⚡ EINCODE — Where Code Meets Curiosity

Ein's Digital Laboratory. Not a portfolio. A laboratory. Experiments, prototypes, and open-source artifacts — forged, tested, and refined in public.

Philosophy

EINCODE is built as a digital workshop, not a static showcase:

Forge in public — every experiment ships with source, live demo, and lab notes.
Lab over gallery — WIP is first-class. Progress bars, status indicators, and field notes tell the story of how it was built.
Content as code — blog posts are MDX files versioned in content/ (content/building-linux-distro-from-scratch.mdx:1), rendered with next-mdx-remote + shiki + rehype.
Modern by default — Next.js 16 App Router, React 19 Server Components, Tailwind v4 CSS-first config, next/font optimized fonts.

If you want a template for a fast, SEO-perfect, MDX-powered personal site that still feels like a hacker lab — this is it.

🔗 Live Demo

Environment	URL
Production	https://eindev.ir
Alt Domain	`https://eincode.dev` (see `.env.example:2`)

Preview the hero's typewriter, projects grid, lab notes, and workbench directly on the homepage — app/page.tsx:10 composes Header, HeroSection, ProjectsGrid, LabNotes, Workbench, Footer.

✨ Features

Area	What you get
Hero Lab	Typewriter role rotation (`"building interfaces"`, `"crafting code"`), ASCII terminal, floating version badge — `components/hero-section.tsx:6`
Artifacts Grid	8 open-source projects with `shipped / in-progress / archived` filters, stars/forks, glassmorphism & hover-lift — `components/projects-grid.tsx:7`
Workbench	Live WIP terminal with progress bars (60–90%), `~/ehsanghaffar/active` header — `components/workbench.tsx:4`
Lab Notes	4 field notes with category pills & gradient hovers — `components/lab-notes.tsx:7`
Blog Engine	File-based MDX in `content/` (8 posts), `gray-matter` frontmatter, GFM, autolink headings, pretty-code — `lib/mdx-utils.ts:8`
Theming	Dark/light/system with `next-themes`, `ThemeProvider` (`app/layout.tsx:100`), `ThemeToggle` + `ThemeChanger`, OKLCH tokens, `globals.css:8`
MDX Pipeline	`next-mdx-remote` + `rehype-slug` + `rehype-autolink-headings` + `rehype-pretty-code` (shiki) + `remark-gfm` — `components/mdx-remote.tsx:1`
SEO Mastery	`metadata` (`app/layout.tsx:25`), JSON-LD (`lib/structured-data.ts:32`), `sitemap.ts:4` + `robots.ts:3`, OG image `public/og-image.png`
A11y + Perf	`next/font` (Geist, Geist_Mono, Space_Grotesk), AVIF/WebP images (`next.config.mjs:5`), reduced-motion, touch targets 44px — `app/globals.css:640`
UI Kit	shadcn/ui on Radix primitives — 20+ components in `components/ui/` (`accordion`, `dialog`, `dropdown-menu`, etc.)
Analytics	Vercel Analytics injected in root layout — `app/layout.tsx:103`

🧱 Tech Stack

Core

Tech	Version	Purpose	Config
Next.js	`16.1.0`	App Router, Turbopack, SSR/SSG, Metadata API	`next.config.mjs:1`
React	`19.2.3`	Server Components, `use client` islands	`package.json:64`
TypeScript	`5.9.3`	Strict types, path alias `@/*`	`tsconfig.json:25`
Tailwind CSS	`4.1.9`	CSS-first `@import "tailwindcss"`, OKLCH, `@plugin typography`	`app/globals.css:1`

UI & Styling

Tech	Details
Radix UI	16 primitives — `accordion`, `dialog`, `popover`, `tabs`, `toast`, etc. — `package.json:24`
shadcn/ui	`components.json` + `components/ui/` + `lib/utils.ts:1` (`cn` = `clsx` + `tailwind-merge`)
Lucide React	`0.454.0` icons throughout
next-themes	`0.4.6` class-based dark mode
tw-animate-css	`1.3.3` animation utilities

Content & Markdown

Tech	Usage
next-mdx-remote`6.0.0`	Serialize & hydrate MDX
gray-matter`4.0.3`	Frontmatter parsing — `lib/mdx-utils.ts:3`
remark-gfm`4.0.1`	GitHub Flavored Markdown
rehype-slug / autolink-headings / pretty-code	Anchors + Shiki highlighting
shiki`3.22.0`	Syntax highlighting
@tailwindcss/typography`0.5.19`	Prose styling `.prose` — `app/globals.css:163`

Tooling

Tech	Version
pnpm	`>=9` recommended (lockfile `pnpm-lock.yaml`)
ESLint	`eslint .` — `package.json:18`
Vercel Analytics	`latest`
`zod3.25`, `react-hook-form7.60`, `recharts2.15`, `date-fns4.1`, `embla-carousel`...	Extra UI deps pre-wired

