Ah, I feel a kinship.. in 2007 I got an iPhone, followed the guide to install the homebrew SDK on Linux, and managed to get it to work to create iPhone apps. At first they'd run on jailbroken phones (there was a command to "sign" them), later I installed a Hackintosh and XCode and even got the Apple Dev program subscription and sold one app on their store.

Thanks for this, and sending love. The first one was discussed here (long after the fact):

The origin of “tweet” at Twitter (2013) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27045787 - May 2021 (49 comments)