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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251: #AppleEvent - AirTags, M1 iMac, & Purple iPhone
April 26th, 2021 | 1 hr 4 mins
airtag, apple event, imac, ios, ipad pro, m1, purple iphone, xamarin
No upgraded MacBook devices for us just yet, but the M1 is in full force on the new iMac and iPad Pro! We break down the entire apple event.
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250: To The Moon
April 19th, 2021 | 48 mins 40 secs
android, flutter, ios, mac book, react native, windows, wwdc, xamarin
We celebrate our 250th episode by answering as many questions as we can from YOU, our listeners!
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249: A Beautiful Disaster
April 12th, 2021 | 33 mins 45 secs
andorid, apple, ar, google glass, ios, mr, vr, wwdc, xamarin
WWDC 21 is officially happening and we sit down to speculate on what we think will be announced and reflect on some of our favorite tech devices we have been able to program on.
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248: Satisfying Business Requirements
April 5th, 2021 | 48 mins 2 secs
android, ios, winform, wpf, xamarin
Yes, this is the most boring title ever, but this podcast episode isn't!
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247: Generating UI with GPT-3
March 29th, 2021 | 54 mins 52 secs
code generation, gpt-3, xamarin, xaml
Frank goes hands on with GPT-3 for the first time and basically puts himself out of a job as he has it create his entire app for him. We discuss.
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246: Breaking out of the Desktop App Sandbox
March 22nd, 2021 | 39 mins 7 secs
app store, apple, ios, m1, mac book, macos, store, uwp, xamarin
Putting apps into the app store is amazing, but the frameworks limit your ability as an app developer to do certain things on the desktop. We discuss how to keep long running processing going and breaking out of that sandbox with some great APIs.
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245: Doubling Down on Cross-Platform Development
March 15th, 2021 | 40 mins 50 secs
.net maui, android, dotnet maui, ios, maui, xamarin, xamarin.forms
.NET MAUI may be on the way, but Xamarin.Forms 5 is here today! We discuss the journey and what is next.
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244: Introduction to Microservices
March 8th, 2021 | 41 mins 47 secs
azure, compose, docker, microservices, mobile, xamarin
We are ready to enter the world of Docker and Microservices.... but first what is a microservice? What is a container? An image? Why is all of this important? We discuss.
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243: Lessons Learned - 3 Years of FuGet
March 1st, 2021 | 41 mins 40 secs
android, asp.net, fuget, ios, nuget, open source, packages, xamarin
It has been nearly 3 years since Frank launched FuGet.org the pro NuGet package browsing website. A lot has happened and he reflects on the last 3 years and talks about lessons he learned and what he would change.
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242: Mac Backups, Store Promotion, & Multi-Window Apps with SceneDelegate
February 22nd, 2021 | 49 mins 4 secs
android, backup, ios, macos, multi-window, promotion, scenedelegate, xamarin
No topic is off limits this week as we talk about testing IAP on mac with mac backups, awesome store promotions coming Frank's way and how to build awesome multi-window apps for macOS and iOS and the new SceneDelegate.
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241: Goodbye DTK, Hello Mac App Development
February 15th, 2021 | 50 mins 15 secs
android, dtk, ioa, m1, mac, macos, xamarin
Apple finally lets us return our DTK units with a nice surprise and both Frank and James double down on bringing their apps to macOS!
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240: Stonks, Robots, and Cross-Platform IAP
February 8th, 2021 | 38 mins 20 secs
android, gamestop, ios, lomo, robots, stock market, stonks, xamarin
Wow! What do we even talk about this episode?!?! Who knows, but it is super fun as we have lightning-fast lightning topics talking about what the heck is happening on the stock market, Frank's next robot, and listener questions!
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239: Planning an App Release
February 1st, 2021 | 46 mins 15 secs
android, app release, app store, icircuit, ios, island tracker, xamarin, xamarin.forms
It is not Franks' turn to get his next app into the app store. We take a look back at what went into it's creation, his choices for monetization, and thoughts on what needs to happen leading up to the main release.
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238: Island Tracker - The Final Chapter
January 25th, 2021 | 47 mins 6 secs
android, animal crossing, app store, freemium, ios, island tracker, paid apps, turnips, xamarin
We have come to the epic conclusion of James's app Island Tracker, his Animal Crossing app for tracking turnip prices with friends. He is ready to roll out his freemium version of the app while upgrading all of his existing customers and updating the backend.
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237: Bot Awesome
January 18th, 2021 | 37 mins 21 secs
android, bot handy, bots, ces, ces 2021, ios, robots, samsung, xamarin
CES 2021 has come and gone and we break down our favorite announcements around robots!
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236: Supporting Your Customers
January 11th, 2021 | 45 mins 9 secs
android, app store, customer support, google play, ios, reviews, support, xamarin
Customer support is hard to do right, and app support is even harder. How do you get your users to contact you with proper information before they give you that 1 star review. We discuss our journey into improving our support system in our mobile apps.