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Aaron Crowder

Hi, I'm Aaron Crowder. Or—if you know me online—CrowderSoup.

Father of two, Software developer, and lover of the open web. I like to take things apart (and sometimes even put them back together). I can frequently be found tinkering with some bit of code in my spare time.

Pronouns: He/Him, They/Them

We belong together 🥰

We saw Grease as a family on Saturday night. The kids absolutely loved it, and tbh so did I! If you have the opportunity to go see a production at Tuacahn take it. You definitely won't regret it.

Aaron Crowder

The post editing interface on PADD is definitely better on mobile now. One problem still bugging me is that my phone keyboard doesn't automatically capitalize correctly in this input.

Oh well, thankfully it's not too annoying to capitalize myself 😆

Aaron Crowder

Updated PADD Post Editing interface

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As of today the post editing interface in PADD has been refreshed.

Some new features include:

  • Autosaved drafts
  • Improved EasyMDE toolbar styling
  • Streamlined the title / tag / location / sharing toolbars into a single toolbar

This is just a first pass for myself. I plan to also update the photo editing experience soon. I'm also hoping to make it easy to edit any post on my blog with PADD.

EDIT: Post editing is also now available in PADD!

Aaron Crowder

I've been scoping out some work for PADD and webstead to hopefully make them easier to use to share the things I'm currently interested in sharing.

If you follow my insta you've seen a lot of workouts. I hope that soon you'll start seeing them on my blog via a Strava integration.

I'm also going to be adding better support to PADD for post editing. This is a gap that I hope makes it much more useful to me in the long run.

Aaron Crowder

Threshold Tuesday
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Knocked out 3.40 miles before the day started. 📅 Tuesday, August 4, 2026 at 6:57 AM Stats | | | |---|---| | 📏 Distance | 3.40 mi (5.48 km) | | ⏱ Moving Time | 32:32 | | 🏃 Avg Pace | 9:34 /mi (5:56 /km) | | 📈 Elevation | 92 ft (28 m) | | ❤️ Avg HR | 148 bpm (max: 160) | | ⚡ Avg Power | 354 W | | 🔥 Calories | 450 cal | | 💫 Cadence | 157 spm | | 💪 Relative Effort | 50 | Best Efforts | Distance | Time | Pace | |---|---|---| | 400m | 2:08 | 8:35 /mi | | 1/2 mile | 4:23 | 8:46 /mi | | 1K | 5:28 | 8...

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I've been really heads down the past few months. I may or may not delve into thoughts about what I've been up to, what I've been thinking, etc. but suffice it to say that posting here (and online in general) took a bit of a backseat to my fitness goals.

I started this year with a goal of doing 40 hikes. I'm not sure how many I'm at right now. I will definitely dig that number up at some point soon, but I'm not too worried about it. In the process of hiking I started running!

I started running and guess what? I never thought I'd be able to run a mile without stopping to walk. Today? I ran 5.6! And that's not even my personal best!

Anyway, I'm still here. I am definitely going to try to post more but... life happens lol.

Aaron Crowder