James Montemagno
Co-Host of Merge Conflict
James Montemagno is a Principal Program Manager for Mobile Developer Tools at Microsoft. He has been a .NET developer since 2005 working in a wide range of industries including game development, printer software, and web services. Prior to becoming a Principal Program Manager, James was a professional mobile developer and has now been crafting apps since 2011 with Xamarin. In his spare time, he is most likely cycling around Seattle or guzzling gallons of coffee at a local coffee shop.
James Montemagno has hosted 490 Episodes.
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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!
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467: There was AI at WWDC 2025
June 16th, 2025 | 1 hr 16 mins
A little Nintendo Switch 2 review and then we go full on with WWDC 2025!