The August edition of the Gatsby Gazette, written by Sidhartha Chatterjee, highlights several key developments and initiatives within the Gatsby community. The "Snow Leopard" release focused on refining the codebase to enhance performance and stability, drawing a parallel with macOS's Snow Leopard release. Notable updates include the open-sourcing of WPGraphQL for Advanced Custom Fields, improved documentation with pagination and a floating table of contents, and the addition of a copy button for code snippets to reduce errors. The Gazette also details the excitement around Gatsby's support for Chrome's native lazy loading and a successful Theme Jam event celebrating new Gatsby Themes. Community contributions have been robust, with a record number of merged pull requests, and the Core Maintainers Meeting has been rebranded to emphasize inclusivity, offering live pull request reviews and a platform for community engagement. Additionally, Gatsby is hiring for its Open Source and Cloud teams, inviting those interested in contributing to their growth and development.