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
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407: What the heck are tokens, embeddings, and GPTs anyways?
April 22nd, 2024 | 37 mins 6 secs
We are talking AI this week and trying to get to the basics. We take a look at what goes into GPTs and how these models figure things out.
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406: Creating Beautiful .NET Console Apps
April 15th, 2024 | 39 mins 41 secs
It is time to make our console apps look beautiful! There are some amazing libraries out there to help us out. We discuss!
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405: 30 Seconds to Wow
April 8th, 2024 | 37 mins 9 secs
Frank is getting ready to release an app and we talk through paid vs freemium, onboarding, and that magical 30 seconds to wow moment for his app.
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404: The Importance of Project Templates
April 1st, 2024 | 42 mins 42 secs
Templates, templates, templates. Project templates, item templates, default templates, custom templates, and beyond.
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403: That Time Apple Broke Java
March 25th, 2024 | 33 mins 29 secs
Whoops Apple broke Java and some .NET local development in macOS 14.4.
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402: AI Made Easy with Smart Components for ASP.NET Core Web Apps
March 18th, 2024 | 32 mins 30 secs
AI is here for your Blazor, MVC, and Razor pages apps with Smart Components and is super simple. Use a control and AI is infused and ready to go!
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401: The State of EVs - Renting, Driving, Owning
March 11th, 2024 | 1 hr 11 mins
Frank's Vision Pro app is live, was paid worth it? Also, James rented & drove an EV for the first time, we discuss.
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400: Your Burning Questions Answered
March 4th, 2024 | 1 hr 42 secs
Everything you ever wanted to know, answered.
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399: How to Build & Try to Release an Apple Vision Pro App
February 26th, 2024 | 37 mins 20 secs
Frank is deep in visionOS development and spatial computing. He has "shipped" his first app, but after waiting 5 days of it being "in review" what does he plan do to next as the stress builds.
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398: 2 Week Apple Vision Pro Review + .NET 9 Preview 1 Is Here
February 19th, 2024 | 45 mins 23 secs
Frank has had the AVP for a few weeks what does he think. Also we break down all the goodies in .NET 9 Preview 1!
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397: Podcasting Inside Apple Vision Pro
February 12th, 2024 | 49 mins 32 secs
Frank goes hands on with the Apple Vision Pro and loves it so much he decides to record the entire podcast while wearing it!
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396: Designing for the Apple Vision Pro
February 5th, 2024 | 42 mins 38 secs
We answer some of your developer related questions before we get our hands on the device such as how do we think of designing for the Apple Vision Pro?
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395: Buying The Apple Vision Pro
January 29th, 2024 | 34 mins 59 secs
Frank did it! He purchased the Apple Vision Pro. How was the process? What was the motivation? Does he have any regrets? We find out on this week's pod.
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394: 1BRC, Getting Spatial, & Importance of Source Control
January 22nd, 2024 | 37 mins 39 secs
Let's explore updates in the 1 Billion Row Challenge, Apple Vision Pro, and how important source control is and how James was so thankful for it recently.
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393: The Apple Vision Pro Developer Dilemma
January 15th, 2024 | 46 mins 5 secs
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392: The One Billion Row Challenge - .NET Edition
January 8th, 2024 | 38 mins 45 secs
How fast can you read in and parse a file with one billion rows of data? That is the challenge taking over the Java world, so Frank naturally attempts to do it in F# and .NET! Let's see how he did!