anishde.dev

An Astro portfolio and repo-native blog. The site is static; posts live in src/content/blog as Markdown or MDX and are published with the site.

Development

Requires Node.js 22.12 or newer.

npm install
npm run build

Start the local server in background mode:

npx astro dev --background
npx astro dev status
npx astro dev logs
npx astro dev stop

Writing workflow

Create a draft:

npm run blog:new -- "A useful title"

The command creates src/content/blog/a-useful-title.mdx with draft: true. Drafts are excluded from pages, RSS, search, OG images, and the sitemap.

List posts and their status:

npm run blog:list

Publish or return a post to drafts:

npm run blog:publish -- a-useful-title
npm run blog:unpublish -- a-useful-title

Publishing sets draft: false and updates the publication date. Run npm run build before deployment to validate content and generated routes.

Analytics

Analytics are off unless PUBLIC_UMAMI_WEBSITE_ID is set at build time. Copy .env.example to .env, verify the website ID in Umami, and set it there. PUBLIC_UMAMI_HOST defaults to https://umami.anishde.dev.

The current Umami frontend is served from Vercel. Its backing database hosting still needs to be identified before relying on it long term.