About
About me
Hello visitor, I’m Matthias – a software person from Innsbruck who likes machines that just work and code you don’t mind opening the next day. This blog is where I drop the things that catch my attention: tech notes, everyday fixes, and the occasional look behind the scenes of my projects.
Professionally I’m deep into industrial automation, especially robotics and motion control. After many years at Swarovski, I started Zeugwerk in Innsbruck together with a partner and friend. We build modern TwinCAT/PLC software: solid architecture, frameworks, CI/CD and tooling so teams can move faster and cleaner, instead of reinventing the wheel every time.
Away from work I’m very interested in electric mobility and renewable energy. Just as important to me are good friendships and time with my family – I’m a dad, really enjoy life at home, and we also love travelling together. When I’m not tinkering or outdoors, I write here – and if you want more on what I do for a living, LinkedIn is the shortest path.
About this page
This site is a classic static blog built with Hugo. Instead of a database and PHP like the old WordPress setup, it produces plain HTML pages – fast, lean, and without heavy server runtime.
Content lives as files in the repository: posts in Markdown, layouts as templates, images under /uploads/. I build locally with Hugo and upload the public/ folder via FTP. That is the whole deploy path.
New posts are Markdown too: title, date, tags and text in a file, then build and upload. No admin backend, no plugin maze – just writing and a short build step.
That is what makes the stack so enjoyable: Git versioning, predictable deploys, very short load times, and the freedom to focus on writing instead of maintenance.