> People targeting MacOS/iOS aren't typically running Windows on the desktop.
Or if they are, they're treating macOS/iOS as “blind targets” where those platforms are rarely if ever QA’d or dogfooded.
> The more critical thing to meeting developers where they are would be for the entire developer loop to be doable from a JetBrains IDE on MacOS.
I think most current Apple platform devs would be happiest if they were equipped with the tools to build their own IDEs/toolchains/etc, so e.g. Panic's Nova could feasibly have an iOS/macOS/etc dev plugin or someone could turn Sublime Text into a minimalistic Apple platform IDE. JetBrains IDEs certainly have a wide following but among the longtime Mac user devs in particular they’re not seen as quite the panacea they’re presented as in the larger dev community.
Or if they are, they're treating macOS/iOS as “blind targets” where those platforms are rarely if ever QA’d or dogfooded.
> The more critical thing to meeting developers where they are would be for the entire developer loop to be doable from a JetBrains IDE on MacOS.
I think most current Apple platform devs would be happiest if they were equipped with the tools to build their own IDEs/toolchains/etc, so e.g. Panic's Nova could feasibly have an iOS/macOS/etc dev plugin or someone could turn Sublime Text into a minimalistic Apple platform IDE. JetBrains IDEs certainly have a wide following but among the longtime Mac user devs in particular they’re not seen as quite the panacea they’re presented as in the larger dev community.