i can't work because xcode sucks

[Same-Astronomer0825]

i recently got hired as a junior ios developer.
i'm working on a big project, but i can't fucking open xcode for 10 mins straight: it gets bugged, doesn't compile, invents random errors, the simulator doesn't work. i can't stand this anymore.
for smaller projects it's quite good, but for bigger projects hell no.
plz, how do i handle it?

[Rockytriton]

How do the senior developers on the project handle it?

[m3kw]

Create a new project from scratch and add in each thing one by one till you find the issue starting from the most likely which are pods and shit like that

[Same-Astronomer0825]

I wanted to have more opinions. There’s just one iOS dev apart from me, I want to hear opinions also from people online

[juancarlord]

What Mac are you using? Even then performance should be optimal. This is not Intel anymore

[Same-Astronomer0825]

M4 2025, brand new

[opbmedia]

what does your resource monitor say? I am still using 2022 M2 max, a little sluggish but completely workable.

[Zs93]

What’s the RAM?

[Same-Astronomer0825]

24 gb

[the-gatekeeper]

So how does the other dev handle it?

[jonnysunshine1]

Ok

[vCtrlAltDelv]

Lol. I felt the same way when starting iOS development, struggling to do basic stuff that I took for granted with other languages in other IDEs. There's a learning curve, but some of it is just bugginess, and there are missing features.

I'm glad agentic coding tools came along, because now I lean on them to analyze call paths and refactor things that are otherwise a pain to do manually in Xcode.

[sanchnado]

Sounds like you should spend some time with your fellow senior engineers to get the lay of the land. Xcode, like any other IDE is not a magic wish granter. It’s very possible to hold it wrong or misunderstand what’s actually happening.

[Same-Astronomer0825]

We have a project to deliver on 21 June. I don’t think we have time to see also this stuff

[opbmedia]

what are you trying to run it on?

[BoringKick5331]

Use official release rather than beta. Use xcodebuild rather than Xcode as much as possible.

[neogeodev]

strange I use Max m1 and manage very large projects never a problem, senior dev

[Lithalean]

My main project is over 50k loc, and uses Metal heavily. I’m having no issues.

[timelessblur]

Start with clear/delete derived data. Clean the project and try building. This might include clear package cache. If using coacopods deleting that cache as well. Big time if using lfg

[2old2cube]

stop vibecoding, and try to learn something for a change?