I uploaded my first YouTube video today. Honestly, I’m not even sure why I did it. There’s not a single trace of “I want to be a YouTuber” in my subconscious. Maybe it was that faint thought of “I should learn Premiere Pro someday,” or the fact that I recently bought an e-reader to protect my retinas from blue light. The device happened to be brand-new with almost no reviews online, and this blog was finally coming together too — so everything just lined up perfectly. I guess I ended up editing my first video simply as a way to stretch my abilities a bit.

There’s only one thing I regret.

I knew the e-reader topic itself was niche, so I wasn’t expecting many views. But at the very least, I wanted the audio balance to be right… It wasn’t. Not even close. First time doing it — everything was a mess.

I started filming and editing completely blind. I wedged a tripod between my thighs and shot the desk from my point of view. I used Canva — yes, an image editor — to add text and graphics (a ridiculous method in hindsight; maybe acceptable for Shorts, but still). Then I realized I needed subtitles and ended up installing Premiere Pro after all. First time using it, and surprisingly, it was easy. Honestly, Canva felt harder.

By the time I finished editing, it was the middle of the night. I debated whether to add narration or just ambient sounds. I decided to record narration anyway, but it was late, so I couldn’t talk loudly. My handheld mic didn’t have a pop filter, so I half-covered my mouth to avoid ruining the takes with plosives. I didn’t have the energy to look for new background music, so I just threw in one of my old, low-quality tracks.

It sounded fine on earphones, but on my phone, the background music disappeared. My voice volume was all over the place. No one’s watching it anyway, which is probably a good thing… but still, I felt a bit embarrassed. -_-

The original concept of this blog was “let’s dig into everything about web development.” I planned to have an online HTML editor on the main page, and a sliding “learning panel” at the top so users could code and study simultaneously. But somehow, I lost momentum. After leaving it untouched for a couple of months, I finally realized why.

For a site that “digs into everything” to succeed, there needs to be an audience that actually wants to dig into everything. And honestly, anyone with that kind of curiosity already has the best teacher in the world — ChatGPT. For people who know how to ask the right questions, ChatGPT is the perfect learning tool. So what I was trying to build… was something that the times have already moved past. When AI itself writes code, who still needs a site that “explores web development”? That space is kind of dead now.

Then suddenly, the word “e-book author,” my old dream, came back to me.

…Anyway, it’s 7 a.m. now and I’ve been up all night. Time to sleep. At least I’ve started something — that’s what matters. I’ve got ideas, I’ve got motivation. Let’s keep going from here.