Maanasa Narayan — BlogNotes on software engineering, design, and shipping things — from Maanasa Narayan.https://maanasa.dev/en-usWelcome to the bloghttps://maanasa.dev/blog/welcome/https://maanasa.dev/blog/welcome/Why I rebuilt my portfolio on Astro and started writing things down.Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTmetaastroportfolioTest-driving Markdoc with custom calloutshttps://maanasa.dev/blog/markdoc-test-drive/https://maanasa.dev/blog/markdoc-test-drive/Adding a second authoring format alongside MDX: typed Markdoc tags for callouts, highlights, and embeds.Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTastromarkdocauthoringShipping airline integrations at Kayakhttps://maanasa.dev/blog/shipping-airline-integrations/https://maanasa.dev/blog/shipping-airline-integrations/Six endpoints, JUnit, Kibana dashboards, and the discipline of staged rollouts.Sun, 12 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTjavaapiskayakobservabilityNotes on neo-brutalism (and why I picked it)https://maanasa.dev/blog/notes-on-neo-brutalism/https://maanasa.dev/blog/notes-on-neo-brutalism/Thick borders, hard shadows, and a refusal to be invisible — the rationale behind this redesign.Wed, 04 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTdesignuifrontend