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ELI5 — The Vibe Check
Xcode is Apple's gift to iOS developers, and like many Apple gifts, it looks beautiful and behaves mysteriously. Build times are legendary for being slow, derived data corruption requires ritualistic deletion, and simulator updates arrive like surprise houseguests. But for Swift and SwiftUI development, it's the only show in town.
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