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Kevin Carlson

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Technologist. Endurance athlete. Fire Dragon. Viking. I build systems that evolve, not just run—driven by efficiency, raw truth, and a refusal to fit in. 20+ years of IT, from cosmonaut code to cloud before it was cool.