At first, it went surprisingly well. SwiftUI made it easy to build out the main structure and experiment quickly. The UI came together nicely, and it was exciting to see how modern and flexible the framework could be.
But the deeper I went, the more cracks started to show. Large lists were hard to render smoothly. Context menus didn’t offer much flexibility. And the NavigationStack kept bloating up memory, which made performance worse the longer you used the app.
So back to AppKit for some things…
Anyway here is the outcome. Check it out, if you’re interested in this app.
