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

  • 483: Never too late to migrate & modernize

    October 6th, 2025  |  50 mins 4 secs

    It's true, you can migrate and modernize your app at any stage... but it is really important when you can no longer ship app updates because you really need to update to newer frameworks!

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    482: 1 Day Apps

    September 29th, 2025  |  1 hr 2 mins

    Frank and James set out to build some fun new apps in under a day.

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    481: Hello iOS 26 & macOS 26 + Listener Questions Answered!

    September 22nd, 2025  |  54 mins 50 secs

    We give our hands on impression of the latest iOS 26 and macOS 26 and how it has impacted our recent development of software. We also re diving through the listener bag of questions and answering as many as we can on a plethora of topics.

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    480: Hello iPhone 17

    September 15th, 2025  |  53 mins 20 secs

    New iPhone, Apple Watch, AirPod pro, and also the official release of iOS 26, macOS 26, and so much more. We break it all down.

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    479: All in on Spec-Driven Development

    September 8th, 2025  |  44 mins 23 secs

    We discuss what spec-driven development is and a new toolkit from GitHub that seeks to streamline the approach when using AI.

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    478: macOS 26... Something is wrong here...

    September 1st, 2025  |  42 mins 6 secs

    Frank has the latest macOS 26 betas... and something is off. We discuss what is happening and if there is hope.

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    477: From Spark, To Blazor, To Mobile, To Production in 1 Day

    August 25th, 2025  |  59 mins 54 secs

    James went from GitHub Spark prototype, to a full Blazor static web apps, and then converted into a Hybrid app with .NET MAUI and Blazor, and automated builds and deployments to TestFlight all in 1 day. We discuss in all the details of the good, bad, and way too difficult.

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    476: GPT-5 Is Here, What's next?

    August 18th, 2025  |  46 mins 24 secs

    OpenAI has unleased GPT-5 to the world, what is our take, and what is next?

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    475: We Built 6 Apps with GitHub Spark

    August 11th, 2025  |  1 hr 10 mins

    We took GitHub Spark for a spin to build apps in minute and publish them out to the world! In just a few hours we created 6 apps! What was the experience, what was the good, what was the bad, and how are we going ot use this in the future?

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    474: Apple Intelligence for C# and .NET

    August 4th, 2025  |  35 mins 40 secs

    Frank brings apple intelligence APIs to C#! We discuss!

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    473: The Catalyst for Frank's new Kitty!

    July 28th, 2025  |  28 mins 2 secs

    Frank got a new cat! Let's discuss!

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    472: How I Vibe Coded a SaaS with VS Code

    July 21st, 2025  |  59 mins 37 secs

    James has been vibe coding a full production site completely with VS Code and walks us through his steps to get to production and almost to the point of accepting money from customers!

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    471: Cracking Open VS Code AI Agent Mode Code

    July 14th, 2025  |  55 mins 48 secs

    Frank has explored the VS Code AI Chat Agent Mode code base. We discuss.

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    470: AI Assisted Coding, .NET MAUI 10, and CarPlay for Everyone

    July 7th, 2025  |  59 mins 28 secs

    It's lightning topic time! AI Assisted Coding, Archiving a Library, .NET MAUI XAML in .NET 10, 1 Month of Switch 2, CarPlay Live Activities, and new .NET MAUI 10 features.

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    469: New MCP Server Features

    June 30th, 2025  |  43 mins 40 secs

    Resources, sampling, prompts, and more!

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    468: aspire CLI, dotnet run app.cs, C# 14 field

    June 23rd, 2025  |  36 mins 6 secs

    We are revisiting some of our favorite recent previews for .NET developers that you may have missed out on!