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excerpt: Fred Schott chats with us all about Astro and how you can build static sites with any framework.
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sponsors:
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start: March 16, 2022
title: Build faster websites with Astro
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## Questions

1. The Astro Technology Company - [https://astro.build/blog/the-astro-technology-company/](https://astro.build/blog/the-astro-technology-company/)
2. What was the motivation behind creating something that uses multiple languages?
3. What developers or companies are you targeting with Astro?
4. Can you explain what islands architecture is?
5. Can you explain what Partial Hydration means?
   [https://docs.astro.build/en/core-concepts/component-hydration/](https://docs.astro.build/en/core-concepts/component-hydration/)
6. Are A11y warnings apart of Astro?
7. Astro Technology under the hood
   - A new Astro compiler, **written in [Go](https://golang.org/)**
   - A new build engine, **powered by [Vite](http://vitejs.dev/)**
8. How is Astro similar or different from Gatsby, Hugo, 11ty?
9. WASM - Figma post [https://www.figma.com/blog/an-update-on-plugin-security/](https://www.figma.com/blog/an-update-on-plugin-security/)
