Steve Troughton-SmithDec 30

🗣️ I do enjoy a good rumor, so I'll share this nugget:

I have heard that SwiftUI has been losing political capital, and credibility, internally at Apple because it has repeatedly failed to meet software engineering goals, and needs. It's no longer thought of as clear default choice for new stuff.

That might explain why it was deemphasized at WWDC compared to the past few years.

Comforting that Apple might finally be waking up to the reality of SwiftUI, 6 years in. Glad I waited that one out 😅

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@stroughtonsmith Regardless of SwiftUI's fate, I find it fascinating how political decisions shape the tools landscape. I presume that SwiftUI came into being not because it was good (maybe it is), but because it gained political traction. Now it's fading because of fizzling out said traction.

I guess the lesson is to treat SwiftUI (or any corporate framework) as a tool instead of incorporating it into one's identity.

Dec 30 at 3:22pmPhanpy
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@elfenlaid @stroughtonsmith wouldn’t take this as SwiftUI is going away. Apple not having a declarative way to build UIs would be detrimental to the platform