Accidental Tech Podcast · Monday, July 27, 2026
The hosts of Accidental Tech Podcast discussed their experiences with Swift development on Apple Silicon chips. John noted that compiling and building apps is "lightning fast" and the overall experience feels "snappy and responsive." Casey echoed this sentiment, calling it a "substantial upgrade from the Intel chips."
“So I've been developing apps for iOS and Mac, and I have M1 MacBook Air. Uh, so basically, yeah, it works really well.”
“It works really well, especially for compiling. Compiling is lightning fast. Building the app is lightning fast.”
“So I use a, uh, a 16-inch MacBook Pro, uh, with an M1 Pro chip, and I've been doing a lot of native macOS development, uh, native iOS development, and yeah, it's fantastic.”
“It's incredibly fast, it's incredibly snappy.”
“I mean, it's a it's a substantial upgrade from the Intel chips.”