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Vibe coding SwiftUI menu bar apps without opening Xcode

March 27, 2026Simon Willison

Simon Willison says Claude Opus 4.6 and GPT-5.4 are competent enough at Swift that he can build SwiftUI menu bar apps without opening Xcode.

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I've been vibe coding SwiftUI menu bar apps for my new Mac,
turns out Claude Opus 4.6 and GPT-5.4 are both competent at Swift programming,
no need to even open Xcode!
I've been vibe coding SwiftUI menu bar apps for my new Mac
Claude Opus 4.6 and GPT-5.4 are both competent at Swift programming
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