Why the hate on Xcode?

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  • swift-format

    Formatting technology for Swift source code

    Apple literally provides a version that you can integrate into Xcode should you wish to.

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    I think the hate comes from seeing its unresponsiveness and slow builds in large-scale projects. Everything works great in a recently-creates project until your project turns into a complex dependency graph of targets with intricate and inconsistent build settings. That’s the main reason why we are building https://tuist.io

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