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.
Last week I blogged about some bug fixes that I wanted to make to Webstead. I gave myself an "SLA" of today.
I'm happy to repor that as of today the bugs I shared in that post are now fixed!
Blogging works!
I guess blogging really does work as a method of accountability. I have blogged about some of my goals for this year and even have some on my Now page. I'm tracking one of my goals (40 hikes this year!) as a series of blog posts.
I'm happy to see that blogging is working in the short-term...
I’m sitting here writing this on the couch of the in-law suite at my girlfriend’s parents’ house in St. George, Utah.
Now that is a sentence I never would have guessed I’d be writing last year. Honestly, it’s not even a sentence I think I could have guessed I’d be writing back in April. But here I am.
That feels like as good a place as any to pause, look forward, and write down a few goals for 2026. I’m a firm believer that growth without goals is mostly accidental, and I’d like to be a litt...