Vibe-coded Mac apps are arriving fast — here is what gets lost in the process

Vibe-coded Mac apps are arriving fast — here is what gets lost in the process

By Roman Kaplun, Senior Engineering Manager at CleanMyMac by MacPaw The Mac is having a moment — Apple's most recent earnings showed Mac sales up 6% year-over-year, with Tim Cook acknowledging customer recognition was "happening faster than what we had predicted." At the same time, App Store submissions jumped 84% year-over-year in Q1 2026, with full-year 2025 reaching nearly 600,000 new submissions, the largest annual wave since 2016. Vibe codi…