--- title: My first blog post! | daily.dev description: A personal introductory blog post where the author explains starting a self-hosted blog instead of using Blogspot, after trying WordPress and NucleusCMS and... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/my-first-blog-post--tywbjkno6 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: My first blog post! | daily.dev og:description: A personal introductory blog post where the author explains starting a self-hosted blog instead of using Blogspot, after trying WordPress and NucleusCMS and... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/my-first-blog-post--tywbjkno6 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/TYWbJKNO6.png og:image:alt: My first blog post! og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # My first blog post! **[Maarten Balliauw](https://daily.dev/sources/maartenballiauw)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A personal introductory blog post where the author explains starting a self-hosted blog instead of using Blogspot, after trying WordPress and NucleusCMS and ultimately writing custom PHP-based software reused from other projects. The post mentions a custom RSS feed based on tags, a Dreamweaver-based template design, and the intent to post mostly in English despite being a native Dutch speaker. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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