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title: “Productivity Stack Behind This Blog” description: “Tools, infrastructure, and rituals powering blog.avinash.sh, MetaLabs, and the Avi network.”

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Productivity Stack Behind This Blog

The blog isn’t just MDX—it’s the front door to the Avi ecosystem. Here’s the stack keeping it humming.

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Content & Knowledge

  • MDX + Mintlify: All narratives live alongside code; easy to version.
  • Notion: Editorial calendar + research vault.
  • Heptabase: Visual essay planning + Thinki.sh frameworks.

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Infrastructure

  • Next.js (Mintlify) deployed on Vercel.
  • Edge cache: Cloudflare proxies heavy assets.
  • Analytics: Plausible (privacy-friendly), PostHog for product signals.
  • Assets: UploadThing + S3 for media.

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Developer Experience

  • Cursor + GitHub Copilot for AI-assisted writing/coding.
  • Biome + ESLint keep MDX + TS consistent.
  • CI: GitHub Actions running lint, link-checker, screenshot tests.
  • Preview stacks: Vercel preview URLs shared in Linear for review.

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Automations

  • publish.yml workflow tags posts, updates RSS, pings newsletter.
  • n8n flow sends weekly digest based on Latest Pulse entries.
  • Zapier pushes featured reads to LinkedIn + WhatsApp broadcast.

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Rituals

  • Monday: backlog grooming + Now Building ticker update.
  • Wednesday: Draft + review new artifact (Dev/Productivity/AI/Books).
  • Friday: Publish + send Social Constellation highlights.
Steal this stack wholesale or remix; the emphasis is on open tooling + repeatable rituals.