Ah yes, Purplefish <3. A very magical tool for us OS peeps. Not sure of the breadth of code in there though, as it seemed every org had its own way of managing

Ah yes, Purplefish <3. A very magical tool for us OS peeps. Not sure of the breadth of code in there though, as it seemed every org had its own way of managing its own source code. At the beginning, iPhone OS was basically a mono-repo, but I don't think you could find the iBoot source code in there. Plus, there was this whole hyperbolic "security clearance" leveling that only those working closely with Forstall and Jobs were given full access to UI code. Everyone else had some janky non-ui variant that worked well enough to test the lower level code. To be fair, factory workers were known sources of leaks, so it was a smart move to hide upcoming features. At every software job I've ever worked, you were entrusted to take care of the companies IP. It's a lot of responsibility when you think about it, because so much of the worlds most powerful IP sits on laptops all over the place. How many of those get stolen or hacked and still thankfully never have things leak?! I've always been impressed. This is another reason we get paid so well when you think about it.