Hi, I'm Ethan 👋

🦄 Ex-@Google 🧪 Software Engineer leading research @wazootech 🦕 California

Current projects

• 🧠 worlds – Infrastructure layer for neuro-symbolic memory
• 🔍 go-protocol – Internet-Draft for deterministic shortlink resolution
• 🌳 ts-derive – Automatic TypeScript type and structure derivation
• 🗺️ sparql-agent – Federated knowledge management and SPARQL execution
• 🕵️ aml-agent – Automated AML compliance decisions with agentic reasoning
• 🛎️ concierge – Multi-agent conversational system for industrial printing
• 🔍 Difflint – Surgical linting error identification for high-compliance codebases
• 📈 TradingPings.com – Market signal analysis with AI-driven trading alerts
• 🌎 pixel-planet – Procedural pixel art planet generation as a React component library

Fun with JSX

• 🐉 jsonx – Library for custom JSX runtimes
• 🛰️ rt/rtx – JSX-powered routing for modern web ecosystems
• 📄 ht/htx – Type-safe JSX-powered HTML
• 🧬 agx – JSX-powered agentic workflows

Note

I wrote a documentation page to help developers understand JSX.

Legacy work

• 🎓 acmcsuf.com – Community website for 100+ contributors
• 💻 FullyHacks – Flagship collegiate hackathon platform
• 🧊 Deno Blocks – No-code TypeScript platform recognized by Ryan Dahl
• 💰 RuFi – Spare change donations via voice-enabled technology
• 🪐 nasa-worlds – Retro-futuristic illustrations for the NASA archive
• 🎨 reddit-place-clone – Real-time collaborative pixel canvas
• 🎭 Holosuite – Simulation-sharing platform
• 🐈‍⬛ neo – Web-automation scripting language interpreter
• 💩 fart – Polyglot type definitions for cross-ecosystem interop

GitHub activity

What I'm doing

• Taking daily walks with my dog.

• Traveling for conventions like Comic Con, Wondercon, and the Pokémon World Championships, and connecting with builders at hackathons, office hours, and technical workshops.

• Building the AI-native Semantic Web via Worlds at Wazoo.

Featured writings

• FartLabs in 2025
• FartLabs in 2024
• FartHacks: Lessons Learned
• About FartLabs
• Understanding JSX
• Genuary Codelab
• What is RSS?
• My X.com Screen Name

Connect

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Recognition

• Summer Google Software Engineer Intern @ Dataplex UI and Hotel Center
• Won "Ryan Dahl's Favorite" @ Deno Subhosting Hackathon
• 1st Place @ HackSC 2024 (Anyone Protocol)

Media

• AI & Community Building Interview - Guest appearance on Sachin Lodhi's podcast discussing the future of AI and web innovation.
• FartHacks 2025 Opening Ceremony - Kickoff session for FartLabs' premier community hackathon.

Random facts

• Certified in SCUBA diving at age 10 to be my dad's dive buddy 🫧
• Serial community builder & founder (Wazoo, FartLabs, FullyHacks, acmcsuf.com, Vaqcoders)
• My favorite Pokemon include Porygon, Farfetch'd, Togekiss, Greninja, and Typhlosion