From 6dc42c1ba82f0cfc8e86ceea608b086c0184914a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Krishna Ayyalasomayajula <krishna@ayyalasomayajula.net>
Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2026 21:20:44 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?fix:=20fix=20empty=20post=20bodies=20=E2=80=94?=
 =?UTF-8?q?=20stop=20double-compiling=20MDX?=
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---
 app/posts/[slug]/page.tsx | 19 +++++++++++-
 lib/posts.ts              | 61 +++++++++++++++++++--------------------
 2 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)

diff --git a/app/posts/[slug]/page.tsx b/app/posts/[slug]/page.tsx
index aacd516..53ae86f 100644
--- a/app/posts/[slug]/page.tsx
+++ b/app/posts/[slug]/page.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 import { notFound } from 'next/navigation'
 import { MDXRemote } from 'next-mdx-remote/rsc'
+import { useMDXComponents } from '@/mdx-components'
+import remarkMath from 'remark-math'
+import remarkGfm from 'remark-gfm'
+import rehypePrettyCode from 'rehype-pretty-code'
+import rehypeKatex from 'rehype-katex'
 import { getPosts, getPost, getReadingTime } from '@/lib/posts'
 import { TableOfContents } from '@/components/blog/TableOfContents'
 import { ScrollToTop } from '@/components/ui/ScrollToTop'
@@ -43,7 +48,19 @@ export default async function PostPage({ params }: { params: Promise<{ slug: str
               </p>
             </header>
             <div className="prose prose-lg max-w-none">
-              <MDXRemote source={post.source} />
+              <MDXRemote
+                source={post.source}
+                components={useMDXComponents({})}
+                options={{
+                  mdxOptions: {
+                    remarkPlugins: [remarkMath, remarkGfm],
+                    rehypePlugins: [
+                      [rehypePrettyCode, { theme: 'github-dark' }],
+                      rehypeKatex,
+                    ],
+                  },
+                }}
+              />
             </div>
           </article>
           <aside className="hidden lg:block">
diff --git a/lib/posts.ts b/lib/posts.ts
index 89b642b..82a563d 100644
--- a/lib/posts.ts
+++ b/lib/posts.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,7 @@
-import fs from 'fs/promises'
+import fs from 'fs'
 import path from 'path'
 import matter from 'gray-matter'
-import { compileMDX } from 'next-mdx-remote/rsc'
 import { cache } from 'react'
-import { useMDXComponents as getMDXComponents } from '@/mdx-components'
-import remarkMath from 'remark-math'
-import remarkGfm from 'remark-gfm'
-import rehypeKatex from 'rehype-katex'
-import rehypePrettyCode from 'rehype-pretty-code'
 
 const postsDirectory = path.join(process.cwd(), 'content/posts')
 
@@ -16,15 +10,19 @@ export interface PostMeta {
   title: string
   date: string
   excerpt: string
+  tags: string[]
+  author: string | null
+  coverImage: string | null
+  readingTime: number
 }
 
 export interface Post extends PostMeta {
-  source: string
+  source: string // raw MDX string, NOT compiled
 }
 
 const getMdxFiles = cache(async () => {
   try {
-    const files = await fs.readdir(postsDirectory)
+    const files = await fs.promises.readdir(postsDirectory)
     return files.filter((f) => f.endsWith('.mdx') || f.endsWith('.md'))
   } catch {
     return []
@@ -36,14 +34,23 @@ export const getPosts = cache(async (): Promise<PostMeta[]> => {
   return Promise.all(
     files.map(async (file) => {
       const filePath = path.join(postsDirectory, file)
-      const raw = await fs.readFile(filePath, 'utf8')
+      const raw = await fs.promises.readFile(filePath, 'utf-8')
       const { data } = matter(raw)
+      const slug = file.replace(/\.(mdx|md)$/, '')
+      // Compute reading time from content (everything after frontmatter)
+      const content = raw.split(/---\n*\n*/).slice(2).join('\n')
+      const readingTime = Math.max(1, Math.ceil(content.split(/\s+/).length / 200))
+
       return {
-        slug: file.replace(/\.(mdx|md)$/, ''),
-        title: data.title ?? file,
+        slug,
+        title: data.title ?? slug,
         date: data.date ?? 'Unknown',
         excerpt: data.excerpt ?? '',
-      } as PostMeta
+        tags: data.tags ?? [],
+        author: data.author ?? null,
+        coverImage: data.coverImage ?? null,
+        readingTime,
+      }
     })
   ).then((posts) =>
     posts.sort((a, b) => new Date(b.date).getTime() - new Date(a.date).getTime())
@@ -56,32 +63,22 @@ export const getPost = async (slug: string): Promise<Post | null> => {
   if (!file) return null
 
   const filePath = path.join(postsDirectory, file)
-  const raw = await fs.readFile(filePath, 'utf8')
+  const raw = await fs.promises.readFile(filePath, 'utf8')
   const { data, content } = matter(raw)
-  const components = getMDXComponents({})
 
-  const { content: compiledContent } = await compileMDX({
-    source: content,
-    components,
-    options: {
-      parseFrontmatter: true,
-      mdxOptions: {
-        remarkPlugins: [remarkMath, remarkGfm],
-        rehypePlugins: [
-          [rehypePrettyCode, { theme: 'github-dark' }],
-          rehypeKatex,
-        ],
-      },
-    },
-  })
+  const readingTime = Math.max(1, Math.ceil(content.split(/\s+/).length / 200))
 
   return {
     slug,
-    title: data.title ?? file,
+    title: data.title ?? slug,
     date: data.date ?? 'Unknown',
     excerpt: data.excerpt ?? '',
-    source: compiledContent,
-  } as unknown as Post
+    tags: data.tags ?? [],
+    author: data.author ?? null,
+    coverImage: data.coverImage ?? null,
+    source: content,
+    readingTime,
+  } satisfies Post
 }
 
 export const getReadingTime = (content: string): number => {