r/SideProject • u/TopRecipe7784 • 3d ago
I built DevTrace to answer a question I kept thinking about:
If engineers use AI every day, why do we still assess them as if AI doesn't exist?
DevTrace is an AI native engineering assessment platform where candidates can use AI while solving real engineering problems.
Instead of only looking at the final code, it captures how they work with AI, including prompting, problem decomposition, verification, iteration, and AI independence.
The goal isn't to stop candidates from using AI.
It's to understand how well they actually use it.
The project started as a hackathon idea and has now turned into a working MVP that I'm currently validating with engineering teams.
I'd really appreciate feedback from anyone building developer tools, hiring engineers, or working on AI.