From f168cfec0e709162dd9880dc65459a2d121fdb19 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Neeldhara Misra <neeldhara.misra@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2026 13:53:20 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] chore: update intro, email, and switch to Hyvor comments

---
 src/components/Head.astro    | 15 +++++----------
 src/components/Hyvor.astro   | 13 +++++++++++++
 src/consts.ts                |  2 +-
 src/pages/blog/[...id].astro |  4 ++--
 src/pages/index.astro        |  7 ++-----
 5 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/components/Hyvor.astro

diff --git a/src/components/Head.astro b/src/components/Head.astro
index 134d79b..1273a30 100644
--- a/src/components/Head.astro
+++ b/src/components/Head.astro
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ const { title, description, image = "/astro-micro.jpg" } = Astro.props;
     animate();
     updateThemeButtons();
     addCopyCodeButtons();
-    setGiscusTheme();
+    setHyvorTheme();
 
     const backToTop = document.getElementById("back-to-top");
     backToTop?.addEventListener("click", (event) => scrollToTop(event));
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ const { title, description, image = "/astro-micro.jpg" } = Astro.props;
     window.getComputedStyle(css).opacity;
     document.head.removeChild(css);
 
-    setGiscusTheme();
+    setHyvorTheme();
   }
 
   function preloadTheme() {
@@ -249,15 +249,10 @@ const { title, description, image = "/astro-micro.jpg" } = Astro.props;
     }
   }
 
-  const setGiscusTheme = () => {
-    const giscus = document.querySelector(".giscus-frame");
-
+  const setHyvorTheme = () => {
     const isDark = document.documentElement.classList.contains("dark");
-
-    if (giscus) {
-      const url = new URL(giscus.src);
-      url.searchParams.set("theme", isDark ? "dark" : "light");
-      giscus.src = url.toString();
+    if (window.hyvorTalk) {
+      window.hyvorTalk.changeTheme(isDark ? "dark" : "light");
     }
   };
 
diff --git a/src/components/Hyvor.astro b/src/components/Hyvor.astro
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f09e9a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/Hyvor.astro
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+---
+// Hyvor Talk comments component
+const WEBSITE_ID = 12930; // Your Hyvor Talk website ID
+---
+
+<hyvor-talk-comments
+  website-id={WEBSITE_ID}
+  page-id={Astro.url.pathname}
+  colors="light"
+  color-scheme="auto"
+></hyvor-talk-comments>
+
+<script is:inline src="https://talk.hyvor.com/embed/embed.js" type="module"></script>
diff --git a/src/consts.ts b/src/consts.ts
index 2b2e598..5ccc05f 100644
--- a/src/consts.ts
+++ b/src/consts.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import type { Metadata, Site, Socials } from "@types";
 export const SITE: Site = {
   TITLE: "Neeldhara",
   DESCRIPTION: "Musings on algorithms, games, teaching, and the occasional wandering thought.",
-  EMAIL: "neeldhara.m@iitgn.ac.in",
+  EMAIL: "neeldhara.misra@gmail.com",
   NUM_POSTS_ON_HOMEPAGE: 5,
   NUM_PROJECTS_ON_HOMEPAGE: 3,
 };
diff --git a/src/pages/blog/[...id].astro b/src/pages/blog/[...id].astro
index b9062fd..bc3e362 100644
--- a/src/pages/blog/[...id].astro
+++ b/src/pages/blog/[...id].astro
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { readingTime } from "@lib/utils";
 import BackToPrevious from "@components/BackToPrevious.astro";
 import PostNavigation from "@components/PostNavigation.astro";
 import TableOfContents from "@components/TableOfContents.astro";
-import Giscus from "@components/Giscus.astro";
+import Hyvor from "@components/Hyvor.astro";
 
 export async function getStaticPaths() {
   const posts = (await getCollection("blog"))
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ const { Content, headings } = await render(post);
         <PostNavigation prevPost={prevPost} nextPost={nextPost} />
       </div>
       <div class="mt-24">
-        <Giscus />
+        <Hyvor />
       </div>
     </article>
   </Container>
diff --git a/src/pages/index.astro b/src/pages/index.astro
index 27df1a5..3d7959c 100644
--- a/src/pages/index.astro
+++ b/src/pages/index.astro
@@ -24,16 +24,13 @@ const projects: CollectionEntry<"projects">[] = (
   <Container>
     <aside data-pagefind-ignore>
       <h1 class="font-semibold text-black dark:text-white">
-        Hello!
+        👋
       </h1>
       <div class="space-y-16">
         <section>
           <article class="space-y-4">
             <p>
-              I'm Neeldhara, an Associate Professor in Computer Science & Engineering at <Link href="https://iitgn.ac.in">IIT Gandhinagar</Link>. My research spans algorithm design, computational social choice, and combinatorial games.
-            </p>
-            <p class="animate">
-              This is a space for short notes, stray observations, and things I find interesting. For more about my work, visit <Link href="https://neeldhara.com">neeldhara.com</Link>.
+              I am Neeldhara, a faculty member with the Computer Science and Engineering Department at <Link href="https://iitgn.ac.in">IIT Gandhinagar</Link>. This page is mostly a stream of consciousness braindump so I can reduce spamming my friends individually!
             </p>
           </article>
         </section>