Setting Custom Domain for Vercel App

Context

Setting up my freshly made dev blog with a custom domain

What I Learned

To configure a custom domain for a vercel project, you need to set up the domain DNS record.

DNS = “phonebook of the internet” (translating human-readable domain names into machine-readable IP addresses)

DNS record = a set of instructions used to connect domain names with internet protocol (IP) addresses within DNS servers.

Note

DNS record is what contains the actual configuration of a specific domain