Ethan Davidson

, known online as EthanThatOneKid or Etok, is a full-stack software engineer and hackathon winner leading imagination-driven development at Wazoo, with enterprise-scale experience formed at Google on the Hotel Center and Dataplex UI teams. He is also a serial community builder and founder of projects like Wazoo, FartLabs, FullyHacks, acmcsufoss, and Vaqcoders.

I am a software engineer. Grab some time on my calendar to hang out.

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Hackathon wins

I'm proud to be a winner at several hackathons, leading projects recognized for innovation and impact. Here are some highlights:

Deno Blocks

Visual in-browser code editor where you drag and drop blocks to write code. Winner in both "Most Fun" and "Ryan Dahl's Favorite" categories at Deno Subhosting Hackathon.

RuFi

RoundUp for Impact empowers anyone to turn spare change into investments or donations via multilingual, voice-enabled technology. Winner of the Anyone Protocol Sponsor Challenge at HackSC 2024. More info on Devpost.

Featured writings

Podcast appearances

Featured guest on YouTube podcast covering AI, technology, and community building, hosted by Sachin Lodhi.

Ethan Davidson on Sachin Lodhi's podcast discussing AI and community building

Projects

Building the future with AI and world-class digital experiences.

Wazoo

World models as a service—building the AI-native Semantic Web.

FartLabs

Open-source research lab and community pushing the boundaries of web innovation. We build tools like Fart.css (featured on this website) and the upcoming FartKit 1.0. Join us on Discord.

Featured websites

I love being a webmaster because the Web is humanity's most expressive medium, with the power to enrich and inform our species at scale.

acmcsuf.com

Computer Science community website for Association for Computing Machinery at California State University, Fullerton (ACM chapter at CSUF).

ACM at CSUF - Computer Science community at California State University, Fullerton

FullyHacks

Annual hackathon organized by ACM at CSUF.

TradingPings.com

Smart trading alerts platform with AI analysis.

Holosuite

Platform for creating and sharing simulations, inspired by the holodeck from Star Trek.

Skills

Languages & Frameworks:
- JavaScript
- TypeScript
- Python
- Go
- SQL
- Bash
- React
- Next.js
- Node.js
- Deno
- Svelte
- Express
- QB64
Web & API Development:
- HTML5
- CSS
- REST
- GraphQL
- WebSockets
- SSE
- Webhooks
- Authentication
- Authorization
- Payments
- SEO
- Responsive Design
- Accessibility
- Tailwind CSS
Databases & Data Engineering:
- PostgreSQL
- MySQL
- SQLite
- Firestore
- MongoDB
- Neo4j
- Redis
- Data Modeling
- Query Optimization
Cloud, DevOps & Architecture:
- Vercel
- Cloudflare
- Google Cloud
- Docker
- CI/CD
- Monitoring
- Observability
- API Design
- Caching
- Messaging/Queues
- Documentation
AI, Machine Learning & Knowledge Graphs:
- LLM Apps
- Vector Search
- Embeddings
- RAG
- Prompt Engineering
- Knowledge Graphs
- Data Pipelines
Community, Collaboration & Quality:
- Developer Relations
- Open-Source Leadership
- Event Organizing
- Technical Writing
- Mentorship
- Jest
- Vitest
- Playwright
- Unit/Integration/E2E
- Security Best Practices