# David Crush | Software Engineer

> Web artisan, software engineer, and tinkerer.

I am a software engineer with a passion for full-stack development. I have a background in computer science and mathematics, and I have a strong interest in solving problems.

I am currently exploring the world of AI and how it can be integrated into technology to solve problems but also ensure correctness and guardrails. I believe AI will be a powerful tool which has the ability to change our lives, much like the Industrial Revolution. However, I also believe that we need to be careful with the use of AI and ensure that it is used correctly and ethically. Otherwise, we create our own horror story.

This file is an LLM-friendly index for https://davidcrush.dev/. For full article text, follow the `.md` links in the Blog section.

## Pages

- [Home](https://davidcrush.dev/): Portfolio, experience, projects, and contact.
- [Blog](https://davidcrush.dev/blogs/): Articles on software engineering, AI, and projects.
- [Resume](https://davidcrush.dev/david-crush-resume.pdf): PDF resume.

## Blog
- [From Learning Project to Managed Platform: How Ethyx Found Its Shape](https://davidcrush.dev/blogs/ethyx-byok-evolution/index.md): Ethyx started as a BYOK proxy to learn LLM APIs. Here's why I retired BYOK and bet on managed multi-model orchestration instead.
- [Ethyx: Lock-in Is an Architecture Problem](https://davidcrush.dev/blogs/ethyx-chat-turn-architecture/index.md): How Ethyx keeps chat portable across providers with a queued turn pipeline and DB-backed SSE—not a single vendor socket.
- [Why I Left Disney](https://davidcrush.dev/blogs/why-i-left-disney/index.md): Why I left my toxic job at Disney.
- [Diagnosis and Hacking My Brain](https://davidcrush.dev/blogs/diagnosis-and-hacking-my-brain/index.md): Formally diagnosed. Now hacking my brain to unlock even more potential.
- [Healing](https://davidcrush.dev/blogs/healing/index.md): Another raw update, but this time good new :)
- [Mental Health Sabbatical](https://davidcrush.dev/blogs/mental-health-sabbatical/index.md): A raw post about my current status
- [New Project: Crush Culinary](https://davidcrush.dev/blogs/crush-culinary-new-project/index.md): An overview of my latest web project, Crush Culinary, a website all about food!
- [Axios Supply Chain Attack](https://davidcrush.dev/blogs/axios-supply-chain-attack/index.md): An overview of the Axios NPM Supply Chain attack from March 2026.
- [Hello World](https://davidcrush.dev/blogs/hello-world/index.md): a concise introduction

## Projects
- [Ethyx AI](https://ethyx.ai): An AI-powered assistant. One Interface. One Subscription. All the Models.
- [Cassaforte](https://cassaforte.cloud): A simple, secure, private, and easy to use cloud storage platform.
- [Main Event Archive](https://maineventarchive.com): Pro wrestling event archive. Browse, search, watch, and rate shows and matches.
- [ScrollPostLike](https://scrollpostlike.com): A modern AI-assisted social media platform. We use AI to better classify content and protect users. AI allows us to provide better trigger warnings and filter content to personalized to the user's preferences.
- [DavidCrush.com](https://davidcrush.com): Personal blog. A work in progress.
- [btc-explorer](https://btc-explorer.davidcrush.dev): A simple Bitcoin Explorer web app built with Laravel, React, and Chakra UI.

## Optional

- [GitHub](https://github.com/davidcrush): Open source repositories.
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-crush): Professional profile.
- [Sitemap](https://davidcrush.dev/sitemap.xml): Machine-readable list of all site pages.