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

  • 423: Should we be building TV apps?

    August 12th, 2024  |  39 mins 14 secs

    Google TV Streamer is here.... which has us thinking... should we care about building apps for connected tv devices?

  • 422: An Introduction to Continuous Integration & Delivery

    August 5th, 2024  |  51 mins 31 secs

    Let's take a step back and talk about CI/CD.

  • 421: .NET Aspire 8.1 Is Here! Let's GOOOOO!!!!

    July 29th, 2024  |  40 mins 41 secs

    Python support, new dockerfile support, and so many new components! We discuss .NET Aspire 8.1's release

  • 420: Life, VS Code, All The TOPS, and .NET 9

    July 22nd, 2024  |  53 mins 19 secs

    It is time for lightning topics! We talk about .NET 9 and the latest previews, finalizing Mac development setup, too many pop ups in VS Code, Life off Twitter, Dark Icons, and new HP AMD laptops!

  • 419: An Ideal Mobile Developer Setup on macOS

    July 15th, 2024  |  38 mins 36 secs

    James is setting up a fresh macOS install and is ready to get .NET MAUI ready to go. Now the question is how... Xcode, VS Code, Android Studio, SDKs, emulators, simulators, and so much more!

  • 418: Is AI Really Intelligent?

    July 8th, 2024  |  35 mins 17 secs
  • 417: How Starlink Really Works

    July 1st, 2024  |  37 mins 22 secs

    After a year of Starlink was it worth it? How do you set it up? How does the technology work? Frank breaks it down.

  • 416: Going Light + How Spatial Video Really Works

    June 24th, 2024  |  43 mins 48 secs

    We talk about James going "light" with the light phone and also going big on 3D and taking an in-depth look at Spatial Videos.

  • 415: Apple Intelligence & WWDC 2024 Recap

    June 17th, 2024  |  1 hr 18 mins

    It is that time of year again and it is infused with AI... Apple Intelligence and all sorts of goodies for iOS, iPadOS, visionOS, macOS, watchOS, and more! Let's get into WWDC 2024!

  • 414: x86 is BACK!

    June 10th, 2024  |  32 mins 34 secs

    Intel and AMD are back with their latest CPUs and NPUs and are Copilot+ PC Ready!

  • 413: Google Takeout in Action

    June 3rd, 2024  |  43 mins 21 secs

    It's time to cut the cord... I mean streaming music service? James is going on a journey of getting rid of all music services. How is it going?

  • 412: Copilot+ PCs & Everything .NET at Build 2024

    May 27th, 2024  |  48 mins 31 secs
  • 411: AI 4o, Google I/O, .NET Aspire, & #XamarinGaveMe

    May 20th, 2024  |  42 mins 5 secs

    OpenAI and Google are back with some new AI models that can talk to each other! .NET Aspire is getting close to release and Xamarin end of life is here, so we reflect back.

  • 410: The New AI Powered iPad Pro

    May 13th, 2024  |  56 mins 30 secs

    Apple had it's big event, but what do these new devices mean for developers? Are we impressed, is thin to thin? Why can't we have the M4 in our development machines? We discuss.

  • 409: Let's Discuss AI Devices

    May 6th, 2024  |  1 hr 2 mins

    The Rabbit R1 and Humane AI pin are here! Is this the future of AI devices? We discuss what we really think and what we really want.

  • 408: Fine Tuning Minimal App Requirements

    April 29th, 2024  |  34 mins 43 secs

    With a lack of control and power to specify what hardware is required when publishing your app has left Frank in a predicament. We discuss what Apple could do to improve this for developers.