Alan Palayil — Personal Portfolio

Live site: https://alanp13.github.io

Personal portfolio built with Astro 5 — fast, static, and SEO-friendly. Covers professional experience, engineering projects, research, and credentials.

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Stack

Layer	Detail
Framework	Astro 5.16.6
UI	React 19 (single interactive component)
Language	TypeScript (strict)
Styling	Scoped CSS per component
Content	MDX + Astro Content Collections
Deployment	GitHub Pages via GitHub Actions

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Routes

URL	Source
/	src/pages/index.astro
/about	src/pages/about.astro
/resume	src/pages/resume.astro
/projects	src/pages/projects/index.astro
/projects/[slug]	src/pages/projects/[slug].astro
/research	src/pages/research/index.astro

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Content Collections

Managed under src/content/:

• projects — engineering project entries (MDX)
• research — research write-ups (MDX)
• timeline — career / experience timeline
• certifications — credential entries
• archive — archived content

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Development

Prerequisites: Node.js LTS, npm

npm install       # Install dependencies
npm run dev       # Dev server → http://localhost:4321
npm run build     # Production build → ./dist/
npm run preview   # Serve ./dist/ locally

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Project Structure

├── public/                  # Static assets
├── src/
│   ├── components/          # Astro + React components
│   ├── content/             # MDX content collections
│   ├── layouts/             # Page layout wrappers
│   └── pages/               # File-based routes
├── docs/                    # Project docs & decision log
├── astro.config.mjs
└── package.json

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License

Personal portfolio — all rights reserved.