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Freemium1 min readDebmalya Pramanik

A First Look, For Members

A freemium post: the title and summary stay public, but the body opens once you sign in.

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You are reading a freemium post. The title, summary, and tags above stay public, so a first-time visitor and a search engine both get the gist. The body unlocks when you sign in with a free TyPhed account, the same login that works on the main site.

Why gate anything at all

Most of the blog is fully public. A handful of posts ask you to sign in first, and the trade is plain: you get the full write-up, and we get a way to reach you when the next one lands. No payment, no catch.

The content still renders normally

Once it unlocks, a members post is an ordinary MDX post. Math typesets:

∑k=1nk=n(n+1)2\sum_{k=1}^{n} k = \frac{n(n+1)}{2}

Code highlights:

export function isSignedIn(session: Session | null): boolean {
  return session !== null
}

Same pipeline, same theme. The only difference is the soft gate sitting in front of this body until you sign in.