You Belong Here
This is a pivotal time for the fight against systemic racism and injustice in the US. It has also sparked a lot of difficult reflection and realizations from those of us who would be allies: the understanding that we all own a piece of this. That we can, and we must, do better. At Gatsby we have been asking ourselves some hard questions about how we need to change so we can become better allies.
![Bianca Feliciano Nedjar](/_gatsby/image/0a1c1c23c7bc8722fe6eeab71d5f6afb/14ac810810354b91e0634c8d3df80473/bianca-nedjar.jpg?eu=54c1dbaf82d352db1d438dd038ea785252621ef24faf40c5ae889d5c7e66b6159c731fe77f8f93677bf4ba2771a5d93d6fc3e76b19528e4c986c887cd548cf2cde66cbd3178986d95f648330cc24814377e3a9acf528e63b0b459a838a26d42886399c5b830c6a849def1b1b888eb7e128a66dc3fe62c1291297b7ee508a69dff697a969499077df4b0f3c9d97ca511138ec874db7b1759bacb3626d908187c7874f128dd9b3335ec1d192428b0fa07e50ef29a7e1664aedf70d&a=w%3D20%26h%3D20%26fm%3Djpg%26q%3D75&cd=067e0c94a68d29e0c972e7b90a8939f8)
It’s Gatsby’s 5th Birthday 🎂 (and everyone’s invited!)
“Five years ago today, a nascent Gatsby emerged in the form of Issue 1 on the brand new Gatsbyjs GitHub repo. Here are some thoughts about where we began and how Gatsby has evolved during this most interesting demi-decade.”
![Kyle Mathews](/_gatsby/image/e3aac53b8b4d8d0fa3efe7d2c0419311/14ac810810354b91e0634c8d3df80473/kyle-mathews.jpg?eu=09c987fe858256d941178d833be92a52546c1af34cab1597f98fcb0c2c34ec16cb231eb2718e94322cf1bf2220a1de346bc7e76c1d51d24cca628271d14ac92e89369e82448ad68d09648d36cc7686402de2faf8f52cb1680d489d858c23d57ad73e985885513f869dec1846cfcff6f02abb26c2af2788231f80a8f31ec028ccb994aa6e5e9471df5a443186d49256047be8814da6fa7880eee96571d2838cdadc184ccbc6e9730581d29f50ca5ef1610ea57dfaaf7f1debe247ab31f159c95d77961a5c1211&a=w%3D20%26h%3D20%26fm%3Djpg%26q%3D75&cd=8e6a8083b8b072c689ee2fe45ce5c661)
Virtual Gatsby Days: Announcing Our Speakers
Our first virtual Gatsby Days is coming June 2-3, 2020. It will be live-streamed on YouTube from 9:00am to noon PST both days, and here are some of the awesome speakers you'll be hearing from!
![Laci Texter](/_gatsby/image/070541419f2be796f93e948f808c5248/14ac810810354b91e0634c8d3df80473/laci-texter.jpg?eu=55c6d1fe82d405d54a478dd33aeb2c565d311cf447ab12c4a7d8c65c7e32e1459e7448e47d8dc2607ca5e82126f188396dc6b4391f02d3469f638c72854f9f2d8e32998211de83d8096a8831ce76831377b1fafaa829e23c5b4acd858c75822bdf3ecf59d30b698199bc15159999f2f070b87497fe73872a5390bab21e8773dfa893e32308907fc55d432691958b52047bfbc654b3b17588eaa8772f9c8f8e9bdf0d0fdc86f2770c80c7d4569500ae325af962ffb02654a8b75de93ce452c50770dd085812041d81f78d&a=w%3D20%26h%3D20%26fm%3Djpg%26q%3D75&cd=3f8832ea089ccff03606cfbf1d62771f)
Virtual Gatsby Days: Submit speaker proposals by May 1st!
Our first virtual Gatsby Days is coming June 2-3, 2020. It will be live-streamed on YouTube from 9:00am to noon PST both days, and we want YOU to send in a speaker proposal!
