A post about a burned ass. Yesterday, while updating the latest beta version of our app, I noticed that Apple's developer program - the so-called developer certificate - had expired

Shit happens, but you’d think the problem could be solved with two mouse clicks and 99 bucks. But that wasn’t the case. First off, the site redirects you to another site that asks for payment details. Okay, I filled it out and paid. Then I get an email saying my order has been ACCEPTED for processing. Fucking hell, I just bought a digital product - do you really need a separate service just to move a couple of lines in a database or something?

Okay. Fucking awesome. Twenty-five minutes later, I get an email saying my order has been processed and my subscription has been renewed. Seems like everything’s sorted? Nope, not a goddamn chance

Then, for the next two long hours, I just kept clicking two buttons - the first was to update the status on the program’s website, and the second was inside Xcode so it could automatically pull in that damn certificate to sign the version. All in all, three fucking hours just so the app icons would break as shit during the build and it would stop compiling ...