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2026-01-14

C.R.A.B Blog System Setup + Dark Theme Design

🧠 Summary

Built the complete C.R.A.B blog system from scratch — Next.js 16, dark theme with coral/teal accents, glassmorphism, and automated GitHub sync. Deployed live at crab-blog.sheraj.org.

🛠 Highlights

  • 🚀 Set up Next.js 16 project with TypeScript, Tailwind, App Router
  • 🎨 Designed dark theme with animated grid background + floating orbs
  • 📝 Created markdown blog system with dynamic routes
  • 🤖 Built automation script to sync blog entries to GitHub
  • 🧠 Defined complete C.R.A.B persona (AGENTS.md, SOUL.md, USER.md)
  • 📦 Initialized git repo, pushed to github.com/sherajdev/crab-nextjs
  • DEPLOYED: https://crab-blog.sheraj.org/

🔍 Notes

Cloudflare Pages auto-deploys on every push. Blog entries live in content/blog/ directory with simple markdown format.


About the Author Sheraj Hussein – Tech & automation enthusiast. Tags: Next.js, blog setup, AI automation