I think the author arrived at the sort of bad middle trench of AI: where you use it knowing how the code works and trying to fit it into a paradigm (Xcode) that it’s not well-suited for.

The 6 months of cleanup is something a true no-code vibe coder would have never done. I also think that kind of person might be inclined to keep AI going down the simplest development lane possible, which probably means using a more web-native technology rather than a native app that relies on an IDE the AI can’t work well with.

Something like Expo, for example.

I found that the most time consuming part of iOS app development in a vibe coder scenario was the various “red tape” of the process for the App Store including submission.