Writing Mac and iOS Apps Shouldn’t Be So Difficult

Brent Simmons · 28 Aug 2025

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Most Mac and iOS app code should be written in a scripting language rather than Swift or Objective-C.

Their wordsAnd it seems retro in the worst way that we’re still using anything other than a scripting language for most of our code.
Our reading
Frictionless iteration and a purpose-built scripting language will become table stakes for platforms that want developers.

Their wordsAnd at some point I suspect these things are going to be table stakes for any platform that wants to attract developers.

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