Currently, there are many platforms available.

People tend to get easily bored when they see the same thing repeatedly. While platforms like Tistory allow for customization, there is the inconvenience of dealing with HTML and CSS directly. On the other hand, Naver and Velog have significant limitations in customization because you can only operate within predefined templates.

A few years ago, Kakao's servers were down for several days. At that time, AI was not as advanced, and the blog was the only source of information. I experienced the inconvenience of not being able to view previously written posts even after searching. Considering that such situations might occur again, I decided to create a blog that I could manage myself.

I plan to host the blog for free through Vercel.

It might seem paradoxical, but because the hosting process flows from local => github => vercel, I believe that at least my posts will still be accessible. Therefore, I consider the dependency to be low.

As mentioned earlier, hosting on Vercel is free of charge.

I do not operate a database server. From my experience with running other content using AWS, I found that it costs around 6,000 to 10,000 KRW per month. Since the blog posts are not frequently updated, there's no need for SSR, and login functionality isn't required, I decided not to run a database server. Instead, I designed it to read files using MDX locally.

Therefore, I plan to keep the operating costs at zero.

The existing learning habit was a simple routine of learning => applying.

However, I now aim to apply the routine of learning => applying => understanding => applying. To achieve this, I plan to write about my understanding on the blog.

From my experience at work, I've come to realize that documenting is more important than coding skills. Although it didn’t resonate with me before, I deeply understood the importance of documentation practices and habits through creating projects and leaving jobs. This is why I thought of the blog as an intersection of writing and development studies, and I intend to work on it diligently.

I’ve briefly explained the background behind creating a personal blog for these five reasons. In the next post, I will discuss how the blog is structured and which libraries were used.