What a fantastic write up. So many of us are familiar with the "quirky" parts of the apple development ecosystem and the self-gaslighting effect of trying to solve problems that are non-existent and yet persistent.

This really captured the constant "wtf" of building against the sloppy moving target.

But... its still better than a lot of toolchains/ecosystems, and when it all does work, for 1 month a year lol, it's great!