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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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!
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391: Our Predictions for Apple in 2024
January 1st, 2024 | 1 hr 7 mins
Hello 2024! Let's talk about what we think is coming for Apple when it comes to hardware, software, and AI!
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390: Goodbye 2023
December 25th, 2023 | 44 mins 10 secs
We close out 2023 with some lightning topics including our favorite editor features, Tesla robots, AI Updates, Transcribing Scrolls, and plenty of holiday hacks.
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389: Wasm, WASI, and Beyond!
December 18th, 2023 | 34 mins 44 secs
We discuss it all and the future of .NET!
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388: Developer to Manager, Hybrid Success, & Capacity for Innovation
December 11th, 2023 | 53 mins 37 secs
For the very first time, Heather joins James for a chat about transitioning from individual contributor to manager in the engineering role. We also discuss hybrid work, some best practices, and how we are trying to increase capacity for innovation.
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387: System.Reflection & Native AOT
December 4th, 2023 | 50 mins 20 secs
.NET 8 brings a lot of enhancements to Native AOT to helps apps start faster, improve performance, and reduce app size... but there are limitations such as reflection. We discuss as this is Frank's passion.
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386: .NET Conf 2023 Recap
November 27th, 2023 | 55 mins 5 secs
We break down everything you need to know from .NET Conf 2023 and .NET 8 release!