Re:Xcode Is the Worst Piece of Professional Software I Have ...
by RantyDave on Monday September 22, 2025 @03:16PM
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Thing is, I have stopped expecting Xcode to be any good.
Actual native macOS/iOS development got beaten senseless when the App Store made it clear that "unsustainably low" was the expected price point for third party developers; and that Apple were treating the store more or less as a market research exercise and good ideas absolutely would be stolen.
So it's an internal tool, really. And we're I-guess-lucky that they document it and release it for the proles.
Actual native macOS/iOS development got beaten senseless when the App Store made it clear that "unsustainably low" was the expected price point for third party developers; and that Apple were treating the store more or less as a market research exercise and good ideas absolutely would be stolen.
So it's an internal tool, really. And we're I-guess-lucky that they document it and release it for the proles.