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If you think this is bad, try an Apple TV app! A lot of the platform APIs, like the one mentioned in the article, are still in objective C and really beginning to show their age. The worst is when you want to do something in SwiftUI but the platform APIs are UIKit (‘:

Sheesh, it's not that bad! 10 years ago the same things were considered the nicest app APIs to work with in the biz, spawning the whole ZIRP app ecosystem.

I guess if people feel like you do, I'll stay employed.

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