Building Swift in Public: Solve Hard Problems, Skip the Interviews

Hey Dev.to community! I'm Ashwani, founder of Lumix Labs, and I'm building Swift in public - a tool that helps engineering teams ship legacy code 5x faster without risky rewrites. We're Flipping the Hiring Model Most companies ask for resumes, conduct multiple interviews, then hope you can actually build something. We're doing the reverse: Show us what you can build If we like it, we'll talk about working together No resumes. No interviews. Just meaningful contributions. The Technical Challenge After leading engineering at Meta and other tech companies, I've seen firsthand how technical debt cripples growing teams. Swift gives mid-sized engineering orgs the same capabilities I built at Meta, but at a fraction of the cost. We're tackling problems like: - Analyzing complex legacy codebases at scale - Automatically identifying and fixing technical debt - Creating deployment acceleration solutions - Building developer tools that actually work How to Contribute (and Potentially Get Hired) Visit our GitHub repo: github.com/lumix-labs/swift Check the contribution guidelines in the README Find something that interests you or propose a new feature Make a meaningful contribution That's it - if we like your work, we'll reach out about paid opportunities What Makes This Different Any language welcome: Use what you're best with AI tools expected: We don't just allow AI tools - we expect clever use of them Fully flexible hours: Work when you're most productive No management overhead: For self-driven developers who just build Who We're Looking For People who: See interesting problems and can't help but solve them Build rather than talk Use AI as a multiplier, not a crutch Don't need someone looking over their shoulder Find and fix issues without being asked If you've ever thought "I could build something better than this," here's your chance to prove it. Your contribution is your application. The formal job posting is here, but honestly, we care more about what you build than what you say in an application. Let me know if you have any questions in the comments! opensource #webdev #ai #programming #career #hiring

Apr 11, 2025 - 08:08

Building Swift in Public: Solve Hard Problems, Skip the Interviews

Hey Dev.to community!
I'm Ashwani, founder of Lumix Labs, and I'm building Swift in public - a tool that helps engineering teams ship legacy code 5x faster without risky rewrites.

We're Flipping the Hiring Model

Most companies ask for resumes, conduct multiple interviews, then hope you can actually build something. We're doing the reverse:

Show us what you can build
If we like it, we'll talk about working together

*No resumes. No interviews. Just meaningful contributions.
*

The Technical Challenge

After leading engineering at Meta and other tech companies, I've seen firsthand how technical debt cripples growing teams. Swift gives mid-sized engineering orgs the same capabilities I built at Meta, but at a fraction of the cost.
We're tackling problems like:

- Analyzing complex legacy codebases at scale
- Automatically identifying and fixing technical debt
- Creating deployment acceleration solutions
- Building developer tools that actually work

How to Contribute (and Potentially Get Hired)

Visit our GitHub repo: github.com/lumix-labs/swift
Check the contribution guidelines in the README
Find something that interests you or propose a new feature
Make a meaningful contribution
That's it - if we like your work, we'll reach out about paid opportunities

What Makes This Different

Any language welcome: Use what you're best with
AI tools expected: We don't just allow AI tools - we expect clever use of them
Fully flexible hours: Work when you're most productive
No management overhead: For self-driven developers who just build

Who We're Looking For

People who:

See interesting problems and can't help but solve them
Build rather than talk
Use AI as a multiplier, not a crutch
Don't need someone looking over their shoulder
Find and fix issues without being asked

If you've ever thought "I could build something better than this," here's your chance to prove it. Your contribution is your application.
The formal job posting is here, but honestly, we care more about what you build than what you say in an application.
Let me know if you have any questions in the comments!

opensource #webdev #ai #programming #career #hiring