# You get what you hire

DevFeed: [You get what you hire](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/you-get-what-you-hire-37655.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://swizec.com/blog/you-get-what-you-hire>)

Author: hi@swizec.com (Swizec Teller)

Published: 2026-06-23T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Swizec Teller](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/swizec-teller.md>)

Topics: [systems](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/systems.md>), [Front end](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/frontend.md>), [Back end](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/backend.md>), [Python](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/python.md>), [React](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/react.md>), [dashboards](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/dashboards.md>)

Tags: [backend](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/backend.md>), [dashboard](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dashboard.md>), [distributed-systems](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/distributed-systems.md>), [frontend](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/frontend.md>), [hiring](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hiring.md>), [htmx](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/htmx.md>), [python](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/python.md>), [react](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/react.md>)

## AI overview

The article argues that engineers' backgrounds and preferred tools strongly influence the systems they build. It compares two working logistics dashboards: a backend-heavy Python system with form submissions and page reloads, and a frontend-oriented React system with self-contained components, multiple pages, CRUD operations, and a themable design system.

## Source excerpt

Hiring engineers is like deciding what kind of system you'll have. This seems obvious but surprised me to see first-hand.