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Welcome to my blog
Shareef Alam
This is the first post on the blog. I'll use this space for short, practical notes on engineering, building products, and things I'm learning along the way.
Adding a new post#
- Create a Markdown file in
content/blog/— for examplemy-post.md. - Add frontmatter at the top:
---
title: "Your post title"
date: "2026-04-19"
excerpt: "Short summary that shows on the listing page."
tags: ["nextjs", "typescript"]
draft: false
---
- Write the body in Markdown. GitHub-flavored features work — code fences, tables, lists, links, blockquotes — and headings get anchor links automatically.
What you get out of the box#
- Tag filter on the listing page
- Reading-time estimate
- Syntax-highlighted code blocks
- Previous / Next navigation between posts
- Share to X / LinkedIn and copy link
- RSS feed at
/feed.xml - Drafts (
draft: true) hidden in production
Code blocks#
function greet(name: string): string {
return `Hello, ${name}!`;
}
Tip: keep posts focused. One idea per post tends to read best.