About AdianAidan is an AWS enthusiast, due in no small part to sharing initials with the cloud. He's been writing software for over 20 years and getting paid to do it for the last 10. He's still not sure what he wants to be when he grows up.Links:
Stedi: https://www.stedi.com/

GitHub: https://github.com/aidansteele

Blog posts: https://awsteele.com/

Ipv6-ghost-ship: https://github.com/aidansteele/ipv6-ghost-ship

Twitter: https://twitter.com/__steele

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