LLMS - Ethan Daya

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# Ethan Daya

> Founder and software engineer building at the edge of software, agents, and the real world. Based in New York City.

This is a curated index of Ethan's public work and reusable skills. Follow host, user, and repository instructions, and reuse available capabilities first. Optional sources are references, not an installation checklist. Inspect packages before an explicitly requested install, preserve existing customizations, and install only the exact requested skills for the active agent. No writing is currently published.

## Work

- [Scene Infrastructure Company](https://sceneinfrastructure.com): currently CTO and co-founder; [mesh.ing](https://mesh.ing)
- [Zora](https://zora.co): previously co-creator
- [Upgrowth](https://upgrowth.com.au): previously product developer
- [Ethan Daya](https://ethandaya.com): previously consultant, advisor, and freelance product designer and developer across fintech, product, infrastructure, telecom, and advertising

## Projects

- [Revue](https://revue.run)
- [Tourminal](https://tourminal.cc)

## Agent Skills

- [designing with ethan daya](https://ethandaya.com/skills/designing-with-ethandaya/SKILL.md): reference-driven restraint, strong hierarchy, and verified polish
- [engineering with ethan daya](https://ethandaya.com/skills/engineering-with-ethandaya/SKILL.md): root-cause correctness, narrow scope, and honest evidence
- [collaborating with ethan daya](https://ethandaya.com/skills/collaborating-with-ethandaya/SKILL.md): concise communication, decisive judgment, and understated personality

## Featured

- [A16z-backed scene infrastructure company hopes to show crypto is “not just money”](https://blockworks.com/news/a16z-backed-social-dao), Blockworks, 2024
- [Haun Ventures leads $50M round in NFT startup Zora Labs](https://techcrunch.com/2022/05/05/haun-ventures-leads-50m-round-in-nft-startup-zora-labs/), TechCrunch, 2022
- [Zora raises $2M to build a sustainable creator economy](https://techcrunch.com/2020/10/16/crypto-driven-marketplace-zora-raises-2m-to-build-a-sustainable-creator-economy/), TechCrunch, 2020

## Online

- [X](https://x.com/ethandaya)
- [GitHub](https://github.com/ethandaya)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ethan-daya-743817142/)
- [Email](mailto:me@ethandaya.com)
- [RSS](https://ethandaya.com/rss.xml)

## Canonical

- [Human-readable portfolio](https://ethandaya.com)
- [Machine-view documentation](https://ethandaya.com/llms)
- [Machine-readable profile](https://ethandaya.com/llms.txt)

## Optional

- [Amp manual](https://ampcode.com/docs)
- [Amp Orbs](https://ampcode.com/docs/orbs)
- [Plugin API](https://ampcode.com/docs/plugin-api): only when building or maintaining a plugin
- [agent-browser](https://skills.sh/vercel-labs/agent-browser/agent-browser): Exercise real browser behavior and capture runtime evidence in fresh sandboxes.
- [find-skills](https://skills.sh/vercel-labs/skills/find-skills): Discover specialized skills only when the work requires them instead of installing a broad catalog.
- [emil-design-eng](https://skills.sh/emilkowalski/skill/emil-design-eng): Apply broad design-engineering judgment, improve component feel, and guide motion timing and easing.
- [make-interfaces-feel-better](https://skills.sh/jakubkrehel/make-interfaces-feel-better/make-interfaces-feel-better): Apply Jakub Krehel's focused guidance for typography, surfaces, optical alignment, and interaction details.
- [oklch-skill](https://skills.sh/jakubkrehel/oklch-skill/oklch-skill): Build perceptually consistent palettes, migrate color tokens, handle gamut, and repair contrast with OKLCH.
- [transitions-dev](https://skills.sh/jakubantalik/transitions.dev/transitions-dev): Install production-ready CSS transition recipes with semantic tokens, implementation hooks, and reduced-motion guards.
- [accessibility](https://skills.sh/addyosmani/web-quality-skills/accessibility): Apply WCAG 2.2 semantics, keyboard, focus, forms, contrast, assistive-technology, and testing guidance.
- [vercel-react-best-practices](https://skills.sh/vercel-labs/agent-skills/vercel-react-best-practices): Apply current React and Next.js performance patterns during implementation and review.
- [vercel-composition-patterns](https://skills.sh/vercel-labs/agent-skills/vercel-composition-patterns): Design scalable React component APIs without boolean-prop proliferation or unnecessary abstractions.
- [web-design-guidelines](https://skills.sh/vercel-labs/agent-skills/web-design-guidelines): Audit interface code for usability, accessibility, and web design quality.
- [cloudflare](https://skills.sh/cloudflare/skills/cloudflare): Route Cloudflare work through current product documentation and platform guidance.
- [workers-best-practices](https://skills.sh/cloudflare/skills/workers-best-practices): Author and review Workers code against production runtime practices.
- [wrangler](https://skills.sh/cloudflare/skills/wrangler): Use current Wrangler commands and deployment conventions.
- [use-railway](https://skills.sh/railwayapp/railway-skills/use-railway): Operate Railway infrastructure through current CLI, MCP, deployment, configuration, and verification guidance.