Private
You decide who can access your data and what they can do with it. Privacy begins with control and clear boundaries; it is never an absolute security guarantee.
Independent thinking. Everyday usefulness.
Computing should answer to the people who use it.
I’m Jane Swift. Through swiftlabs.xyz, I’m exploring private, decentralized, open-source, agent-first computing for people and small businesses—starting with the realities of restaurant work.
I’m starting to show the work in public: what I believe, what it looks like, and how it gets built.
See how it gets builtThe direction
More control.
More room to choose.
The aim is to keep your data and identity yours, make providers replaceable, and give you a way back when something fails.
Decentralized
Ownership belongs across individuals and businesses. Providers should be replaceable, so changing a service does not mean surrendering your identity or starting over.
Open-source
Software you can inspect and adapt offers a path to continuity beyond one vendor. The goal is to keep the tools useful—and maintainable—on your terms.
Agent-first
Design for useful agent assistance from the start: explicit permissions, understandable actions, and a person in control. Reliable assistance has to be demonstrated, not assumed.
What I believe
Own the machine.
Keep what the cloud got right.
A restaurant should be able to run its own floor, and still reach it from anywhere.
Your data is yours.
Records live on a machine you own, in one file you can copy and take with you.
Nothing leaves unless you say so.
Optional network features start switched off, and only the owner turns them on.
Facts about people, never judgments.
Every open check is visible to the whole team. Accountability comes from a record of who did what.
The AI is optional. The math never is.
Every number comes from code, so the same sales give the same answer.
Reliability
The internet goes down. Service doesn’t.
Built to keep the floor working when the internet doesn’t. Offline-first doesn’t need a native app. It needs the server to be yours.
In progress · What is and isn’t established yet
A first look
Drawn for the hands that use it.
Early design drawings, with sample data only.
A conversation, grounded in practice
What should your tools understand about your work?
Write to me. Email is the way in.
Email hello@swiftlabs.xyz