I'm Using AI to Write This Post About Using AI
Yes, this post was made with the help of Claude. Yes, I see the irony. Let’s move on.
The Old Way
Think of a post idea. Open the editor. Write frontmatter from memory. Get the date format wrong. Write an intro. Go make coffee. Come back. Write the rest. Realize you forgot a tag. Rebuild. Push. Wait.
It worked. It was fine. But “fine” is not exactly the pitch for a tech blog in 2026.
The New Way
I tell Claude what I want to write about and it creates the Markdown file with the right frontmatter, the right tone, and drops it into the right directory. I read it, tweak it, push it. Done.
On desktop, that’s Claude Code in the terminal. On my phone, it’s the Claude iOS app. I’m literally writing this post from my couch right now. Same AI, same repo access, different couch cushion.
How the Blog Works
The Stack
- Astro — static site generator. Fast, simple, Markdown-native.
- Pure CSS with custom properties — no Tailwind, no component library. Just
var(--accent)and good decisions. - JetBrains Mono — the only font that matters.
The Content
Blog posts are Markdown files in src/content/blog/. Each one has frontmatter with a title, date, description, and tags. No CMS, no database. Just files in a git repo like nature intended.
The Deploy
My Unraid server runs a cron job every 5 minutes that pulls from GitHub, builds with Astro, and rsyncs to my SWAG reverse proxy. My entire deploy process is git push. Five minutes later, it’s live on aayush.dev. Just a shell script and a cron job on a server in my closet.
Where Claude Fits In
Claude runs with full context of the repo — project structure, frontmatter format, tone, design system. So when I say “write a post about X,” it writes something that actually fits the site. Not generic filler.
Think of it like a coworker who’s read every file in your repo, never needs a standup, works at 3am without complaining, and fits in your pocket.
The Point
The future didn’t show up with flying cars. It showed up as a CLI tool and a phone app that turn my ramblings into published blog posts before my coffee gets cold.
I’ll take it.