📁 Project Structure

eincode/
├── app/ # Next.js 16 App Router — app/layout.tsx:92
│ ├── (public)/ # Route group (shared layout)
│ │ ├── blog/
│ │ │ ├── [postSlug]/page.tsx # Dynamic MDX post — lib/mdx-utils.ts:34
│ │ │ └── page.tsx # Blog index
│ │ ├── projects/page.tsx
│ │ ├── workbench/page.tsx
│ │ ├── notes/page.tsx
│ │ ├── introduction/page.tsx
│ │ └── layout.tsx
│ ├── page.tsx # Homepage — composes 6 sections
│ ├── layout.tsx # Root layout, fonts, metadata, ThemeProvider
│ ├── globals.css # Tailwind v4 + OKLCH tokens + animations
│ ├── sitemap.ts # Dynamic sitemap from MDX — app/sitemap.ts:4
│ ├── robots.ts # Robots.txt — app/robots.ts:3
│ ├── error.tsx / not-found.tsx
│ └── favicon.ico
├── components/
│ ├── hero-section.tsx # Typewriter + ASCII terminal
│ ├── projects-grid.tsx # Filterable artifacts grid
│ ├── workbench.tsx # Terminal-style WIP list
│ ├── lab-notes.tsx # Field notes grid
│ ├── header.tsx / footer.tsx
│ ├── cursor-glow.tsx
│ ├── mdx-remote.tsx / mdx-components.tsx
│ ├── theme-provider.tsx / theme-toggle.tsx / theme-changer.tsx
│ └── ui/ # 20+ shadcn/ui components
├── content/ # MDX blog source (8 posts)
│ ├── building-linux-distro-from-scratch.mdx
│ ├── mcp-protocol-llm-applications.mdx
│ ├── nextjs-16-tailwind-v4-migration.mdx
│ └── ... (5 more)
├── lib/
│ ├── mdx-utils.ts # getAllMDXPosts(), getMDXPostBySlug()
│ ├── blog-data.tsx # Legacy in-memory posts + helpers
│ ├── structured-data.ts # JSON-LD: BlogPosting, WebSite, Person
│ ├── themes.ts / utils.ts
├── types/mdx.ts # BlogPostFrontmatter, BlogPost
├── public/
│ ├── og-image.png / og-images/
│ ├── icon.svg / apple-icon.png
│ └── site.webmanifest
├── docs/ # architecture.md, performance.md, etc.
├── next.config.mjs # AVIF/WebP, deviceSizes
├── components.json # shadcn config
├── tsconfig.json # @/* alias
└── package.json

🚀 Getting Started

Prerequisites

Node.js>=18 (20+ recommended)
pnpm — npm i -g pnpm or see pnpm.io
Git

1. Clone & Install

git clone https://github.com/ehsanghaffar/eincode.git
cd eincode
pnpm install

2. Environment

cp .env.example .env
# edit .env

Variable	Required	Default	Description
`NEXT_PUBLIC_SITE_URL`	No	`https://eindev.ir`	Canonical URL for metadata/sitemap — `app/layout.tsx:26`
`NEXT_PUBLIC_GITHUB_URL`	No	`https://github.com/ehsanghaffar`	Social link
`NEXT_PUBLIC_TWITTER_URL`	No	—	Social link
`NEXT_PUBLIC_LINKEDIN_URL`	No	—	Social link

No database, no API keys. The site is fully static + MDX. Analytics is zero-config on Vercel.

3. Run Dev Server (Turbopack)

pnpm dev
# → http://localhost:3000

Hot reload is near-instant with Next.js 16 Turbopack.

4. Production Build

pnpm build
pnpm start
# → http://localhost:3000 (optimized)

✍️ Content Authoring — MDX

All posts live in content/*.mdx and are read at build time via lib/mdx-utils.ts:8.

Frontmatter Schema — `types/mdx.ts:1`

---
title: "Building a Linux Distro from Scratch"excerpt: "A comprehensive guide to compiling the kernel..."date: "2025-11-15"# display datedateISO: "2025-11-15"# used for sorting — lib/mdx-utils.ts:29category: "systems"# systems | ai | frontendreadTime: "12 min read"tags: ["linux", "kernel", "devops"]author: "Ehsan Ghaffar"published: true # false = draft, filtered outimage: "/og-images/my-post.png"# optional
---

