Initial rewrite

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diff --git a/components/updates/DateFormatter.js b/components/updates/DateFormatter.js
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+
+import { parseISO, format } from 'date-fns'
+
+const DateFormatter = (dateString) => {
+  const date = parseISO(dateString)
+  return <time dateTime={dateString}>{format(date, 'LLLL d, yyyy')}</time>
+}
+
+export default DateFormatter
diff --git a/components/updates/PostPreview.js b/components/updates/PostPreview.js
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+import Link from "next/link";
+import DateFormatter from '@/components/updates/DateFormatter'
+
+export default function PostPreview(props) {
+ return (
+     <div key="post" className="bg-zinc-800 py-3 px-5 border border-gray-600 rounded-lg space-y-3">
+         <Link href={`/updates/${props.slug}`}>
+             <h2 className="font-medium text-2xl hover:underline">{props.title}</h2>
+         </Link>
+         <span>By {props.author}</span>
+         <p>{props.description}</p>
+         <p className="font-medium text-sm">Posted on {DateFormatter(props.date)}</p>
+     </div>
+ )
+}
diff --git a/components/updates/getPostMetadata.js b/components/updates/getPostMetadata.js
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+import {readdirSync, readFileSync} from "fs";
+import matter from "gray-matter";
+
+export default function getPostMetadata() {
+    const folder = "posts/";
+    const files = readdirSync(folder);
+    const markdownPosts = files.filter((file) => file.endsWith(".md"));
+
+    const posts = markdownPosts.map((fileName) => {
+        const fileContent = readFileSync(`posts/${fileName}`, "utf-8");
+        const matterResult = matter(fileContent);
+        return {
+            title: matterResult.data.title,
+            author: matterResult.data.author,
+            date: matterResult.data.date,
+            description: matterResult.data.description,
+            slug: fileName.replace(".md", "")
+        }
+    })
+
+    // Sort the posts by date in descending order
+    posts.sort((a, b) => new Date(b.date) - new Date(a.date));
+    return posts
+}