Merge Conflict
Join Frank & James for a weekly discussion on the world of technology and development including C#, F#, .NET, web, mobile, and more.
About the show
Merge Conflict is a weekly discussion with Frank and James on all things development, technology, & more. After years of being friends, Frank and James finally decided to sit down and start a podcast about their lives as mobile developers using C#, Xamarin, and .NET MAUI. Much more than just another mobile development podcast, Merge Conflict, reaches all areas of development including desktop, server, and of course mobile. They also cover fun things happening in the world of technology and gaming and whatever else happens to be on Frank's and James' minds.
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Episodes
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450: AI Agents, Hottest Reloading, & Apple Notes in 2025
February 17th, 2025 | 45 mins
GitHub Copilot Agent Mode is here! We talk new hot reloading capabilities, more AI in Apple Notes, and overheating our Mac minis!
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449: Modernizing .NET Libraries
February 10th, 2025 | 32 mins 16 secs
Frank is on a journey to update all of his libraries to the latest .NET. Let's talk about why and lessons learned.
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448: Did Android XR Just Destroy visionOS?
February 3rd, 2025 | 32 mins 29 secs
Google just previewed their new Android XR device that looks to be a complete game changer... how does this change development and what does it mean for visionOS and the Vision Pro?
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447: Whoops, I Lost My Keystore
January 27th, 2025 | 27 mins 26 secs
What happens if you lose your Android Keystore? Do you ever get to publish you app again? We find out!
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446: Mac mini M4 Pro - Honest Developer Reviews
January 20th, 2025 | 45 mins 45 secs
It has been several months since we got our Mac mini M4 Pro. What are our thoughts on hardware, software, and real world development.
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445: "Live" from CES 2025
January 13th, 2025 | 43 mins 29 secs
We are going "live" from our houses to CES and picking out some of our favorite finds from the week.
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444: Official Family IoT Tech Support
January 6th, 2025 | 37 mins 24 secs
With the holidays behind us, we reflect on Frank's "fun" time playing IoT tech support and talk about the state of multiple houses and managing family tech devices.
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443: If 2024 was the year of AI, what is coming in 2025?
December 30th, 2024 | 1 hr 15 mins
We take a look back at this year's highlights, review our 2024 predictions to see what we got right and wrong, and a peek ahead into 2025.
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442: Launching a new visionOS app
December 23rd, 2024 | 39 mins 16 secs
Frank did it! He launched a new app for the Vision Pro! We discuss all the fun details of app store review.
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441: AI Driven Development
December 16th, 2024 | 31 mins 19 secs
Start with AI first is James' new plan for just about everything he does. We discuss some wins we have had recently with infusing AI into our workstream.
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440: Future of GPTs? Mac Desktops? Headphones?
December 9th, 2024 | 49 mins 43 secs
We are tackling some lightning topics this week on some of our favorite things from the year. Where is AI going? Should you have multiple machines, is cloud computing the future, and how about new headphones that you can use to still hear the world around you.
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439: One Month with the M4 Mac Mini - Developer Setup Breakdown
December 2nd, 2024 | 1 hr 5 mins
It's been nearly a month since we got our Mac Mini M4 machines. How did the setup good, what went well, what didn't and how are we feeling about our $3K purchase?
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438: Jon Galloway - From Submarine Office to Software Developer
November 25th, 2024 | 47 mins 42 secs
James sits down with Jon Galloway to talk about his journey from submarine office to software developer and community advocate.
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436: We bought new Mac minis! Now what?
November 11th, 2024 | 52 mins 18 secs
That's right we BOTH bought new mac minis! What configuration? Why did we do it? And we answer your questions!
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435: GitHub Universe Recap + M4 is here with a NEW Mac mini!!!
November 4th, 2024 | 44 mins 21 secs
Awesome new features for GitHub Copilit and Apple surprises us with new devices and the M4!