tentative WEEK narrowed down: working dates are the week of September 16 - 20. If this changes, it's likely only to be by a week. Start figuring out where to hold your watch parties....

chrome flicker
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Going into planning mode 🫣 😅

proven bobcat