Now
[ LAST UPDATED ] (5 May 2026)
This is a /now page. It's a snapshot of what I'm focused on at the moment, not a comprehensive list.
[ FOCUS ]
Leading Zera Labs. Shipping zera-sdk v1, the Zera Design System, and a security-research angle on AI-agent supply chains.
[ BUILDING ]
- @zera-labs/sdk v1 — Solana-native ZK SDK with a Rust core, MCP server, and Surfpool devnet (see [Building the Zera SDK: Day One](/blog/zera_sdk_scaffolding/)).
- zeraswap — first compressed-token AMM on Solana via Light Protocol (see [ZeraSwap: An AMM for Compressed Tokens](/blog/zeraswap_compressed_amm/)).
- Zera Wallet v3 — Tauri 2 desktop wallet with Groth16 in WASM and NFC bearer cards (see [Zera Wallet v3](/blog/zera_wallet_v3_zkp/)).
- Zera Design System v3 — the visual language across the company; this blog runs on it.
- lib.skill-issue.dev — an MCP server exposing this entire blog as a personal AI knowledge base for myself and anyone else who wants to ask the archive a question.
- Founder letters: see [Why I Started Zera Labs](/blog/why_i_started_zera_labs/) and [Being CEO and Still Shipping Code](/blog/being_ceo_and_still_shipping_code/).
[ READING ]
- Designing Data-Intensive Applications — Kleppmann (re-read; this time with founder eyes)
- Real-World Cryptography — David Wong
- High Output Management — Andy Grove
- The Hard Thing About Hard Things — Ben Horowitz
- Light Protocol whitepaper + recent Solana SIMD proposals on compressed state
- Recent CVEs in the npm ecosystem (still)
[ LEARNING ]
- Cloudflare Workers AI + Vectorize (powering the lib.skill-issue.dev MCP)
- Solana Sealevel internals — account model, parallel runtime, compute units
- ZK PIQs — proof-input quotients and recursive verification
- Fundraising mechanics for technical founders
- Hiring — specifically how to read a senior IC's GitHub the way a senior IC reads a junior's
[ AVAILABLE FOR ]
Zera customer intros · paid speaking · staff+ advisory · select security audits
Reach out via email or cal.com/daxts.