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i recently searched for swift in google trends, and to my surprise it seems that the language is slowly declining in hype. Is this something you've observed ar

by bsaul 3y ago

i recently searched for swift in google trends, and to my surprise it seems that the language is slowly declining in hype. Is this something you've observed around you ? Are people moving away from swift to other techs, and not coming back ? i've been living in an ios-native bubble for the past 4 years so i can't really tell.

xk_id 3y ago
Probably related to Apple’s utter garbage documentation. The Apple ecosystem highly favours already competent developers who have learned their trade years ago, before Apple actively destroyed the documentation (and in addition had access to esoteric resources like old WWDC recordings). https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25046691 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25046691 (2020) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19966135 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19966135 (2019) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21376744 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21376744 (2019)