Post #4173478
2026-07-28 20:48 UTC
This is my fourth go at this app.
Chronologically (1.5 years elapsed, working on it on weekends only, it's not my job):
- SwiftUI v1: failed, due to my poor understanding of SwiftUI, lost the will to keep hacking to get native Apple-like UX
- SwiftUI + SwiftData v2: failed, could not get performance and UX how i wanted.
- SwiftUI + CloudKit + Core Data + Swift Data v3: a terrible idea, do not have two persistence layers trying to co-operate.
- UIKit + CloudKit + CoreData v4: *shipped on Apple Store within 4 months of first rewrite commit*
(* with some assistance from LLMs since I am not a UIKit expert)
NOTE: it would have been longer than 4 months had I not failed awfully a few times :)
cc @stroughtonsmith@mastodon.social
https://sector42.io/plate/
Replies (3)
-
@ripienaar@devco.social 2026-07-29 03:39
@oberstal@infosec.exchange congratulations
-
@igorr@mastodon.design 2026-07-28 21:25
@oberstal@infosec.exchange @stroughtonsmith@mastodon.social Thank you for the opportunity to be involved in this project. It was a real pleasure working with you, Leon. 👍
-
@andrew@this.wplr.rocks 2026-07-29 04:39
@oberstal@infosec.exchange @stroughtonsmith@mastodon.social @igorr@mastodon.design This is cool, but I already have my wife hooked on recipie sage (and we are on the android eco system)