A retired IT guy with 40+ years in the field, it was time for a new challenge. I’ve always wanted to write an iOS app, but it seemed like swift was a pretty tough hill for me to climb. There was an iOS weather app from thee early days called WeatherAlertUSA, which grabbed data direct from the NWS, no fancy graphics, supported multiple locations, and did push weather alerts. I used it until it didn’t work anymore. Enter Claude Code. Using Sonnet 4.6, I gave it some basic requirements and in less than an hour, I had a working app. Amazing. I’ve spent the past couple of weeks tweaking and adding features, but now it’s very feature complete, including push notification of weather alerts. I don’t know how efficient or perfect the code is, but I did use a Claude.md file designed for iOS apps, and it seems to do the job. Just my story of how Claude opened up a new world of possibilities for a retired IT professional - who started wring microcode in the 80’s. If anyone has any pointers on how I can better work with xcode and iOS with Claude, I’d enjoy hearing them. Or if you want to see a few screen shots of my iOS app, I can share them too. submitted by /u/AliasJackBauer
Originally posted by u/AliasJackBauer on r/ClaudeCode