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 463 Episodes.
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301: Going Beyond ZSH
April 11th, 2022 | 35 mins 53 secs
bash, dotnet, fish shell, powershell, shell, terminal, xamarin, zsh
Where did my bash go says James! Well I am swimming with Fish over here says Frank! We explore what the heck is going on in terminals on all of the different operating systems and how to get them setup to your liking.
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300 Episodes of Merge Conflict!
April 4th, 2022 | 1 hr 11 mins
.net maui, android, celebration, ios, maui, xamarin
We take your questions live on .NET MAUI, the state of mobile development, how to teach the next generation, and so much more!
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299: Databases shouldn’t allow delete
March 28th, 2022 | 36 mins 47 secs
android, database, ios, sqlite, xamarin
Frank explains to James why and how he is doing databases all wrong!
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298: The Great M1 Conspiracy
March 21st, 2022 | 36 mins 41 secs
apple, dotnet, ios, m1, m1 ultra, m2, mac, rumors, xamarin
Frank has a grand conspiracy theory when it comes to what is going on with the M1 Ultra and M2. We discuss why they glued two chips together.
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297: The Ultra Apple Event Recap
March 14th, 2022 | 49 mins 47 secs
apple, apple event, ipad, iphone, iphone se, m1, m1 ultra, mac studio, mobile, xamarin
We have a full breakdown of the latest Apple event with M1 Ultra, new Mac Studio, iPhone SE 3rd gen, and a new iPad!
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296: NSUrl, Security Scope, & Bookmarks
March 7th, 2022 | 46 mins 24 secs
.net, .net maui, android, dotnet maui, ios, macos, nsurl, security, windows, xamarin
Who doesn't love security? Who doesn't love security inside of the app sandbox?!?! We break down file-access and all of its complexity when building sandboxed apps for iOS, macOS, Android, and Windows!
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295: Two ways to do the same thing
February 28th, 2022 | 35 mins 26 secs
android, apis, compatibility, ios, machine learning, macos, new apis, xamarin
What to do when there are new APIs that improve but don't deprecate old ones? Do you throw away your old code? Write compatibility layers? Or do you just keep on with what you have? We discuss.
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294: Hello .NET 7, C# 11, and !!
February 21st, 2022 | 36 mins 41 secs
.net 7, c#, csharp, ios, xamarin
It’s here already…!!!??!!!! That’s right, .NET 7 is on its way with awesome new features.
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293: dotnet-trace with dotnet-monitor through dotnet-dsrouter
February 14th, 2022 | 41 mins 32 secs
android, dotnet, dotnet-monitor, dotnet-trace, ios, mac, windows, xamarin
Measure, measure, measure with dotnet-trace a "new" tool that Frank has been exploring to make apps super performant.
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292: Developer Guide to In-App Subscriptions
February 7th, 2022 | 57 mins 34 secs
android, billing, dotnet maui, iap, ios, maui, subscription, xamarin, xamarin.forms
James is back on in-app purchases and this time has a complete deep dive into all things in-app subscriptions!
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291: GitHub Actions All The Things
January 31st, 2022 | 52 mins 49 secs
app center, cd, ci, continuous delivery, github, github actions, ios, macos, xamarin
Frank is finally all in on continuous integration and continuous delivery with .NET 6 and he did it all with GitHub actions!
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290: The .NET MAUI Episode
January 24th, 2022 | 45 mins
android, dotnet maui, ios, maui, minimal api, visual studio, windows, xamarin
We answer all of your questions! Which seem to mostly be about .NET MAUI :)
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289: App Publishing Road Blocks
January 17th, 2022 | 44 mins 4 secs
android, cd, ci, dotnet, dotnet 6, ios, macos, xamairn.forms, xamarin
Frank is in a rush to try to get out an app into the app store in record time, but he runs up against those bumps that we have talked about so many times. We discuss his biggest road blocks.
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288: Turning Hacks into Reality
January 10th, 2022 | 41 mins 5 secs
android, animal crossing, app store, freemium, ios, island tracker, paid apps, turnips, xamarin
We give an update to our holiday hacks that have become real things that we need to actually care about. Did we go too far, or not far enough? We discuss.
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287: Tech Highs and Lows of 2021
January 3rd, 2022 | 53 mins 54 secs
android, crypto, ios, metaverse, nft, uwp, xamarin
We break down the winners and laggers in tech from 2021 as we look forward to the excitement of what is to come in 2022.
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286: Hacking 3D Holograms with .NET
December 27th, 2021 | 44 mins 28 secs
.net, android, c#, dotnet, holograms, raspberry pi, xamarin, xamarin.forms
It is time for our holiday hacks! Frank is building and printing awesome 3D holograms with .NET and James is building apps for his favorite cross-country ski sno-park!