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

  • 324: Revisiting GitHub Copilot

    September 19th, 2022  |  32 mins 28 secs
    android, copilot, dotnetmaui, github, ios, maui, visual studio, vs code, xamarin

    It has been several months since we last talked about GitHub Copilot, the automated AI coding friend inside of Visual Studio & Visual Studio Code. Let's revisit and give our hands on thoughts of what we think of this new technology.

  • 323: Let's Get Ultra Dynamic on an Island

    September 12th, 2022  |  56 mins 43 secs

    It's time to break down the latest Apple new with the latest iPhone, Apple Watch, and AirPods.

  • 322: Making Money with Subscriptions

    September 5th, 2022  |  41 mins 46 secs
  • 321: ML In The Browser - transformers-js

    August 29th, 2022  |  39 mins 14 secs

    Frank figured out a way of hosting and performing full machine learning in the browser with no servers!

  • 320: All the .NETs

    August 22nd, 2022  |  39 mins 42 secs
  • 319: ML Cuneiform Translations

    August 15th, 2022  |  42 mins 29 secs

    Frank decides to create an ML model to translate Akkadian and Sumerian!

  • 318: Fixing Performance Issues

    August 8th, 2022  |  37 mins 57 secs
    .net, .net maui, android, c#, ios, performance, xamarin

    We diagnosed and fixed performance problems in the wild and we break down how we did it and what you need to know.

  • 317: Performance Benchmarking Code

    August 1st, 2022  |  35 mins 7 secs
  • 316: Hosting Websites & Web Apps for Free

    July 25th, 2022  |  36 mins 5 secs
    azure, blazor, cloudflare, functions, html, static web apps, web dev

    After a quick update on Frank's drone, we dive into the world of static web apps, websites, and pages that are completely free to host on different platforms.

  • 315: A Proper Podcast

    July 18th, 2022  |  33 mins 8 secs
    life

    This is something special....

  • 314: Pixy Review - Snap's Mini Drone

    July 11th, 2022  |  44 mins 41 secs
    drone, pixy, review, snap, snapchat

    Our brand new Pixy drone by Snap is here and we break down every positive and negative of this adorable little drone.

  • 313: Stop Using Junk In Your Apps

    July 4th, 2022  |  37 mins 58 secs
    .net maui, android, csharp, dotnet, dotnet maui, ios, ironpython, xamarin

    It is a random topic week because we don't know what to talk about in-depth, so we chat up iOS 16 Beta, C# partial methods, scoped keyword, and running python inside of C# on an iPhone with IronPython!

  • 312: dotnet workload

    June 27th, 2022  |  32 mins 49 secs
    .net, .net maui, android, dotnet, ios, workload, xamarin

    This week try to demystify the new workload system in .NET! .NET MAUI, Blazor WASM, Source Control, Continuous Integration, and more!

  • 311: Goodbye Passwords, Hello Passkeys

    June 20th, 2022  |  32 mins 8 secs
    ios, macos, passkey, passkeys, passwords, security, xamarin

    We break down the big announcement from WWDC that is going to eliminate passwords forever!! Or will it?

  • 310: WWDC 2022 Recap

    June 13th, 2022  |  50 mins 33 secs
    ios, ipados, macos, wwdc, wwdc 2022, xamarin

    Everything you need to know about the latest in iOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS, iPadOS, and so much more from WWDC 2022!

  • 309: Where did my OpenGL go?

    June 6th, 2022  |  32 mins 14 secs
    .net maui, dotnet maui, graphics, mac catalyst, maccatalyst, maui, opengl, xamarin

    Frank tried to build a MacCatalyst app with OpenGL and soon realizes that it doesn't exists!!?!?!