Tips: Astro, set caching headers

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Writing this down for reference

Astro.response.headers.set('Cache-Control', 'public, max-age=3600')

Lessons in this unit:

0: Introduction
1: Fix .md in links
2: Moving a simple site to Astro
3: Astro, fix Form error “Content-Type was not one of…”
4: Astro page layout and middleware execution order
5: ▶︎ Astro, set caching headers
6: Astro, set response header
7: Deploying an Astro + PostgreSQL app on Railway
8: Using Astro locals
9: Using Cloudflare Turnstile on a Astro form
10: Using reCAPTCHA on a Astro form
11: Why not write logic in Astro layouts