Saad Mahmood - Personal Website

Professional website for Saad Mahmood, Lead AI Architect at Microsoft.

🚀 Tech Stack

• Framework: Astro (static site generator)
• Hosting: GitHub Pages
• Deployment: Automated via GitHub Actions
• Features: SEO-optimized, dark mode, mobile-first

📁 Pages

• Home: Professional positioning and hero section
• About: Background and expertise
• Writing: LinkedIn article cross-posts
• Talks: Speaking topics and presentations
• Contact: Professional contact information

🛠️ Development

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Start dev server
npm run dev

# Build for production
npm run build

# Preview production build
npm run preview

📦 Deployment

Site automatically deploys to GitHub Pages on push to main branch.

Live URL: https://<username>.github.io/<repo-name>

Adding Custom Domain

To use a custom domain (e.g., saadmahmood.com):

1. Go to repo Settings → Pages → Custom domain
2. Enter your domain
3. Configure DNS at your registrar (see DEPLOYMENT.md)

📊 SEO Features

• ✅ Schema.org Person JSON-LD
• ✅ Open Graph tags
• ✅ Twitter Card tags
• ✅ Sitemap.xml
• ✅ Robots.txt
• ✅ Semantic HTML
• ✅ Mobile-optimized

📝 License

© 2026 Saad Mahmood. All rights reserved.