Maurice Parker
I wrote about using AI to knock out a high quality RSS Reader in record time. https://vincode.io/2026/02/21/bespoke-personal-software.html
Maurice Parker - Bespoke Personal Software

Feb 22 at 3:45amIceCubesApp
Show threadStuart Breckenridge Feb 22
@vincode SwiftData. You are a brave, brave man.
Show threadMaurice ParkerFeb 22
@stuarticus crazy or stupid, I’m not sure which
Show threadStuart Breckenridge Feb 22
@vincode I toyed with it a while ago when I was building my own RSS…
Show threadStuart Breckenridge Feb 22
@vincode (April 2024!)
Show threadMaurice ParkerFeb 22
@stuarticus I got SwiftData to work. It crashes more than I would like tho…
Show threadStuart Breckenridge Feb 22

@vincode Yep. I switched from SwiftData to GRDB + GRDBQuery for my reader. And then retired CoreData from the buses app and moved that to GRDB as well.

Too many pull-your-hair-out-WTF moments.

Show threadStuart Breckenridge Feb 22
@vincode How is List on Mac? Any better?
Show threadMaurice ParkerFeb 22
@stuarticus List works great on the Mac now. No hitching when scrolling anymore.
Show threadStuart Breckenridge Feb 22
@vincode that’s good!
Show threadMichaelFeb 24
@vincode it’s already crashing far less on iOS 26 compared to iOS 18. Still way too much though.
Show threadmatt sephtonFeb 22
@vincode very interesting, especially the burden of support. now that anything can be built with relative ease, does the issue become "what should be built"?
Show threadRobFeb 23

@vincode @brentsimmons How many tokens/$ did it cost you to build an app like this?

In think cost might be a limiting factor for many?

(In particular when the “Let’s make them addicted” phase is over)

Show threadMaurice ParkerFeb 23
@rob @brentsimmons I’m just on the $20/per month Claude plan. I had to stop and take a break every once in a while, but I did so much code review and coding myself, that was rarely a problem.
Show threadMichaelFeb 24
@vincode haha here I am reading this article in my own unpublished RSS reader for iOS that I‘ve been working on for the last few weeks with the same tools.