Blogging vs. YouTube: A Personal Reflection on Content Creation Trade-offs
The author reflects on migrating from Hashnode to a self-hosted blog due to Hashnode's JSON storage limiting content control. They compare the effort of setting up a blog (using the Astro Cactus template) versus running a YouTube channel, noting both require similar setup time. The piece explores the trade-offs between blogging and video creation, prompted by the author's personal experience with their now-defunct YouTube channel.
Key quotes
I recently migrated to a self-hosted blog because Hashnode stores blog posts in JSON instead of Markdown, giving me less control over my work.
The Astro Cactus template gave me a head start, as it took me a day to customize.
In retrospect, my now-defunct YouTube channel took just as long to set up.
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