HN commenters critique Apple's iOS development ecosystem constraints
1 Nov 3 12:23 PM · 5d ago · 1 article · 2 posts · 5 comments · 3 sources · development 1 of 3
Hacker News discussion surfaces frustration with Apple's development tools and requirements, with commenters arguing that Xcode, cloud automation, and code signing create unnecessary friction for developers.
“Xcode cloud is a joke. All their automation is a joke. It's not surprising even their own software development stuck because of their ecosystem”
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2 outlets Mac at Any Scale
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Apple still lives in the world where software developed in IDE on a personal computer and shipped as a boxed software on a disquette with a licence key. Xcode cloud is a joke. All their automation is a joke. It’s not surprising even their own software development stuck because of their ecosystem because they use same tools, same cryptic software…
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Mac at Any Scale L: https:// namespace.so/blog/mac-at-any-s cale C: https:// news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5 0352758 posted on 2026.11.03 at 09:53:42 (c=0, p=5)
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Honestly, my first thought was "does the datacentre know ?"12 MacBooks per shelf, if we say roughly 5U per shelf (21.12/4.445 rounded up), so roughly 9 shelves per 47U rack, so 100-ish MacBooks per rack.That's a scary density of LiPo battery.The author complains about the lack of redundant power in Mac Minis, but there are other ways to get…
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Amazing article. It just goes to show how many problems they are solving just to work around bugs and limitations within Apple itself. I’d wager a guess that if Apple made a new Xserve with the same performance as a Mac mini but twice the price people would still buy them, because figuring out data center operations is expensive.
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Title should be edited to "Putting hundreds of MacBooks in a data center (because Apple is silly)" imo
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This article is dated November 3rd yet I've read it months ago, it was already in my history.
All 3 developments of Namespace deploys hundreds of MacBook Pros in datacenters… →
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