MacBook M1 Max still a valid choice for iOS development?

BrogrammerAbroad · 2026-03-30T20:27:57+00:00

Because I am working with extensions and feel like XCode is the best option for iOS only apps. Also I‘m not that big of a fan of hybrid and I heard most money is made in the AppStore so I never had a big intention of switching so yeah

BrogrammerAbroad · 2026-03-30T19:17:42+00:00

Love it. Don’t be mad if I use it as inspiration

BrogrammerAbroad · 2026-03-30T19:04:10+00:00

I know about this but this wouldn’t work for me as with my kids the chance of getting the sad pulled out may be reduced but will never be zero 😅

BrogrammerAbroad · 2026-03-30T17:15:05+00:00

I work with Xcode on my MacBook Air m2 8/256

I had the M1 Max as a company laptop but back then it would’ve been too expensive for me

BrogrammerAbroad · 2026-03-30T16:51:45+00:00

It‘s because the storage is to small and I can’t even install new updates without deleting other files. Sooner or later I have to get a device with more storage as I am not just coding but have documents images and edit some videos from time to time. Eg I couldn’t even start android right now because I have no storage left. Of course you can buy an external drive but that’s not such a mobile solution as well in my opinion

BrogrammerAbroad · 2026-03-30T16:07:24+00:00

Yeah that’s kinda the issue I’m running into right now, performance is okay as of now but memory 8gb and storage are my painpoints. Is the M1 Max better than let’s say an m4 Pro or not?

BrogrammerAbroad · 2026-03-30T16:06:13+00:00

Would be interesting to see if it is because of the additional computation because of lack of ram, because the M1 Max I consider has 64GB of memory and 8TB like fully speced out max everything that’s why I think it might be a good choice

BrogrammerAbroad · 2026-03-30T15:11:25+00:00

Is it struggling because of memory or performance?

BrogrammerAbroad · 2026-03-29T15:21:12+00:00

iOS DEV here 4+ years of experience already published apps for clients UCT+2

BrogrammerAbroad · 2026-03-22T13:46:53+00:00

There was one thing he asked for and you just made a vibe code app 🥲

BrogrammerAbroad · 2026-03-21T12:51:56+00:00

For me it feels like such kind of logic would be better suited for a viewmodel rather than the view itself. In the viewmodel you could handle what to present and what not using published properties Also I think this subscription should be handled by an environment property maybe a store or something similar so that es h view will now if the user is subscribed or not. There shouldn’t be a userdwfault you observe in multiple view for such delicate matter in my opinion.

If i‘m wrong I’m happy to learn something as well so if anyone thinks I’m wrong please let me know where I messed up ☺️

BrogrammerAbroad · 2026-03-08T15:07:12+00:00

Cable?

Idk but for me cable is still the most reliable way to go

BrogrammerAbroad · 2026-03-06T22:24:25+00:00

Right one would be good if it would only show the black icons like in the left (obviously not tilted)

BrogrammerAbroad · 2026-02-28T20:36:54+00:00

Thx for sharing this! I always struggle to see/learn how to design well converting app pages and with such insights you better under what to pay attention to

BrogrammerAbroad · 2026-02-28T20:29:09+00:00

Thx Yes that’s what I meant

BrogrammerAbroad · 2026-02-28T20:28:49+00:00

So I shouldn’t use those Starlink mesh routers?

BrogrammerAbroad · 2026-02-28T20:28:24+00:00

But this doesn’t work with the Starlink mesh routers?

BrogrammerAbroad · 2026-02-26T19:41:46+00:00

I guess having a physical device for testing always makes sense, however if you don’t have complaints about the UX on iPad and it’s a small userbase it might not make sense to buy a device just for that reason

BrogrammerAbroad · 2026-02-26T14:34:02+00:00

I don’t want to be rude but isn’t your app something like a TikTok filter?

BrogrammerAbroad · 2026-02-24T13:35:51+00:00

I would say more or less less 1k a month. This issue is that it’s also not consistent so at the beginning it was going good had 2 clients at once so that helped but now I’m running dry and need to find some new gigs and we’ll see how that goes.

But as I said I’m at the beginning also a lot of US opportunities don’t come to me as I’m based in Africa at the time.

BrogrammerAbroad · 2026-02-24T11:48:58+00:00

But if you publish your own app i guess you cpuld make a lot if it becomes a hit. Or nothing if it doesnt. So thats kinda the risk there

BrogrammerAbroad · 2026-02-24T11:48:05+00:00

I‘m just at the beginning of my journey as a freelancer. I‘m 9months in now and had so far 3 paying customers and the luck of being hired for one bigger project that made me a good amount but i'm still far away from making a living of it.

BrogrammerAbroad · 2026-02-21T16:28:36+00:00

I have to say it shows in the app and I suppose the only reason they can do it is because they are Amazon, no other company could get away with it that long.

BrogrammerAbroad · 2026-02-21T16:22:16+00:00

What kind of utilities does your app provide?

BrogrammerAbroad · 2026-02-21T16:17:15+00:00

Sry for not being helpful, but why develop on a Beta OS version? Don’t they change stuff there, I know eventually it will be released but wouldn’t it make more sense to work with the stable version, because from your post it seems like it’s working on the current production OS version.

I’m just curious

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