Personal blog by Alex Vey about AI, software engineering, and engineering culture. Built with Astro, Tailwind CSS, and MDX.
- Astro (SSG)
- Tailwind CSS v4
- MDX for interactive components
- Auto-generated Open Graph images via Satori
- RSS feed, sitemap, SEO-friendly URLs
pnpm install # Install dependencies
pnpm dev # Start dev server at localhost:4321
pnpm build # Build for production
pnpm preview # Preview production buildsrc/
├── content/blog/ # Blog posts (Markdown/MDX)
├── components/ # Astro & interactive components
├── layouts/ # Page layouts
├── pages/ # Routes (index, about, blog, rss, og)
└── styles/ # Global styles
public/ # Static assets
Blog posts live in src/content/blog/ as .md or .mdx files. Frontmatter fields:
| Field | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
title | yes | Post title |
description | yes | Short summary for SEO and previews |
pubDate | yes | Publication date (determines sort order) |
visualTheme | no | Header animation (neural-network, mesh, towers, growth, vertical-stack, roundtable) |
prompt | no | Prompt or teaser text |