I'm using a paid cloud service called Strapi to store my database in the cloud.

I pay about 20,000 won (roughly $15) per month, which was intended to delegate data to the cloud rather than storing it locally

for more stable 24/7 operation, and to freely write posts from my phone in mobile environments without a laptop.

However, for the strange reason that I feel I don't have "experiences worth posting about," I haven't been uploading much.

After reading posts by columnist Lee Jaehoon, I thought I should stop trying to write only in a difficult, sophisticated manner,

and I resolved to leave my thoughts more frequently.

This made me question whether I'm creating more than 20,000 won worth of value per month.

Many blog developers store their posts as markdown files in folders like "posts" on GitHub.

In my ignorant, presumptuous opinion, it didn't look very cool.

It felt like leaving my treasure chest of writings open for everyone to see?

So I looked for other options and ended up with my current setup.

Since I knew almost nothing about backend development, I researched on my own and got help (thank you, AI, really)

and after setting up and deploying a server, writing and uploading from the client was extremely convenient.

But then I think—what if Strapi goes under? Where would my data go? Would they return it? These thoughts cross my mind.

The plan I subscribe to is the Essential tier, the very basic level, which doesn't support data backup.

So I'm wondering what to do. Is it right for all my posts to depend on Strapi?

Could storing content on the client side—which I thought wasn't cool—actually have been the truly cool approach all along...?

Anyway, I'll need to think more about this part.

What I actually wanted to talk about is the current role and purpose of my blog.

The reason I first created the blog was largely: "I'm a frontend developer who can build a blog,"

"I'll register my career and portfolio here to show people I'm a useful developer!"

At least, that's what I thought the intention was. But as I slowly listened to my inner voice,

I realized that I genuinely love writing and had been thinking about creating my own blog since childhood.

So the original purpose is to create my own space for writing,

and as a bonus, if someone thinks "Oh, this person writes and also built this themselves? That's fresh!"

(though it's not that fresh these days), then that's a nice extra...!

I actually think trying to manipulate what others think of you is extremely difficult and dangerous.

So if I change my thinking and focus on myself,

someone on the other side of the world might take an interest,

and they might share many lessons and meaningful feedback that I never even imagined

(naturally, since I wasn't thinking about it and was focused on myself).

Now that I've honestly declared I'm returning to my original purpose—

ahh... what a relief.