Umbraco plans to merge the Backoffice repository into the main Umbraco-CMS repository to simplify maintenance and improve contribution ease. This change addresses challenges with submodules and version management. The merge is scheduled for November 9, 2025, with all open pull requests to be resolved beforehand.
Matt Brailsford introduces a GitHub Discussions Blog loader, leveraging Astro’s new Content Layer API. This loader simplifies data fetching for blog posts, allowing easy installation via npm. He highlights improvements like multi-author support, category organization, and integration with Astro's markdown processor, encouraging users to explore this setup.
Matt Brailsford explores using GitHub Discussions as a blogging platform, seeking an alternative to dev.to due to its increasing spam. He details setting up a repository for blog posts, configuring categories and labels, and utilizing Astro for site creation. Matt highlights features like Markdown support, automated deployments, and comment integration via Giscus.