Unknowingly, the blog has been running for 600 days. Looking back, it has been quite fruitful. I’m writing this article to commemorate the past 600 days and to briefly discuss the journey and insights of building a blog.
Although the post was published on the 601st day.
Origin#
If we take the launch of the relevant blog framework as the starting point, then I first built a website and "started blogging" in June 2022. At that time, a friend asked me if I wanted a server. Although I didn't know what a server was useful for, I thought it was free, so I agreed. After getting the login credentials, I familiarized myself with the server environment and thought about what I could do.
I searched online and found many people saying it could be used to build a personal blog website, so I looked for tutorials and thus got to know my first blog framework—WordPress.
After some tinkering, my first website was officially launched—xiaohan.xfcloud.org (it’s no longer in use now but can still be accessed). However, if you ask me whether I wrote any meaningful articles back then, the answer would probably be zero. Most of what I wrote was either some rants or things I couldn't even describe, as I knew nothing at that time and had no idea what to write (I couldn't possibly just copy my exam essays, right?).
Later, I checked the Wayback Machine and found records only for 2023 and 2024; there are no records from the WordPress period at all.
Getting on Track#
Later, because I rarely managed that site, I shut it down. Before closing it, I copied the SQL data to my local machine, although that old computer broke down later, making it no different from not having a backup.
Until March 2023, I came across Hexo. At that time, it was the early stage of the AI craze. I used Hexo with a modified Butterfly theme as a sharing template site, which helped me accumulate a bit of popularity.
In July, I thought about creating a proper blog website, still using Hexo, but this time I set up all the necessary configurations for a blog and made some modifications (at least I was quite satisfied with it).
During this period, I also met quite a few like-minded individuals, exchanged friendly links, and it was quite interesting.
I gradually wrote some articles, met more people, and learned a lot.
Until June this year, after iterating Hexo three times and changing themes twice, I ultimately chose to migrate to Mix-Space (dynamic blogs are really nice).
A Few Insights#
If I had to say what I learned, perhaps the most significant would be programming-related skills. I went from knowing nothing about front-end development to having some understanding now? I also got to know front-end frameworks like React and Vue.
Secondly, it’s about social relationships. It has somewhat healed my already poor social connections, although it hasn’t improved that much.
In summary, it has been a worthwhile journey.
This article is synchronized and updated to xLog by Mix Space. The original link is https://blog.xiaohan-kaka.me/posts/default/600-day