About
I build the case for owning what your business runs on.
[REPLACE: 2–3 sentences in your voice. Who you are and the one conviction you want a stranger to leave with. Draft: "I'm Michael Seethaler. I help productive businesses move off rented, remotely-controlled software onto systems they own and command — and I write about why that ownership matters more than most owners realize."]
What I actually do
[REPLACE: Plain account of the work — that you build and host open-source systems (ERPNext, n8n, Nextcloud, etc.) so businesses own their operations outright. Keep it concrete but brief; this is the "what," and the writing is the "why." 2–3 short paragraphs. Resist listing services like a brochure — describe the kind of problem you solve and the outcome (they own it, it's cheaper, no one can cut them off).]
[REPLACE: One paragraph on the through-line — that the technical work and the writing are the same conviction expressed two ways. The essays here are the thinking; Digital Sovereignty is where it gets done for clients.]
Why I came to believe this
[REPLACE: This is the heart of the page and the part only you can write. The actual story — how you came to see that rented software quietly entraps the people who depend on it, and why that bothered you enough to build a practice around the alternative. Personal, specific, in your voice. A stranger should finish this paragraph understanding not just what you do but what you're FOR. 2–4 paragraphs.]
Where the conviction comes from
[REPLACE: 2–3 sentences naming, plainly and without apology, that your convictions about ownership and stewardship aren't a marketing posture — they flow from what you actually believe. You don't argue the theology here; you simply say it's real and point to where it lives. Draft: "My belief that a man should rightly own and steward what he depends on isn't a business slogan — it runs deeper than business. I write about those foundations elsewhere."]
Read more at Christocracy →How I work with clients
[REPLACE: Brief, honest description of the engagement posture — assessed, built, secured, maintained; you hand them the keys and keep the system current. Sets up the bridge to The Work / Digital Sovereignty without becoming a pitch. 1–2 paragraphs.]
The thinking has a practice behind it