Strapi, an open-source composable Content Management System (CMS) based on Node.js, facilitates the rapid development of RESTful and GraphQL APIs and offers a managed platform called Strapi Cloud to enhance content delivery without infrastructure concerns. This tutorial details building a blog website using Strapi for the backend and Next.js for the frontend, covering steps such as setting up the project, creating and seeding a Strapi app, configuring API tokens, and implementing internationalization. It emphasizes using Strapi's flexible API to fetch and display data in a blog format, including pagination and category-specific views, while also integrating middleware for enhanced data handling. The guide highlights Strapi's commitment to open-source innovation and offers Strapi Cloud as an option for developers who prefer focusing on development over infrastructure management, while also maintaining self-hosting options to cater to different project needs.