Create a New Post

# 1. Add file
touch content/my-new-post.mdx
# 2. Write MDX — supports GFM, code blocks with Shiki, headings with anchors

---title: "My New Post"excerpt: "One-line hook for the blog index."date: "2026-08-23"dateISO: "2026-08-23"category: "frontend"readTime: "5 min read"tags: ["nextjs", "tailwind"]published: true---## Introduction
Hello MDX!
```tsexportconst hello ="world"```> Tip: headings auto-get `id` + anchor links via `rehype-slug` + `rehype-autolink-headings`.

No restart needed in dev — just refresh. For production, the post is auto-added to sitemap.ts:48.

Helpers

import{getAllMDXPosts,getMDXPostBySlug,getAllMDXCategories}from"@/lib/mdx-utils"import{getPostBySlug,getRelatedPosts}from"@/lib/blog-data"// legacy helper

🗺 Routes & App Router

Route	File	Description
`/`	`app/page.tsx:10`	Hero + Projects + Lab Notes + Workbench + Footer
`/blog`	`app/(public)/blog/page.tsx`	Paginated MDX listing
`/blog/[postSlug]`	`app/(public)/blog/[postSlug]/page.tsx`	MDX render + JSON-LD + related posts
`/projects`	`app/(public)/projects/page.tsx`	Full artifacts archive
`/workbench`	`app/(public)/workbench/page.tsx`	Dedicated WIP view
`/notes`	`app/(public)/notes/page.tsx`	Lab notes archive
`/introduction`	`app/(public)/introduction/page.tsx`	About / intro
`/sitemap.xml`	`app/sitemap.ts:4`	Auto-generated from static + MDX routes
`/robots.txt`	`app/robots.ts:3`	`allow: /`, `disallow: /api/, /_next/`

Static routes use weekly/daily changeFrequency; blog posts use monthly with priority: 0.7.

🎨 Design System

Tokens — `app/globals.css:8`

OKLCH palette — oklch(0.5 0.22 170) primary (teal) for both light & dark, with tailored lightness.
CSS-first Tailwind v4 — no tailwind.config.js; all tokens in @theme inline — app/globals.css:86.
Fonts — Geist (sans), Geist_Mono (mono), Space_Grotesk via next/font/google with display: swap + CSS variables — app/layout.tsx:9.

Utilities

.glass / .glass-strong — backdrop-blur + saturate
.hover-lift — translateY(-4px) + shadow
.cursor-glow — 400px radial gradient following cursor (hidden on mobile) — app/globals.css:188
.scanlines — subtle repeating linear gradient overlay — app/globals.css:206
Animations: fade-in-up, scale-in, slide-in-*, float, pulse-glow, shimmer + stagger-1..8

Theming

// app/layout.tsx:100<ThemeProviderattribute="class"defaultTheme="dark"enableSystemstorageKey="theme-mode">

Toggle via components/theme-toggle.tsx and multi-theme switcher components/theme-changer.tsx + lib/themes.ts.

🔍 SEO & Performance

Metadata API — title.template, openGraph, twitter, robots, icons, manifest — app/layout.tsx:25
JSON-LD — WebSite + Person on homepage (app/page.tsx:12), BlogPosting + BreadcrumbList on posts — lib/structured-data.ts:3
Sitemap & Robots — dynamic, MDX-aware
Images — formats: ['image/avif','image/webp'], 8 deviceSizes — next.config.mjs:5
Fonts — next/font self-hosted, no CLS
A11y — prefers-reduced-motion, 44px touch targets, focus-visible rings, semantic headings
Perf — Turbopack dev, transform: translateZ(0) hardware accel, blur reduction on touch devices — app/globals.css:140

Check deeper dives in docs/performance.md, docs/accessibility.md, docs/architecture.md.

📜 Scripts

Command	Description	Source
`pnpm dev`	Start dev server (Turbopack)	`next dev`
`pnpm build`	Production build	`next build`
`pnpm start`	Serve production build	`next start`
`pnpm lint`	ESLint	`eslint .`
`pnpm analyze`	Bundle analyzer	`next experimental-analyze`

☁️ Deployment

Optimized for Vercel — zero config.

# via CLI
pnpm i -g vercel
vercel --prod
# or connect GitHub repo → Vercel auto-deploys on push

Other platforms (Netlify, Docker, Node server): pnpm build && pnpm start serves on PORT (default 3000). For Docker, see the sibling template next16-docker-tw4-starter.

Environment on Vercel: set NEXT_PUBLIC_SITE_URL to your production domain.

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome — especially fixes to MDX rendering, a11y, or new lab notes!

Open an issue for larger changes
Branch: git checkout -b feat/my-change
Commit with clear messages
PR with screenshots for UI changes, and ensure pnpm build passes

Code style: TypeScript strict, eslint ., Tailwind v4 utilities, Radix + shadcn patterns.

📄 License & Author

Built with ❤️, oklch, and a healthy obsession with next/font.

_{Forge. Break. Rebuild. Repeat. — EINCODE}

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🚀 Getting Started

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1. Clone & Install

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✍️ Content Authoring — MDX

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