Delicious: the 10 stages

Delicious runs a real pipeline — ten stages from idea to App Store. Most are automated; three pause for your approval.

1. Discovery — pin down the real problem and who it's for.
2. Spec — an interview turns your idea into an App Spec, the single source of truth. (Idea tasting)
3. Branding — name, icon, palette, and voice. (Brand tasting)
4. Scaffold — a buildable, branded SwiftUI project on DeliciousKit.
5. Codegen — the screens and logic, built and iterated against the live simulator.
6. Integrations — analytics, auth, push, IAP, AI — each behind a clean protocol.
7. QA — tests, screenshots, and the Deliciousness Gate: ship only if it's beautiful, harmonious, and delightful.
8. Dogfood — does it actually solve the problem, and does it feel good?
9. ASO — store screenshots, description, and keywords.
10. Release — signing, the App Review pre-flight, and submission. (Final tasting)

The App Spec flows through all ten — every stage reads it and writes back to it. See Idea → Accepted for the arc, or the three tastings for exactly where you come in.