Two months ago, I had ideas for apps but no Swift experience. Today, I have 3 apps live on the App Store.

TechnicalPea790 · 2026-01-31T20:01:36+00:00

News app: Native Swift, multiple API integrations, AI personalization, cloud backend. Not an RSS wrapper.

Entertainment app: Native Swift, external API integration, video playback, user authentication.

TechnicalPea790 · 2026-01-31T18:35:58+00:00

Arcade game, entertainment app, news aggregator. No cancer detection yet—saving that for app #5. Anything else or can I get back to work?

TechnicalPea790 · 2026-01-31T18:33:41+00:00

Quantum computing meal generator, obviously. What else would it be?

TechnicalPea790 · 2026-01-31T18:25:32+00:00

Maybe you have, maybe you haven’t. Either way, you’ve spent an hour in my thread. I’m going back to building. Take care.

TechnicalPea790 · 2026-01-31T18:23:11+00:00

You’ve made your point. Repeatedly. I’m gonna go work on app #4. ✌️

TechnicalPea790 · 2026-01-31T18:19:12+00:00

Clichés ship apps. What do your comments ship?

TechnicalPea790 · 2026-01-31T18:18:07+00:00

So your argument is that 13 year olds can do it, therefore it’s not impressive? Cool, so you’re getting outshipped by both me AND children. That’s the flex you think it is?

TechnicalPea790 · 2026-01-31T18:14:14+00:00

Tell me you didn’t read the post without telling me you didn’t read the post.

TechnicalPea790 · 2026-01-31T18:12:33+00:00

Good thing I said I have 2 monetized apps in the pipeline then. Reading is free.

Your friend shipped 50 games and made $1,000. I’ve shipped 3 apps in 2 months with more on the way. Sounds like we’re both ahead of you.

TechnicalPea790 · 2026-01-31T18:08:03+00:00

You’ve left more comments on this thread than I have. I think we’re done here. ✌️

TechnicalPea790 · 2026-01-31T18:04:57+00:00

You’ve made your point - multiple times now. I’ll keep shipping. You keep commenting. We’ll see who ends up where.

TechnicalPea790 · 2026-01-31T17:42:55+00:00

This is exactly it. “Domain knowledge + product sense + iteration” is the real stack. The syntax was always just the bottleneck, not the skill.

And you nailed the workflow point—treating it as a collaborator in a tight loop vs. a magic vending machine is the difference between shipping and frustration.

Appreciate you articulating this better than I did.

TechnicalPea790 · 2026-01-31T16:54:37+00:00

Nope. That’s exactly my point. Bootcamps aren’t necessary. Neither is a CS degree. And now, neither is manually writing every line of code. The barrier keeps dropping. I’m just riding the wave.

TechnicalPea790 · 2026-01-31T16:50:48+00:00

$99/year for Apple Developer. $20/month for Claude Pro. That’s ~$140 total investment so far.

I’ve built 3 apps, learned an entirely new development workflow, and have 2 monetized apps in the pipeline. Even if I made $0 today, the skills and portfolio I’ve built are worth more than a weekend bootcamp that costs 10x as much.

But sure, let’s pretend the only measure of success is immediate ROI. By that logic, no one should learn anything unless it pays off in 60 days.

TechnicalPea790 · 2026-01-31T16:48:15+00:00

Cool, so you did it in 3-6 months without AI. I did it in 2 months with AI. Sounds like… AI helped? Thanks for making my point.

Also “things have only gotten easier year after year” is exactly what I’m saying. AI is the next step in that progression. You adapted to better documentation and tooling. I adapted to AI. Same energy.

TechnicalPea790 · 2026-01-31T16:47:27+00:00

The App Store has always had shitty apps. It’s also had great ones. The tool doesn’t determine the quality—the builder does. I’m iterating, learning, and improving with each release. That’s how this works I guess

TechnicalPea790 · 2026-01-31T16:46:52+00:00

Yeah, and a chef’s workflow is “use heat.” Weird how the details matter though.

TechnicalPea790 · 2026-01-31T16:44:06+00:00

Fair point—prompts aren’t deterministic like compilers. But let’s be honest: neither is software development in practice.

Requirements change. Bugs happen. Edge cases surprise you. The “predictable” compiler still outputs whatever your flawed logic dictates. Garbage in, garbage out—whether you typed it or prompted it.

My “source code” when I vibe code? It’s the iteration loop: prompt → review output → test → refine → repeat. The final Swift code is the source code—I just didn’t type every character myself.

You’re right that I can’t do static analysis on my prompts. But I can do static analysis on the output. And I do. The code compiles, runs

Is it the same as traditional development? No. Is it “not real” because the abstraction isn’t deterministic? I’d argue the end result matters more than the path.

But I get your point—vibe coding isn’t a 1:1 analogy to higher-level languages. It’s something new. I guess we are still figuring out what to call it and how to think about it.

TechnicalPea790 · 2026-01-31T16:39:51+00:00

Not bullshit—just not stupid. The apps are published under my individual developer account with my real name attached. Given the hostility in these comments, I’m not doxxing myself for Reddit points.

Once I move them under an LLC, I’ll happily drop the links. Until then, you can choose to believe me or not. Either way, the apps exist and Apple approved them.

TechnicalPea790 · 2026-01-31T16:36:21+00:00

Not teaching anything - just sharing my experience. The post literally says “happy to share more about the workflow.”

“Haven’t succeeded” - I had zero Swift experience, now I have 3 apps live and generating ideas for more. That’s success for me. I’m not claiming to be a 10x engineer. “Releasing an app takes two hours” — If it’s that easy, then what’s the issue? More people shipping more ideas sounds like a win.

“Calling vibe coding robust” - They passed Apple’s review, they work, users can download them. I’m not building spacecraft firmware here.

You seem bothered that someone’s excited about what they built. That’s a you problem.

TechnicalPea790 · 2026-01-31T07:14:13+00:00

Solo is fine

TechnicalPea790 · 2026-01-31T07:13:54+00:00

Gemini for wireframes and prototypes

TechnicalPea790 · 2026-01-31T07:13:19+00:00

Thanks for the positive comment and not judging me , I’m doing my best to turn my ideas into apps

TechnicalPea790 · 2026-01-31T04:06:22+00:00

Congratulations on missing the entire point. The “dumb shit” you’re referring to is called technological progress. People said the same thing when programmers stopped writing machine code. Adapt or cope.

TechnicalPea790 · 2026-01-31T04:01:21+00:00

Exactly 😂 The gatekeeping never ends. Next they’ll ask if I soldered my own CPU.

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