# Dawson Botsford

> CTO, AI strategist, and open source engineer

## About

Dawson Botsford is a technology leader specializing in AI strategy, fintech infrastructure, and open source software. He serves as a CTO and engineering leader, building products in neobanking, blockchain, and developer tools used by thousands of engineers worldwide.

## Current Role

CTO at Dark Triangle -- leading AI strategy, engineering, and product development.

## Areas of Expertise

- AI strategy and consulting
- Technical leadership and engineering management
- Fintech and neobanking infrastructure
- Ethereum, blockchain, and web3
- Open source software engineering
- JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Node.js
- Fractional CTO services

## Key Projects and Achievements

- **Earnifi** (https://earni.fi): Founded an airdrop checker that found $500M+ for web3 users. Acquired by Bankless.
- **Essential Eth** (https://github.com/dawsbot/essential-eth): A lightweight alternative to ethers.js and web3.js with 10x smaller bundle size.
- **Eth Labels** (https://github.com/dawsbot/eth-labels): A public dataset of labeled Ethereum addresses for the crypto ecosystem.
- **Drain** (https://github.com/dawsbot/drain): Drain a wallet of ERC-20 tokens across Ethereum, Polygon, and Arbitrum.
- **Mailto** (https://mailto.vercel.app): A web app for creating email mailto links instantly.
- **Swim** (https://github.com/dawsbot/swim): Switch between multiple vimrc files with ease.
- **RelativePath** (https://github.com/dawsbot/RelativePath): VS Code extension for inserting relative file paths.
- **Vimrc Builder** (https://vimrc-builder.vercel.app): A visual web app for building your perfect vimrc file.
- **txn.xyz** (https://github.com/dawsbot/txn.xyz): Connect any wallet to web3 instantly.
- **Skrub** (https://github.com/dawsbot/skrub): Irreversible file deletion on every operating system.

## Writing

Blog: https://dawsbot.com/blog

- **Six Months Without Writing a Line of Code** (https://dawsbot.com/blog/six-months-without-writing-code), August 12, 2026: What it's like today as a software engineer. Topics: vibe-coding full-time, mixing frontier models for code review, Opus 5 / Sol 5.6 / Grok 4.5, the job market and AI bubble, running local models with LMStudio.
- **What’s it like to be a KPCB Fellow and Hear from Jeff Holden?** (https://dawsbot.com/blog/kpcb-fellow-jeff-holden), November 7, 2015: Notes from a Kleiner Perkins Fellows evening with Jeff Holden of Uber. Topics: the Kleiner Perkins Fellows program, Jeff Holden's talking points. Originally published at https://medium.com/@dawsonbotsford/whats-it-like-to-be-a-kpcb-fellow-and-hear-from-jeff-holden-a38c658cf2c9.

## Profiles

- Website: https://dawsbot.com
- GitHub: https://github.com/dawsbot
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/dawsonbotsford
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/dawsonbotsford
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DawsonBotsford

## Education

University of Colorado

## Contact

Reach out via the contact form at https://dawsbot.com or connect on any of the profiles above.