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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

  1. screenshot of quill interface showing syndicate buttons

Spent an hour this morning doing some work on Webstead. Was able to finish implementation of the IndieAuth server, and then for fun updated the syndication targets so I have more control over where each post goes.

New job, who dis?

Since I'm now in my third week of employment with them I figured it was safe to announce: After 4+ years with Govalo I started a new job at Filevine! Honestly this was one of the longer job hunts of my career so far. I'm not sure if it's the market or that I was a bit more picky in what I applied for, but it started way back in September of last year (2025). I was mostly applying for staff level engineer roles and a small handful of manager roles. I hadn't considered Filevine but a friend who...

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How to Follow My Blog

I've been sharing a lot of links to my blog on social media lately. I figured I should probably help those of you still stuck in the social silos of big tech break free from the chains of the algorithmic feed. It’s time to remind you of tech long forgotten by many, but still widely used if you know where to look. RSS Remember that orange square with two quarter circles and a dot? Yeah, this thing! RSS (short for Really Simple Syndication) was developed in the late 1990s and early 2000s as a ...

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