Frank Krueger
Co-Host of Merge Conflict
Frank is an independent mobile developer living in Seattle, WA. He started work as an embedded systems engineer, moved on to be a web developer, and eventually found happiness as an iOS developer. He has written iCircuit - an interactive electronic circuit simulator that runs on all the great platforms; Calca - the text editor that is also a powerful calculator; and Continuous - a fun and powerful .NET IDE for the iPad. All the while, Frank has enjoyed releasing open source projects and contributing as much as he can to the software development community. His programming interests include computer graphics, simulation, programming languages, and artificial intelligence. When he's not at his computer, you can usually find him hiking around some mountain or sleeping in a tent by a river.
Frank Krueger has hosted 466 Episodes.
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463: Good and Bad Vibes
May 19th, 2025 | 40 mins 51 secs
James has some great vibes and Frank hits some stumbles and is looking for some guidance and next steps.
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462: Are Apps Dead?
May 12th, 2025 | 55 mins 26 secs
AI is everywhere and evolving quickly. How is it transforming our lives, our development process, and what does the future hold?
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461: Merge Conflict REACTS - 7 Programming Myths
May 5th, 2025 | 53 mins 46 secs
We break down Fireship's 7 programming myths to see if we agree.
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460: I Only Vibe Code Now
April 28th, 2025 | 1 hr 1 min
James is all in Vibe Coding, what really is "end of life" for software and for devices, Switch 2 pre-orders are on, and new Mac mini docks!
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Data Access Evolution & AI with Michael Pizzo - Microsoft Data Expert
April 24th, 2025 | 12 mins 59 secs
My interview with Microsoft's Michael Pizzo—a true trailblazer with over 30 years at Microsoft. Michael began his journey integrating Excel with relational data, and went on to play a pivotal role in the design of ODBC, OLE DB, and ADO.NET, driving standards and innovation every step of the way. Now a Principal Architect in our Identity Division, his influence is felt in modern tools like Microsoft Graph. Let's dive into his incredible story!
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459: Red Robin's Auto Scaling Problems
April 21st, 2025 | 34 mins 40 secs
Red Robin recently rolled out a massively successful promotion for unlimited burgers for a month for $20... but with success comes huge demand... how did they scale up? What could have they have done? What should that have done?
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457: Nintendo Switch 2, MCP Remote Servers, & Vibe Coding Games
April 7th, 2025 | 38 mins 21 secs
Nintendo has unveiled the Switch 2 so we discuss, more MCP, and we vibe code non stop!
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455: 3D Printing for Profit
March 24th, 2025 | 30 mins 17 secs
James has a great interaction with an etsy seller who collaborated on a design that was completely 3D printed for coffee equipment. We discuss.
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454: Let's ship some .NET iOS & Android apps! CI/CD Deep Dive
March 17th, 2025 | 44 mins 20 secs
Frank is all in on GitHub actions on his newly updated iOS & Android Apps with .NET 8 and .NET 9. Let's dive through his yaml!
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453: All Things .NET Trimming & Native AOT
March 10th, 2025 | 45 mins 15 secs
It's time to not just AOT our apps, but make our libraries AOT compatible & trimmable so others can leverage these improvements.
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452: Building a 2MB iOS app in Swift & Xcode
March 3rd, 2025 | 40 mins 45 secs
Frank is off building amazing things for iOS and they are tiny, but feature rich. How did Frank build his latest app to be only 2MB in Swift?
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451: Mac mini dongles & AI?!?!
February 24th, 2025 | 36 mins 51 secs
AI, USB dongles, more AI, and more dongles? What is even going on this episode?
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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.