Zane Davis-Barrs

About

I’m a developer, designer, explorer.

I grew up in Maryland, where I first learned to code at a summer camp. I’ve been on the internet since. Joining Hack Club at 14 was transformative: I found community.

I live in San Francisco, where I’m building Abra and studying sound.

Now

2025

Abra

Building an iOS app for contextual music rediscovery.

Map your Shazams and the spots you find them at. Create stations based on a spot’s discoveries.

Freelance

Crafting sites that articulate & convert.

Recent Work

Past

2018—2024

Spotifriend

2024

iOS app bringing Spotify’s Friend Activity to iOS.

See what your friends are listening to in real time, a là the desktop client, on iOS and iPadOS. Add a widget to your home screen to see your friends’ activity at a glance.

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coachella, ULTRA.

2023

Mixed Frank Ocean’s unforgettable set into Apple Music & CD-Rs.

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Dash ✨

2020

Built a hackathon platform. 5 events. 878 attendees.

Dash was a Rails monolith built to streamline the organization and execution of hackathons. It handled everything from attendee registration to equipment rental. Dozens of organizers used it for 878 attendees of 5 hackathons, from 2018-2020.

Check out the repo »