Is anyone using the non Pro/Air Macbook for iOS app development?

The current non Pro/Air Macbook appears to have the performance of a 2015 MBP in many respects, so in theory it should be a viable laptop to develop iOS apps on. It can be built with i5 or i7 CPU, 16GB RAM, and adequate storage that has better performance than was possible just a few years ago...

The HN crowd is vast and active, so there must be a number of people with direct current experience developing iOS apps with the standard Macbook.

What are your thoughts?