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> but at the same time the docs are terribly lacking at how to handle any kind of edge cases.

I agree that Apple’s documentation needs help (this year’s improvements are a nice step) but can we really expect them to provide extensive documentation for handling edge cases (you’re telling me UIKit docs offer that)?

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Yes, I expect a trillion dollar company to invest in good documentation of their dev products.

My feeling is that Apple hates the developers that develop the software that makes them rich.

Forcing myself to be rational "hate" is probably too strong a word. If you are down the Apple cul-de-sac there is really no turning back. So investing in things like code examples for all of their API (there are a few, a very few) is a waste for Apple. It does not attract new developers and the old ones are stuck in the cul-de-sac.

I suspect you’re ascribing an unrealistic amount of intentionality and rationality to the prioritizations of a giant bureaucracy.

That sounds very different from what was written? The complaint was about "lacking ... any kind of" yet you write about "extensive documentation".

There obviously is a trade off with how much you can/should expect, but "you cannot expect 9/10" is not a valid reply to "it currently is 3/10".

well thats good because I didn’t say “you cannot expect”, did I?

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