Don't Use SwiftUI for Vibe Coding — A Developer's Hard-Won Lesson in Framework Selection

A developer building fluid iOS apps with AI assistance found that SwiftUI produces mediocre results and pivoted to UIKit and Metal, suggesting that framework choice now matters as much for AI compatibility as for developer preference.

A practical lesson is emerging from the vibe coding movement: not all frameworks are equally AI-friendly. As @anshuc shared after extensive experience building iOS apps with AI coding assistants, SwiftUI — Apple's modern declarative UI framework — consistently produces subpar results when AI agents generate the code. The developer pivoted to UIKit and Metal and reported dramatically better outcomes, particularly for fluid, visually polished interfaces.

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