Hey, I’m Sebastian 👋

Welcome to my personal website. This is my minimalistic blog where I share projects I’ve been working on and what I learn along the way. I also share some private experiences or adventures of my life. You’ll find more about me in the menu ☝️ The standard language is English but you can switch to German or Spanish for the translated version. Have fun and 🚶 through my blog. | –> I’m still in progress with translation!
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Self-hosted Social Media Management with Mixpost

I had the idea to simplify my social media engagement but without paying a lot of money or even monthly subscription fees. I found Mixpost as a self-hosted social media management solution. Today I share my experience.

25. August 2024 · 6 min · 1199 words · Sebastian Zehner

How to create content for your free Hugo website

Today I will show you how to create content with a Hugo website, how to add a menu, tags and categories and how to make some special settings.

13. August 2024 · 5 min · 925 words · Sebastian Zehner

How we sign our SSL certificates with OpenSSL for local web services

In this blog post, I document how we create self-signed SSL certificates and use them securely in the local network. A local web server is running on an older Raspberry Pi in my Homelab.

31. July 2024 · 20 min · 4121 words · Sebastian Zehner

How to build a simple and self-hosted website for free

You’re here on my new minimalistic and free website. I built this website some weeks ago because I like it simple and replaced WordPress with Hugo and PaperMod Theme for my personal blog on the Internet.

22. July 2024 · 4 min · 778 words · Sebastian Zehner

How I paid for my domain with cryptocurrency and why I recommend Hostinger

In today’s digital world, domains are an essential part of any website. But what if you have the flexibility to pay for your domain with cryptocurrency?

19. July 2024 · 3 min · 488 words · Sebastian Zehner
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Title in El Paraiso Verde

After several years of rumors that we had no title and that we would never get a title for our property, I would like to go into more detail about our title today.

10. July 2024 · 10 min · 2106 words · Sebastian Zehner

My new minimalistic and free website

Yesterday, I thought that something has to change with my old website. I had a wordpress blog since years and my last post was written one year ago.

08. July 2024 · 3 min · 554 words · Sebastian Zehner
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Quincho and treatment room are finished

Our quincho is now finished and Stefanie`s treatment room is also operational. A handful of little things are still missing, but more on that in a moment. As always, time passes very quickly here and another few months have passed.

16. January 2023 · 5 min · 899 words · Sebastian Zehner
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Interview after two years in Paraguay and a flight over El Paraiso Verde

In this blog post, I would like to report again on my interview from last year and also on our sightseeing flight over the settlement area in March 2022.

08. May 2022 · 3 min · 629 words · Sebastian Zehner
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Construction of a small wood workshop on our property in Paraguay

We are currently having a small workshop built. I had already taken this into account when building our carport, because at some point there was supposed to be a small room at the back that I could use as a workshop.

04. May 2021 · 4 min · 677 words · Sebastian Zehner