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

  • 139: Foldables == Tablets on Demand

    March 4th, 2019  |  40 mins 31 secs
    android, android q, foldables, galaxy fold, hardware, ios, mate x, tablets, ui, xamarin

    Regardless if you want a foldable phone or not they are coming! In fact they are here today with new devices from Samsung and Huawei! We give our thoughts on the foldable revolution and their impact on mobile application development.

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    138: Organized Productivity

    February 25th, 2019  |  40 mins 1 sec
    android, desk, developer, home office, ios, management, marie kondo, office, organization, work, xamarin

    When was the last time you completely tore apart your work space and optimized it for full productivity? We are talking about creating a unique, organized, and happy work office that you actually want to come to every day. We talk about our recent experiences in creating a great work at home experience.

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    137: Tweaking UI to Perfection

    February 18th, 2019  |  41 mins 38 secs
    android, animations, art, design, desktop, ios, mobile, perfection, ui, user interface, xamarin

    Platform Design vs Custom Design? Fancy Animations? Hours of tweaking and tuning the user interface? Does that really make a great application? It is worth all the work that needs to go these small tiny details? We discuss!

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    136: I Love PInvoke

    February 11th, 2019  |  39 mins 36 secs
    android, binding, c++, interop, ios, pinvoke, xamarin

    When you need to get something done, sometimes you have to write some C++. Or sometimes you have no choice because you were handed a C++ library and why not expose a beautiful C# layer to call form your mobile apps. Seems easy right? We take a look at the why, how, and struggles with doing so.

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    135: Aspirational Office

    February 4th, 2019  |  44 mins 39 secs
    coffee shop, desk, engineer, office, programmer, standing desk, work from home, work life, xamarin

    Is working from home the future or is it just a pipe dream? What is the correct setup when it comes to equipment and what issues can you run into? This week we take a look at our own situation and discuss the positive and negatives.

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    134: SQLite On The Server

    January 28th, 2019  |  37 mins 47 secs
    android, asp.net, dot-net, ios, nuget, server, sqlite, sqlite-net, xamarin

    It is the 10 year anniversary of Frank's SQLite-net library and he has some huge improvements and feature in store. We discuss the past, present, and future of SQLite across all of the different .NET platforms and how you can drop SQLite-net onto your server to simplify web apps!

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    133: Indie App Marketing

    January 21st, 2019  |  33 mins 30 secs
    android, app store, apple, calca, ios, marketing, promotion, xamarin

    Frank has some totally rad news! Apple is maybe, perhaps, almost, promoting his app. This has us thinking of app marketing and promotion for not only launching an app, but also when launching new features.

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    132: The Life & Times of Frank Krueger

    January 14th, 2019  |  1 hr 10 mins
    android, career, development, frank, interview, ios, james, life, rit, xamarin

    It is a very special week on Merge Conflict as James Montemagno gets to sit down and interview Frank Krueger about his childhood, life, career, move to independent developer, and future plans. You do not want to miss this episode.

  • 131: Three Degrees of Freedom

    January 7th, 2019  |  29 mins 44 secs
    android, ar, mixed reality, mobile, mr, oculus, oculus go, virtual reality, vr, xamarin

    It's a slow start to the new year, which means it is time to talk about what we splurged on this holiday! Frank got himself a new Oculus Go, so why not talk about the state of VR, AR, and MR!

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    130: 2018 Retrospective & 2019 Predictions

    December 31st, 2018  |  53 mins 56 secs
    android, c#, dot-net, dot-net standard, ios, microprocessors, shared projects, xamarin, xamarin.forms, year review

    It is that wonderful time of the year where we get to reflect back on all of the amazing stuff from 2018 and also give our 2019 (and beyond) predictions in the world of development. We also take your questions for our end of the year lightning topics including: C# features we want, .NET Standard vs Shared Project, Xamarin.Forms 5.0, Microprocessors, and learning languages.

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    129: Never Nullable (Null Bad)

    December 24th, 2018  |  37 mins 2 secs
    android, c#, c# 8, dot-net, ios, nullable, nullable reference types, xamarin

    We enter the world of C# 8 nullable reference types! What does the migration look like? What are the benefits? Should you be turning on all the flags right now in your apps and libraries?

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    128: Professional Application Performance Monitoring

    December 17th, 2018  |  57 mins 21 secs
    android, apm, asp.net, crash reporting, dot-net, ios, monitoring, performance, raygun, xamarin

    This week we bring on an expert in application performance monitoring to tell us all of the things we are doing right, wrong, and ways to improve to have the best application and server experience for our users.

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    127: Connect(); 2018 Recap - .NET Core 3, VS 2019, Xamarin.Forms 4, and More!

    December 10th, 2018  |  1 hr 6 mins
    android, c# 8, connect, dot-net core, event, ios, xamarin, xamarin.forms

    We break down every little bit of the Microsoft Connect(); 2018 event including Visual Studio 2019, .NET Core 3, Xamarin.Forms 4.0, C# 8, and a whole lot more.

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    126: Collaborative Coding Magic

    December 3rd, 2018  |  36 mins 27 secs
    android, ios, live share, paired programming, programming, visual studio, vs live share, xamarin

    Paired programming has helped us through the years to solve critical problems together. It is also great for learning new skills or teach it to others and the space for collaborative paired programming has exploded recently with the introduction of VS Live Share. We discuss the past, present, and future.

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    125: Getting Fancy With Bluetooth Low Energy

    November 26th, 2018  |  49 mins 58 secs
    android, apis, ble, bluetooth, corebluetooth, hacking, ios, windows, xamarin

    Bluetooth is everywhere! What is Bluetooth Low Energy? Why does it matter for mobile devices and IoT devices and what can you do with it? We cover all of this and so much more!

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    124: All In On .NET Standard 2.1

    November 19th, 2018  |  36 mins 50 secs
    android, c#, dot-net, dot-net core, dot-net standard, ios, sharing code, xamarin

    We are all in on .NET Standard for sharing code between our projects and libraries for the community and things are about to get better with .NET Standard 2.1! We break down the latest news in the world of .NET Core 3.0 and .NET Standard 2.1!