Apple's archaic / convoluted process for shipping an app:
- Xcode
- Developer Mode
- provisioning profiles
- physically connecting the device to your Mac
- $99/year developer account
- DUNS number
- TestFlight
- App Store approval
...creates enough friction to explain why we haven't seen more interesting vibe-coded mobile apps, especially compared to number of vibe-coded websites with Claude / Codex + Vercel.
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