Merge Conflict

Episode Archive

Episode Archive

455 episodes of Merge Conflict since the first episode, which aired on July 11th, 2016.

  • 355: Previewing the Preview of C# 12

    April 24th, 2023  |  38 mins 45 secs
    .net, c#, csharp, dotnet

    It is that time of year again! New C# features! That is right, .NET 8 Preview 3 just dropped and with it is the first preview features of C# 12 including Primary constructors for non-record classes and structs, using aliases for any type, and default values for lambda expression parameters. We break them all down!

  • 354: .NET Native AOT Apps Fit on a Floppy Disk!

    April 17th, 2023  |  43 mins 41 secs
    .net, aot, dotnet, microsoft build, native aot

    With Microsoft Build and .NET 8 right around the corner, the team is hard at work optimizing the runtime to fit full Native AOT apps down under 1.44MB! That is right, it fits fully on a floppy disk! We discuss all things AOT and what you need to know.

  • 353: Exploring & Analyzing Bing Chat

    April 10th, 2023  |  40 mins 5 secs

    Let's get deeper into ChatGPT and GTP-4 this with Bing Chat and the newly integrated side bar of Microsoft Edge.

  • 352: Analyzing The Twitter Algorithm

    April 3rd, 2023  |  39 mins 45 secs

    They did it! The Twitter Algorithm is open source! We break down how it works, what is in it, and how why you should care (or not).

  • 351: What are F# Discriminated Unions?

    March 27th, 2023  |  34 mins 46 secs

    Frank tries to explain his favorite F# feature and also discussion the C# proposal for union types!

  • 350: Multimodal GPT-4

    March 20th, 2023  |  45 mins 56 secs

    It is time for some lightning topics and we go big on AI with GPT-4, infused ChatGPT everywhere, and we answer your questions from the past few months! Oh... and Sauna... and SVB discussion!

  • 349: Packaged with external location or unpackaged

    March 13th, 2023  |  32 mins 11 secs

    We figured our how to run a windows exe on windows with .net maui!

  • 348: ChatGPT Comes to the Command Line

    March 6th, 2023  |  42 mins 39 secs
    .net, askgpt, chatgpt, dotnet

    Frank builds a command line interface for ChatGTP with .NET!

  • 347: Converting Star Wars Dark Forces 3DO Files with .NET MAUI

    February 27th, 2023  |  34 mins 17 secs

    Franks heads back to create apps for games from the 1990s with .NET MAUI.

  • 346: Calling .NET Libraries from Rust with Native AOT

    February 20th, 2023  |  33 mins 28 secs
    dotnet, native aot, rust

    Native AOT can be used for more than just making super fast apps... you can compile your libraries down to C and use them anywhere!

  • 345: Backwards Compatible .NET

    February 13th, 2023  |  29 mins 47 secs

    We talk about .NET Standard, XamarinLegacyCompat, Android Support, and all sorts of forward/backwards compatibility.

  • 344: Exploring CoreData and CloudKit

    February 6th, 2023  |  32 mins 41 secs

    Frank journeys into Swift with a little CoreData and CloudKit.

  • 343: A Mac Mini To Rule Them All!

    January 30th, 2023  |  43 mins 28 secs

    We celebrate iCircuit Pro, Frank's long await update to iCircuit with a subscription! Then we break down the latest Apple hardware event with new Mac Book Pro models, Mac Minis, and oh... the HomePod?!?!

  • 342: Democratizing AI... and GPT3

    January 23rd, 2023  |  35 mins 17 secs
    ai, dall-e, gpt3, machine learning, ml, openai, vall-e

    OpenAI as a service is here! We discuss!

  • 341: Frank Masters In-App Subscriptions

    January 16th, 2023  |  38 mins 37 secs

    Finally Frank goes all in on in-app purchases in his apps and talks about how he went about implementing subscriptions in iCircuit.

  • 340: CES, IoT, Security, & Roasting Coffee

    January 9th, 2023  |  46 mins 48 secs

    It is time for lightning topics from YOU! We cover some of the latest happenings at CES including some new IoT things, some IoT security, and a bit of coffee roasting :)