After a decade as a Java (and Kotlin) dev I recently got to work on an iOS app. The transition from Jetbrains products to Xcode has been painful, to say the least.

I tried appcode before it was retired, and it was a much better experience all around. I can’t understand why Apple insists on maintaining this pile of crap instead of working with JB like Google.

I still don’t understand why programmers are forced to use a specific tool, to write apps for a specific ecosystem.

i.e. writing a Flutter mobile app for Android and iOS. You can do everything in VSCode for the Android part incl. the apk-build.

But for iOS you’re forced to use Xcode for implementing certain things like permissions, build and upload.

Nothing but headaches.