Cocoa pods is such a hideous mess of dependencies, version conflicts, & .lock files, the lion kingdom proposes another dependency manager to manage the cocoa pods dependencies. It'll be cocoaly podoro at a valuation of $50 billion. It'll have just 5 .lock files & 20 versions but will automatically install the right version of cocoa pods, set the right project lines, & create the right .lock files cocoa pods requires to install the right versions of your dependencies. They'll be the last project lines & .lock files you'll ever have to manetain.