![Laci Texter](/_gatsby/image/070541419f2be796f93e948f808c5248/14ac810810354b91e0634c8d3df80473/laci-texter.jpg?eu=029580fcd38951de4b15de8f3ab97902566419f14caa4092fcdb9a5b7b62e344cb741ce12989c9302df1b97377a1de696a96b4321b5688169f67db26de1e9e29df35c0d0128c8589013c8f3b9c2b874670e6fbfaae2fe46d0a44c9d3dc21d320d569c300951c78c5c5f20e149d8eb4f06bea2dcaeb73dc3f4583a8e54a886ec5bdceba634ad869c10342309c8e8048153afa984facb57f9cacf42233cfcfd383871143dc80b1770c96c79e51cb06b134&a=w%3D20%26h%3D20%26fm%3Djpg%26q%3D75&cd=3f8832ea089ccff03606cfbf1d62771f)
Gatsby’s First Survey Goes Command Line (And here is what users have to say so far)
When we wanted to survey the community about ways we can make Gatsby better, the command line just felt like the right place to ask. Here's what you told us. (And if you didn't get a chance to respond, we'd still love to hear from you).
![Shannon Soper](/_gatsby/image/a775ea783c3ee8d80bbecbd1e7cf7141/14ac810810354b91e0634c8d3df80473/shannon-soper.jpg?eu=56c8d4aa8b80518e4941dbd73dba785155304faf1dfa44c0a7d3cb567c39b344ca2319b37d8197372ea8ec7022f2df6d6897e0394901d84698358c20d0489a7d8933ccd211de878b5f6ed8379922d44377e4aefdaf7cb73e0f4ecd868b21857ed33b980ed25132de8ba95100c6d5e8f573fd31c6e675dd251f91b6f40a9877ceb687b06242d97dde430e2882d786490f61ea8657eca16b83eca77672d0d2d38698521288c6ef6b0880dd944dc81fae235bf863a7f073&a=w%3D20%26h%3D20%26fm%3Djpg%26q%3D75&cd=5f2415818978c35f56fc7fbab296823f)
Gatsby Community Events and COVID-19
Gatsby is all about our amazing community, but we are also all about safety. So we are asking most sincerely: If there's an in-person Gatsby community meetup on your calendar, please reschedule or figure out a way to hold it remotely. Here are some ways we are doing that ourselves.
![Caitlin Cashin](/_gatsby/image/81fb4d6dfdc3ffa53bb1023a53921b52/14ac810810354b91e0634c8d3df80473/caitlin-cashin.jpg?eu=0194d6a6d08851d440408e803bbb7f57006747af48a845cfaedcc90a7b66e21599274ab52c8995312da2e87677a6d26969c0b73d4d53df14ce32d8228218992c8b3299d6458c83da0e6cd961907b960165a7f6b6e37fb4294a1fd1d6d77ac57d897bd71f910d66d196b3445d9f95aabd65f96fc7f078c62e0580f7f5548368cabc93f63e17c52e9e1e1670919b8c520d7ce1c540a2a77386ede8787198&a=w%3D20%26h%3D20%26fm%3Djpg%26q%3D75&cd=882c1efff6a64e70ce9d69b13b749809)
Building Accessible Components (Without First Reading Docs for Days)
At Gatsby Days LA 2020, New York Times Senior Software Engineer Yuraima Estevez shows how developers can improve the accessibility of websites in three “easy” steps that do not involve days of documentation reading.
![Greg Thomas](/_gatsby/image/7a74aaa9f9a734dc0ca7a2642bef38d3/14ac810810354b91e0634c8d3df80473/greg-thomas.jpg?eu=5294d6fbd4d706df411081873de17d0453354ef21dad1ec5a9df9b5c7f61ec1ecd214be72cd8c56c2aa5ef752bf28d3c3fccb63b19068d459f648c7285139d2adb619dd34389d48f086cdb67c971d3142db1fcabad2fec6e5b4b92ddcc60c16bdd20d60f801c7bd486be4e1d889fa9e63cfe32c1f171db250edabbef49c070dbf583b662539270c501542f9e958442123abdd811f3fb2bd8aca1606498cd97dcc71043ccc7f6730e&a=w%3D20%26h%3D20%26fm%3Djpg%26q%3D75&cd=0aee75aa49be098bacd3a94eb49ad750)