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A Canadian software developer who thinks he’s funny.

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Mount Allison University
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Distributed backend specialist. Perfectly happy playing second fiddle—it means I get to chase fun ideas, dodge meetings, and break things no one told me to touch, all without anyone questioning it. 😇

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