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| 1 | +--- |
| 2 | +title: Gatsby Gazette for June 2020 - The Black Lives Matter Edition |
| 3 | +date: 2020-07-01 |
| 4 | +author: Hashim Warren |
| 5 | +excerpt: "Learn about June's product, community, and ecosystem updates. This includes improvements to Incremental Builds and TypeScript support" |
| 6 | +seoTitle: Gatsby Product Updates for June 2020 |
| 7 | +tags: ["gatsby-gazette"] |
| 8 | +--- |
| 9 | + |
| 10 | +In June Gatsby decided to be [intentional and quieter in our social media channels](https://twitter.com/GatsbyJS/status/1267495726017323009) to make room for conversations around systemic racism. |
| 11 | + |
| 12 | +During that period Gatsby [matched donations](https://www.gatsbyjs.com/donation-matching/) to organizations that specialize in criminal justice reform, like the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and the ACLU. We also [launched Gatsby Voices](https://www.gatsbyjs.com/gatsby-voices/), a content series where members of the Gatsby community can share the story of their experiences in tech. (Please apply - those who are selected will be compensated \$500 USD for their work). We renewed our commitment to our core value of ["You Belong Here"](/docs/gatsby-core-philosophy/#you-belong-here) by taking internal action to expand our organizational identity, reevaluate our hiring and career advancement policies, bring in expert consultation, [and other steps](https://www.gatsbyjs.org/blog/2020-06-11-you-belong-here-commitment/). |
| 13 | + |
| 14 | +The efforts above are just the beginning of the work were doing to ensure Black lives matter in our world, our industry, and our company. |
| 15 | + |
| 16 | +## 🚀 New in Gatsby and Gatsby Cloud! |
| 17 | + |
| 18 | +### Improved Site Workflow in Gatsby Cloud |
| 19 | + |
| 20 | +You can now create multiple sites from the same repository in Gatsby Cloud. This new feature enables you to set up multiple configurations for the same GitHub repo (for example, to set up a long-lived staging branch or to independently build multiple sites in the same repo.) |
| 21 | + |
| 22 | +Ready to try it out? If you’re an existing [Gatsby Cloud](https://www.gatsbyjs.com/) user, you’ll need to update your GitHub permissions to access these new improvements. |
| 23 | + |
| 24 | +### 3 new CMS's (plus 1) in Gatsby Cloud |
| 25 | + |
| 26 | +We've made it easier to use [Gatsby Cloud](https://gatsbyjs.com) with three amazing CMS's: |
| 27 | + |
| 28 | +1. [Kentico Kontent](https://www.gatsbyjs.com/guides/kentico-kontent/) |
| 29 | +2. [Flotiq](https://www.gatsbyjs.com/guides/flotiq/) |
| 30 | +3. [AgilityCMS](https://www.gatsbyjs.com/guides/agility-cms/). |
| 31 | + |
| 32 | +Plus - Gatsby Cloud also has [an improved Drupal integration](https://youtu.be/Mm6wrDr2DBE) (Check it out [here](https://www.drupal.org/project/gatsby).) |
| 33 | + |
| 34 | +So, which [headless CMS](/docs/glossary/headless-cms/) should you choose? Why not try all three? With Gatsby you can swap the data provider for your project and build each site with the same Gatsby Cloud account. Then you can compare the developer experience, content editing experience, and build times for each platform. |
| 35 | + |
| 36 | +And speaking of comparing build times… |
| 37 | + |
| 38 | +### New Build Benchmarks in "Will It Build" |
| 39 | + |
| 40 | +Thank you to the team at [Sanity](https://www.sanity.io/blog/get-started-with-gatsby-and-structured-content) for adding their CMS to [Will It Build](https://willit.build/), Gatsby Cloud's benchmarking site. Sanity has one of the fastest _uncached code change_ build times of any CMS we track. |
| 41 | + |
| 42 | +But get this - in June their team also released an update to their source plugin that cut _data / content_ build times [in half](https://willit.build/details/type/blog/source/sanity/page-count/8192)! |
| 43 | + |
| 44 | + |
| 45 | + |
| 46 | +### Configure Your Gatsby Site Without Code |
| 47 | + |
