Our author

Michele Austin—

Senior Swift Engineer and author of Lumoraveail courses

 

Michele Austin has been dedicated to mobile application development for over 12 years, with the last 9 years fully focused on the Swift language. He specializes in building stable, scalable, and easy-to-maintain applications used by hundreds of thousands of people every day. His core work has always been tied to large-scale projects — from early prototypes to store releases, from performance optimization to rewriting outdated code using modern approaches.

Michele began his programming journey during university, initially exploring web technologies before quickly realizing that mobile development gave him the most satisfaction from creating a product users hold in their hands. After graduation, he joined a small team building a time-management application. That was where he first seriously engaged with Swift and understood how convenient, safe, and elegant it was compared to previous options.

Over the years, Michele has contributed to more than 15 commercial applications of varying scale — from simple utilities to complex platforms with millions of database records. He has worked both independently and in teams ranging from 3 to 35 developers, taking roles from regular engineer to technical lead. Among his achievements are migrating several large projects to modern concurrency (reducing interface delays by 4–6 times) and implementing modular architecture that allowed new features to be added 2–3 times faster.

He has spoken multiple times at internal company technical conferences, sharing experience on optimization, working with large codebases, and building resilient systems. Michele also regularly writes technical articles and conducts in-depth code reviews for junior colleagues, helping them grow faster. His approach is always practical — he dislikes abstract theory without real examples and always shows exactly how a technique works in practice.

This course was created in December 2025. Michele decided to compile his entire experience into a structured and understandable format to help people who are just starting or already have basic knowledge but feel they lack system and clarity. He saw how many beginners and mid-level developers spend months searching for the right path, reading outdated information, or struggling with poor examples. That is why the course is built step-by-step — from the first lines to professional approaches, with emphasis on clean code, modern tools, and real-world scenarios.

Michele does not aim to promise quick results or magical transformations. He simply wants to provide people with a clear, proven path that he himself has walked and that has helped many of his colleagues. Every module in the course was born from real questions developers in his teams faced: “How not to get lost in optionals?”, “Why does the interface lag?”, “How to write code that isn’t scary to change in a year?”. The answers to these questions became the foundation of the materials.

In everyday life, Michele enjoys balancing work with active rest: morning runs, reading technical literature in the evening, and occasional mountain trips. He believes a good developer should not only write code but also know how to disconnect from it to return with fresh ideas. This balance helps him stay productive and inspired for years.