{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1.1","title":"Stephen Braunius","home_page_url":"https://stephen.braunius.org","feed_url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/json/","description":"<p>Seek | Do | Share</p><p>I have always loved to learn new things and put that knowledge to use. 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