🚀 Kunal's Personal Page

Essasys, Opinions and Ideas on Philosophy, Leadership, AI, Tech and whatever I am building...

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Tip

Please feel free to reuse the source code to create your own Personal Page / Blog.

NOTE: Using the Source Code & Blog Content

The source code is available under the Apache License 2.0. You are free to use, modify, and distribute it — see LICENSE for full terms.

Citing Blog Content

The blog content is Kunal Suri's intellectual property, released under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). You are welcome to share and adapt it, but proper attribution is required.

Suggested Citation Format (IF Needed):

Suri, K. "Post Title." Kunal Suri's Blog. Available at: https://kunalsuri.github.io/ DOI: to be assigned via Zenodo

A persistent DOI for the full archive will be made available via Zenodo in the future. Once assigned, please prefer the DOI link for long-term citation stability (if needed).

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🚀 Tech Stack & Deployment

🛠️ CLICK HERE: Details on Technical Stack & How to Use the Codebase 🔽

✨ Tech Stack

Layer	Technology
Framework	Astro 7 — static output, zero JS by default
Styling	Tailwind CSS v4 — CSS-first config via src/styles/global.css
Language	TypeScript (strict) + astro check
Islands	Preact (compat) — ready for interactivity when needed
Search	Pagefind — static search index, built post-build
Feeds	RSS (/rss.xml) + Sitemap (/sitemap-index.xml)
Deployment	GitHub Actions → GitHub Pages (automatic on push to main)

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🛠️ Local Development

Prerequisites: Node.js 20+ (24 recommended)

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Start dev server → http://localhost:4321
npm run dev

# Production build → dist/
npm run build

# Preview the production build locally
npm run preview

# Type-check with astro check
npm run check

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🧪 Testing

The project includes an extensive Vitest test suite covering unit tests, content validation, build output, and SEO integrity.

Quick Start

# Run the full test suite (unit + integration)
npm test

# Run only unit tests (fast, no build needed)
npm run test:unit

# Run only integration tests (triggers a build if dist/ is missing)
npm run test:integration

# Run tests in watch mode during development
npm run test:watch

Test Architecture

tests/
├── unit/                     # Fast, pure-function tests (no Astro runtime)
│   ├── reading-time.test.ts  # readingTime() — word count and edge cases
│   ├── taxonomy.test.ts      # slugify() — URL-safe slug generation
│   └── consts.test.ts        # Site constants — shape and value guards
└── integration/              # File-system and build-output tests
    ├── content-schema.test.ts  # Zod schema for blog front-matter
    ├── blog-posts.test.ts      # Validates actual .md/.mdx files on disk
    ├── build.test.ts           # Build output — pages, SEO tags, links
    └── rss.test.ts             # RSS feed structure and content

Layer	What it tests	Speed
Unit	Utility functions, constants, configuration	⚡ < 1 s
Integration (content)	Blog post files, Zod schema	⚡ < 1 s
Integration (build)	HTML output, SEO, RSS, links	🐢 ~10-20 s (runs astro build)

Adding a New Test

1. Create a .test.ts file in the appropriate directory (tests/unit/ or tests/integration/).
2. Import from vitest: import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
3. Source code lives in src/ — import utilities directly (e.g., import { slugify } from '../../src/utils/taxonomy';).
4. Run npm test to verify.

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✍️ Writing a Post

Drop a Markdown (.md) or MDX (.mdx) file into src/content/blog/:

---
title: "Your title"
description: "One-line summary, used for SEO and the post list."
pubDate: 2026-07-09
tags: ["astro"]
draft: false      # true → hidden in production, visible in dev
---

Your content here.

The filename becomes the URL slug — my-post.md → /blog/my-post/.

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🚢 Deployment

Every push to main triggers the CI/CD pipeline:

1. .github/workflows/deploy.yml runs on GitHub Actions
2. Builds via the official withastro/action
3. Publishes to GitHub Pages automatically

No local build required.

One-time setup: GitHub → Settings → Pages → Build and deployment → Source → "GitHub Actions"

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📄 License

This project uses a dual-license model:

What	License	File
Source code — templates, components, config, styles, scripts	Apache License 2.0	LICENSE
Blog content — posts, articles, and essays in src/content/blog/	CC BY 4.0	CONTENT_LICENSE

Built with ☕ and curiosity by Kunal Suri