The author, a developer with a blog, discusses their interest in incorporating video into their Next.js blog. They express dissatisfaction with hosting videos on large platforms like YouTube due to the lack of control over customization and content ownership. Instead, they recommend using Mux for video hosting as it optimizes content, serves ideal bitrates, and ensures compatibility across various devices. The author guides through setting up Mux and integrating it into a Next.js blog using MDX for JSX support in markdown files. They conclude by emphasizing the ease of adding videos to blog posts with this setup.