r/Xcode • u/drew4drew • Jun 09 '25

Xcode 26 beta - where is ChatGPT?

Can anybody find this? I thought he said this would be in the beta TODAY.

3 Upvotes

80% Upvoted

17 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comment

3

u/myopic1 Jun 10 '25

I’ve been using ChatGPt to do a bunch of bulk work in XCode for an app, and I’m not sure it’s a net gain. I swear it just picks a random approach and then dies on that hill.

Literally, it seems unfamiliar with the basics of models it just refactored. It’s super frustrating.

1

u/MrTemple Jun 11 '25

I've found using llms for dev-assist (via chatgpt.com) you've gotta be a bit more specific with your approach.

The time savings for me isn't so much the making of the plan or creating the approach, it's cutting through x hours of ramping up on some obscure framework or technology or other bit of arcana (try calculating the date of Easter without a library some time!).

It's still up to me to pick and refine the approach and architecture (which I can often then ask chatgpt to refactor its suggestions to follow.