Ethan Hur
Software Engineer at Daangn
Seoul, South Korea
Summary
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Top SchoolEthan Hur is a pragmatic software engineer with 11 years of experience building backend systems and improving developer tooling, currently based in Seoul and working at Daangn. He combines hands-on server engineering with strong database expertise—demonstrated by meaningful contributions to the widely used Knex query builder, including TypeScript typings, multi-column orderBy support, and improved test coverage. Ethan has also refactored Go tooling like CompileDaemon to boost maintainability and reliability, and contributed front-end internationalization work for a popular jQuery datetime picker. Comfortable across the stack, he values consistency over intensity and a get-things-done mindset, delivering incremental improvements that reduce friction for teams and users. His academic background spans Seoul National University and National Taiwan University, reflecting both depth in CS fundamentals and a willingness to work across cultures and codebases.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science & Engineering, 3.86 / 4.3, CS: 4.06 / 4.3, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science & Engineering, 3.86 / 4.3, CS: 4.06 / 4.3 at 서울대학교 (Seoul National University)EECS, 3.79 / 4.3 ( 1 semester ), EECS, 3.79 / 4.3 ( 1 semester ) at 國立臺灣大學High School Diploma, Natural Science, GPA 3.54 / 4.3, High School Diploma, Natural Science, GPA 3.54 / 4.3 at Taegu Science High School
Korean, English, Chinese
Github Skills (26)
javascript10
jquery10
internationalization10
filesystemwatcher10
knx10
go10
sql10
knexjs10
documentation10
testing9
ui-design9
typescript9
typescript-types9
front-end-development9
localization9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
githubnemo/CompileDaemon
Nov 2020 - Jun 2022
Very simple compile daemon for Go
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:4 reviews, 10 commits, 2 PRs in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Ethan primarily contributed to the refactoring and enhancement of the `compiledaemon` project, a Go-based application. Their work included refactoring common logics, specifically related to file watching and build triggering mechanisms. They also updated module names, implemented polling interval functionality, and replaced `filepath.Walk` with `filepath.WalkDir`, which improved the project's core functionality and maintainability.
golangdaemoncompilego
knex/documentation
Oct 2018 - Jun 2019
Knex Documentation Builder (Moved to https://github.com/knex/knex)
Role in this project:Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:10 commits, 9 PRs, 9 comments in 8 months
Contributions summary:Ethan primarily contributed to the documentation of the Knex library. They added and refined method descriptions, examples, and signatures for several builder methods, including `returning`, `increment`, `decrement`, `clearCounters`, and `orderBy`. Furthermore, they updated the sidebar navigation to include the newly documented methods and corrected a typo. Their work significantly improved the clarity and completeness of the Knex documentation.
jsdocdocumentation-builderdocumentation-generatorbuilderknex
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