This is a template. Delete this file and write your own.
Every essay lives in content/essays as one file like this one. Whatever you put in the fields above becomes the headline, dek, and metadata on the site automatically.
Delete this file once you have real essays published. Until then, it exists so you can see the full pipeline working: this text right here, written in plain markdown, is what ends up on the page you're reading.
How to publish a new essay
Add a new file to content/essays/, name it something like your-essay-slug.mdx. The filename becomes the URL, so content/essays/the-quiet-theft.mdx becomes anasharma.com/essays/the-quiet-theft.
At the top of the file, fill in the fields between the --- lines: title, dek, category, date, read time, and whether it's featured on the homepage. Only one essay should have featured: true at a time, that's the one that gets the big headline treatment.
Below the second ---, write the essay in plain markdown. Paragraphs, ## headers, and > blockquotes all render automatically in the site's typography.
Commit the file, push it, and it's live.