| 48 | +[Gatsby Admin](https://github.com/gatsbyjs/gatsby/pull/22713) launched in alpha! This early release includes plugin and theme management, as well as a theme file shadowing interface. [Register here](https://www.gatsbyjs.com/admin-alpha/) to try out Gatsby Admin for your own project. |
| 49 | + |
| 50 | +### Partner with Gatsby |
| 51 | + |
| 52 | +If you have an agency that wants to specialize on Gatsby, or you are building tools for the Gatsby ecosystem, then we now have [an official way to work with you](/blog/2020-06-22-Announcing-Gatsby-Partner-Program/)! Partners will be able to beta test new products, access training and sales materials, and will have a direct connection to the Gatsby team. [Apply to be a partner](https://www.gatsbyjs.com/partner). |
| 53 | + |
| 54 | +## 👩🏽🚀 New from the Gatsby Team |
| 55 | + |
| 56 | +**Kyle Mathews** sat with Shardul Sha of Index Ventures and [talked about how Gatsby came to be](https://youtu.be/pzyX9cH0yHM). |
| 57 | + |
| 58 | +**Laurie Barth** was interviewed on the OpenHive.JS podcast, and talked about [her work maintaining Gatsby](https://anchor.fm/openhivejs/episodes/Laurie-Barth-on-Maintaining-Gatsby-ef6p8i/a-a2e0v24) |
| 59 | + |
| 60 | +**Obinna Ekwuno** produced an Egghead lesson on setting up a [Gatsby site for Incremental Builds with Contentful](https://egghead.io/lessons/gatsby-set-up-a-gatsby-site-for-incremental-builds-with-contentful-cms-on-gatsby-cloud). Obinna also appeared on the [My Life As A Software Engineer](https://anchor.fm/mylifeasasoftwareengineer/episodes/EP-12-Learning-about-Gatsby-with-Obinna-Ekwuno-edt2tk) podcast to talk about, well, his life as a software engineer 🙂. |
| 61 | + |
| 62 | +## 🌍 New from the Gatsby Community |
| 63 | + |
| 64 | +Thank you, **Kristen Kwong** for [redesigning your personal website](https://twitter.com/kristenkwng/status/1274769842717900801) using Gatsby! We love the creative drag-and-drop elements of your homepage. |
| 65 | + |
| 66 | +And thank you **Monica Powell** for your article that explores [art direction with gatsby-mage](https://www.aboutmonica.com/blog/2020-06-24-exploring-art-direction-in-gatsby). |
| 67 | + |
| 68 | +## 🪐 New from the Gatsby Ecosystem |
| 69 | + |
| 70 | +Reflex launched as [a collection of Gatsby themes and plugins](https://reflexjs.org/) to help you build beautiful sites faster. Check out their example library, showing you what you can rapidly create with Reflex. |
| 71 | + |
| 72 | + |
| 73 | + |
| 74 | +Ecommerce service, Snipcart dived into [Gatsby Recipes](/blog/2020-04-15-announcing-gatsby-recipes/) and showed [how to integrate a shopping cart into your site](https://snipcart.com/blog/gatsby-recipes-ecommerce) in just a few steps. |
| 75 | + |
| 76 | +WPGrahphQL announced [it's path to 1.0](https://github.com/wp-graphql/wp-graphql/issues/1357)! If you're new to this plugin for WordPress, that turns your installation into a GraphQL server, then the GitHub issue linked above does a nice job of getting you up-to-speed on the project's history and rapid growth. |
| 77 | + |
| 78 | +## 💫 Next from Gatsby |
| 79 | + |
| 80 | +Be on the lookout for [gatsby-theme-blog 2.0](https://github.com/gatsbyjs/gatsby/issues/23910), our brand new [new routing API](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAcAkqOcs3c) and best practices, and updates to how [headless WordPress](/docs/glossary/headless-wordpress) projects can work with Gatsby Cloud. |
| 81 | + |
| 82 | +Want to help us build this stuff? Apply to our new position for [Senior Product Manager](https://www.gatsbyjs.com/careers/senior-product-manager--marketing---content-collaboration--4027422003) Or drop your resume in our evergreen ["Dream Job" posting](https://www.gatsbyjs.com/careers/dream-job-4011361003). |
| 83 | + |
| 84 | +Read more about our exciting in-flight work on the [Gatsby Days mega-roundup](/blog/2020-06-23-Reconfiguring-Gatsby-Days/#coming-soon). And signup for our newsletter below so you don’t miss a thing. |
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