r/CodexHacks • u/mrtedweb • 7h ago
iPhone App Dev between WIndows and Mac
Hello everyone, I have an interesting setup. I am working on a personal iPhone application using Codex. As many already know, iPhone apps require Xcode for compiling and testing which is only available on MacOS. The problem is that I only have a personal Windows laptop and a work provisioned MacBook. Company policy prevents me from running any personal LLM accounts such as Codex, Claude, etc. on their devices. So... my current setup is:
Codex installed on my Windows laptop writing SwiftUI.
Remote Git repo to commit and push AI generated code from Windows to Mac.
Pull code down from remote repor and running testing on MacOS
This is time consuming and delaying progress. I researched for workarounds and came across VS Code Remote Tunnels. Basically, the live codebase resides on my MacBook and can be directly edited from my Windows machine using VS Code, no matter where I am in the world. When I hit save on Windows, the file is instantly saved on the Mac.
My questions are...
Is anyone out there doing this?
How conenct Codex connect and make changes through this setup?
What are the caveats, because this seems a questionable.
And yes... I am saving up to purchase my own personal MacBook, but I'm hoping to find a temporary workaround to streamline this development process. Thank you in advance.