I've put off doing an #introduction but now it's time. I'm Andy. I live in the suburbs around Minneapolis with my wife and our cat.
Professionally, I spent a lot of years in #QA and have now changed over to #appsec. I'm the security architect for CyberArk's Conjur product, doing dependency management, threat modeling, and working with my engineering teams to build a secure product.
Outside of work, I read a lot across the spectrum of #speculativefiction. I enjoy making #cocktails at home and have recently embarked on deepening my understanding of gin and how it can vary. I'm a huge fan of Japanese-style logic #puzzles and have gotten on the Wordle/Spelling Bee fan train recently too. For nearly a decade,, my wife and I ran an #art studio/gallery which included her fiber art, my landscape photography and the work of a number of other artists. That's been shut down now, but you can still see my photos at https://geekymonkey.photos. I'll probably be setting up a pixelfed account and posting some of my photos there sometime this winter..
I'll probably do much more boosting and link sharing here than talking about myself, but I'm happy to answer questions as I can if anyone wants to know more about me. Thanks for reading!