Yes, I’ve started another blog. Again.

I used to have a WordPress blog on aydgn.net from 2011 to 2018, where I wrote about… well, nothing in particular. I didn’t have a specific topic to focus on, so I simply shared whatever was on my mind at the moment. Surprisingly, the things I wrote were liked by random people, and my blog used to attract hundreds of readers each month. However, with university and other responsibilities, life got busy, and I lost interest. Later on, I even forgot to renew my domain, and that blog ended up in the internet’s junkyard.

After 2018, things changed. And here we are, a new blog on a new domain. This time, I have a clear focus. My never-ending urge to share knowledge motivated me to create this blog. I want to share what I’ve learned. While this blog will feature a variety of content about web development in general, I’ll primarily focus on front-end development. I haven’t fully planned out the concept yet, but creating this blog feels like a good start, doesn’t it?

Now, I’m facing a dilemma. I want to continue writing this blog in English. This way, my content can reach a global audience. On the other hand, I also want to contribute something to the Turkish developer community. I want to help newcomers who face language barriers in this field. I chose to write in English partly because I feel my English skills are deteriorating since I don’t use the language daily. While I read English articles almost every day and watch English YouTube content, these activities only involve consuming English. I rarely speak or write because I don’t have a strong reason to do so. Writing an English blog can sharpen my language skills. However, I also want to create Turkish content. That’s the decision I need to make next.

Since it’s 2024, this blog has nothing to do with WordPress. Back in the day, when my knowledge of web development was limited, running a blog with WordPress was incredibly easy. But today, I have no reason to use WordPress anymore. I built this blog using Astro. The content is written in Markdown, and I use GitHub to store it. The blog is hosted on Cloudflare Pages. Each blog post is generated statically in the cloud. The cost to run this blog is literally zero-at least for now.

That’s all for now. If you’ve read this far, thank you for your interest. I’ll be posting more soon. Stay tuned!