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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.

I Taught My Home Server to Talk Back (Over IRC)
Aaron Crowder

A while back I wrote about building a home server. That post was all Docker containers, DNS, and reverse proxies. The foundation. This post is about what I've started building on that foundation, and it's a little different: the box now does things for me every morning, and I can talk to it from my phone. The goal I gave myself was loose: an always-on box that smartly automates my life. My laptop isn't always on, so it can't be the thing that runs scheduled jobs. The server is, so that's wher...

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I'm on a "tool-journey" for a notes app. It's crazy how much a notes app can drive and affect your life if it's used well and correctly.

My current tool of choice is Obsidian, but I've had to use Notion for work lately and quite like it. What's yours?

Aaron Crowder