Apple Is Increasing My Cortisol Levels: A Developer's Tale of Woe

If you're an iOS developer, you know the feeling when Xcode decides to take a coffee break right before your deadline. One brave soul, the author of kronis.dev, decided to measure his cortisol levels while working with Apple's tools. Spoiler: the results made him consider a career change.

He found that even a simple project build causes a stress spike comparable to skydiving. Add in sudden provisioning profile errors or the "miraculous" disappearance of certificates, and cortisol levels go through the roof. It seems Tim Cook hired ex-Nokia employees to teach us to appreciate stability.

The author suggests Apple focus on developer experience: less magic, more transparency. Meanwhile, he advises keeping valerian root handy and remembering to breathe. After all, nerve cells don't regenerate, but builds can be restarted.

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