Connor Davis
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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RockstarConnor Davis is a Staff Software Engineer with 11 years of experience building scalable web platforms, having driven critical infrastructure at Vercel, contributed to Next.js and webpack, and led product-focused engineering at Element. He combines deep systems expertise—routing, edge middleware, TLS optimizations—and front-end experience improving client-side rendering and build tooling. As a founder he designed an accessible NYC-focused SaaS for volunteer organizations and previously co-founded Kubernetes hosting and authenticity projects, learning hard lessons about sustainability and product-market fit. An active open-source contributor, his work touches high-profile projects like Next.js and webpack, including TypeScript typings and async/refactor improvements that boost performance and modularity. He prefers connecting only with colleagues he’s worked with, reflecting a candid, collaboration-first approach. Based in New York, he blends operational experience running global HTTP infrastructure at scale with a knack for turning complex schemas into dynamic, runtime-driven UIs.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Chinese, English
Github Skills (27)
url-routing10
javascript10
deploying10
cloud-computing10
vercel10
ui-components10
nextjs10
browser10
bundle10
webpack10
component-kit10
webpacker10
command-line10
bundling10
command-prompt10
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
vercel/vercel
Dec 2018 - Mar 2021
Develop. Preview. Ship.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:36 reviews, 58 commits, 18 PRs in 2 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Connor focused on enhancing the Vercel platform's routing and deployment functionalities, particularly within the `now-next` package. They addressed issues related to static file handling and dynamic route conflicts in Next.js deployments, optimizing asset caching strategies and improving performance. The user also implemented features for the Vercel CLI, such as adding "Learn More" links to warnings and notices. Furthermore, the user worked on improving the routing infrastructure and related schema definitions.
hostingshipcloudcommandjamstack
vercel/next.js
Dec 2018 - Nov 2020
The React Framework
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:6 releases, 4 reviews, 44 commits in 1 year 11 months
Contributions summary:Connor primarily focused on improving the Next.js framework's client-side rendering and build processes. They made several updates to the `_document.js`, `page-loader.js`, and `webpack-config.js` files to incorporate features like cross-origin loading and address deprecation warnings. These changes involved modifying how scripts and styles are loaded, along with adjustments to the webpack configuration to optimize the build process. Furthermore, the user removed an unneeded import in the `render.tsx` file.
reactbrowserssgserver-renderingjavascript
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