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

  • 292: Developer Guide to In-App Subscriptions

    February 7th, 2022  |  57 mins 34 secs
    android, billing, dotnet maui, iap, ios, maui, subscription, xamarin, xamarin.forms

    James is back on in-app purchases and this time has a complete deep dive into all things in-app subscriptions!

  • 291: GitHub Actions All The Things

    January 31st, 2022  |  52 mins 49 secs
    app center, cd, ci, continuous delivery, github, github actions, ios, macos, xamarin

    Frank is finally all in on continuous integration and continuous delivery with .NET 6 and he did it all with GitHub actions!

  • 290: The .NET MAUI Episode

    January 24th, 2022  |  45 mins
    android, dotnet maui, ios, maui, minimal api, visual studio, windows, xamarin

    We answer all of your questions! Which seem to mostly be about .NET MAUI :)

  • 289: App Publishing Road Blocks

    January 17th, 2022  |  44 mins 4 secs
    android, cd, ci, dotnet, dotnet 6, ios, macos, xamairn.forms, xamarin

    Frank is in a rush to try to get out an app into the app store in record time, but he runs up against those bumps that we have talked about so many times. We discuss his biggest road blocks.

  • 288: Turning Hacks into Reality

    January 10th, 2022  |  41 mins 5 secs
    android, animal crossing, app store, freemium, ios, island tracker, paid apps, turnips, xamarin

    We give an update to our holiday hacks that have become real things that we need to actually care about. Did we go too far, or not far enough? We discuss.

  • 287: Tech Highs and Lows of 2021

    January 3rd, 2022  |  53 mins 54 secs
    android, crypto, ios, metaverse, nft, uwp, xamarin

    We break down the winners and laggers in tech from 2021 as we look forward to the excitement of what is to come in 2022.

  • 286: Hacking 3D Holograms with .NET

    December 27th, 2021  |  44 mins 28 secs
    .net, android, c#, dotnet, holograms, raspberry pi, xamarin, xamarin.forms

    It is time for our holiday hacks! Frank is building and printing awesome 3D holograms with .NET and James is building apps for his favorite cross-country ski sno-park!

  • 285: is not null

    December 20th, 2021  |  31 mins 32 secs
    .net, c#, csharp, dotnet, null, xamarin

    More C# features coming at you! Ones that you totally need to know about!

  • 284: C# 10 Global & Implicit Usings

    December 13th, 2021  |  31 mins 55 secs
    .net 6, android, c#, c# 10, csharp, csharp 10, dotnet 6, global usings, implicit usings, ios, using directives, xamarin, xamarin.forms

    Are global and implicit usings controversial? It seem so, we discuss all the details of this awesome C# 10 feature.

  • 283: The Metaverse - When, where, why

    December 6th, 2021  |  40 mins 19 secs
    meta, metaverse, ready player one, snow crash, xamarin

    Are we already living in a metaverse?

  • 282: Automating Protocols

    November 29th, 2021  |  31 mins 57 secs
    desktop, development, ios, mac, macos, maui, mobile, protocol, scheme, xamarin

    Custom schemes, http schemes, protocols, they are a pain to develop for, but are so powerful! After years of using them, we finally figured out how to automate it and we have a lot of ideas!

  • 281: C# 10, .NET MAUI, Blazor Hybrid, and more!

    November 22nd, 2021  |  47 mins 44 secs
    .net 6, .net maui, blazor, blazor hybrid, dotnet, dotnet maui, maui, xamarin

    .NET Conf is over and we get hands on with live .NET 6 bits and get excited about all sorts of new features! We cover all sorts of goodies in this lighting topic podcast.

  • 280: .NET 6 and Visual Studio 2022 are here!

    November 15th, 2021  |  42 mins 32 secs
    .net conf, .net maui, dotnet 6, maui, vs 2022, xamarin, xamarin.forms

    We break down the latest in .NET 6, VS 2022, and all of .NET Conf 2021.

  • 279: What are Azure Container Apps?

    November 8th, 2021  |  34 mins 11 secs
    .net, azure, container apps, dapr, docker, dotnet, kubernetes, microservices, xamarin

    Deploy containerized apps without managing complex infrastructure. Write code using your preferred programming language or framework, and build microservices with full support for Distributed Application Runtime (Dapr). Scale dynamically based on HTTP traffic or events powered by Kubernetes Event-Driven Autoscaling (KEDA).

  • 278: Inside .NET Hot Reload

    November 1st, 2021  |  46 mins 42 secs
    .net hot reload, android, asp.net core, blazor, dotnet, dotnet maui, hot reload, ios, microsoft, xamarin

    Frank recently dove into the inner workings of .NET Hot Reload and came out with a bunch of fun facts of how ti works! We discuss.

  • 277: MacBook Pro & Pixel 6 Event Recaps

    October 25th, 2021  |  50 mins 9 secs
    android, apple, ios, macbook pro, macos, pixel 6, xamarin

    What a week full of new hardware! MacBook Pro devices, Pixel 6, and so much more!