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+import { Link } from "react-router-dom";
+import { Badge } from "@/components/ui/badge";
+import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
+import { Card, CardContent } from "@/components/ui/card";
+import { Input } from "@/components/ui/input";
+import { Calendar, PenTool, Search, TrendingUp } from "lucide-react";
+import type { BlogPost } from "./types";
+
+interface BlogHeroProps {
+  featured: BlogPost | null;
+  totalCount: number;
+  search: string;
+  onSearchChange: (value: string) => void;
+  onViewAll?: () => void;
+}
+
+const BlogHero = ({ featured, totalCount, search, onSearchChange, onViewAll }: BlogHeroProps) => {
+  return (
+    <section className="relative overflow-hidden border-b border-border/40 bg-gradient-to-b from-slate-950 via-slate-900/80 to-slate-950 pb-20 pt-24 text-foreground">
+      <div className="absolute inset-x-0 top-0 h-[480px] bg-[radial-gradient(circle_at_top,_rgba(96,165,250,0.15),_transparent_60%)]" />
+      <div className="relative z-10">
+        <div className="container mx-auto flex flex-col gap-12 px-4 lg:flex-row lg:items-end">
+          <div className="flex-1 space-y-8">
+            <Badge
+              variant="outline"
+              className="inline-flex items-center gap-2 border-aethex-500/60 bg-aethex-500/10 text-xs font-medium uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-aethex-200"
+            >
+              <PenTool className="h-3.5 w-3.5" /> AeThex Blog
+            </Badge>
+            <div className="space-y-6">
+              <h1 className="max-w-3xl text-4xl font-semibold leading-tight text-white sm:text-5xl">
+                Ideas, updates, and behind-the-scenes craft from the AeThex team
+              </h1>
+              <p className="max-w-2xl text-lg text-muted-foreground">
+                Explore engineering deep dives, platform updates, community spotlights, and changelog summaries. We publish what we learn building AeThex across games, cloud, and creator ecosystems.
+              </p>
+            </div>
+            <div className="grid gap-4 sm:grid-cols-[minmax(0,2fr)_minmax(0,1fr)]">
+              <label className="group relative flex items-center">
+                <Search className="absolute left-4 h-4.5 w-4.5 text-muted-foreground transition group-focus-within:text-aethex-300" />
+                <Input
+                  value={search}
+                  onChange={(event) => onSearchChange(event.target.value)}
+                  placeholder="Search by title, author, or keywords"
+                  className="h-12 rounded-full border-border/50 bg-background/70 pl-12 text-sm text-foreground shadow-sm transition focus:border-aethex-400"
+                />
+              </label>
+              <Button
+                variant="outline"
+                onClick={onViewAll}
+                className="h-12 rounded-full border-border/60 bg-background/70 text-foreground"
+              >
+                Browse all {totalCount} articles
+              </Button>
+            </div>
+          </div>
+
+          <Card className="w-full max-w-xl border-border/50 bg-background/70 backdrop-blur">
+            <CardContent className="space-y-6 p-8">
+              <div className="flex items-center justify-between text-xs uppercase tracking-[0.3em] text-muted-foreground">
+                <span>Featured insight</span>
+                <span className="flex items-center gap-1 text-aethex-200">
+                  <TrendingUp className="h-3.5 w-3.5" /> Trending now
+                </span>
+              </div>
+              {featured ? (
+                <div className="space-y-6">
+                  <div className="space-y-3">
+                    <Badge className="bg-gradient-to-r from-aethex-500 to-neon-blue text-xs font-medium uppercase tracking-wide">
+                      {featured.category || "General"}
+                    </Badge>
+                    <Link
+                      to={`/blog/${featured.slug}`}
+                      className="block text-2xl font-semibold leading-snug text-white transition hover:text-aethex-200"
+                    >
+                      {featured.title}
+                    </Link>
+                    <p className="text-sm text-muted-foreground">{featured.excerpt}</p>
+                  </div>
+                  <div className="flex items-center justify-between text-sm text-muted-foreground">
+                    <span>{featured.author || "AeThex Team"}</span>
+                    <span className="inline-flex items-center gap-1">
+                      <Calendar className="h-4 w-4" />
+                      {featured.date || "Recently published"}
+                    </span>
+                  </div>
+                  <div className="flex items-center gap-3 text-xs text-muted-foreground">
+                    <span className="rounded-full border border-border/40 px-3 py-1">
+                      {featured.readTime || "5 min read"}
+                    </span>
+                    <span className="rounded-full border border-border/40 px-3 py-1">
+                      {featured.likes?.toLocaleString() ?? "0"} applauses
+                    </span>
+                  </div>
+                  <Button asChild className="w-full">
+                    <Link to={`/blog/${featured.slug}`}>Read the full story</Link>
+                  </Button>
+                </div>
+              ) : (
+                <div className="space-y-4 text-muted-foreground">
+                  <p className="text-base">
+                    We are preparing our latest feature article. Check back soon for fresh insights straight from the AeThex ship room.
+                  </p>
+                  <div className="flex items-center gap-3 text-xs">
+                    <span className="rounded-full border border-border/40 px-3 py-1">
+                      Weekly cadence
+                    </span>
+                    <span className="rounded-full border border-border/40 px-3 py-1">
+                      Multi-team updates
+                    </span>
+                  </div>
+                </div>
+              )}
+            </CardContent>
+          </Card>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    </section>
+  );
+};
+
+export default BlogHero;