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372: Buying a Nintendo Switch in 2023

August 21st, 2023  |  33 mins 55 secs

nintendo, nintendo switch, technology

Frank is interested in buying a Nintendo Switch... a 6+ year old device.... when is it too late to buy a piece of technology? We discuss.

371: The Problem with Walled Gardens in Apps

August 14th, 2023  |  37 mins 55 secs

There have been a lot of changes in the world of X/Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, and even how our favorite apps work or don't work without logging in. We discuss this new world walled garden and also the fall of LK-99!

370: The Rise of LK-99

August 7th, 2023  |  34 mins 59 secs

It is time for some lightning topics! We have all sorts of good ones including the new and maybe real LK-99 superconductor, a chat about MacCatalyst, should you use 3rd party libraries? What is on Frank's desk and when will this all end?

369: Scanning real world objects into ready-to-use 3D models with RealityKit

July 31st, 2023  |  42 mins 53 secs

We are diving back into RealityKit which got some nice updates and potentially some visionOS optimizations as well as we start to scan real world objects and turn them into digital goods!

368: Building .NET MAUI User Interfaces in C#

July 24th, 2023  |  33 mins 58 secs

.net maui, csharp, dotnet maui, markup

James does some experiments with building .NET MAUI UI without any XAML at all and completely in C#! We discuss the pros, cons, and if James will continue his journey to C# only!

367: NativeAOT for iOS & .NET MAUI Lands in VS Code

July 17th, 2023  |  39 mins 50 secs

.net, .net maui, dotnet, dotnetmaui, nativeaot, vscode

.NET 8 is on the way and we have some great updates on C# 12, NativeAOT for .NET iOS apps, and oh.... .NET MAUI gets a VS Code extension!!! Tune in!

366: Developing for visionOS

July 10th, 2023  |  42 mins 4 secs

Frank dives into building his first app with visionOS for the Apple Vision Pro headset and he walks through everything you need to know to get setup, interact with the simulator, and actually build an app.

365: Developing 3D Applications

July 3rd, 2023  |  35 mins 46 secs

We often get questions around building 3D apps and games and with visionOS getting it's first preview we thought it would be a great time to discuss in more detail for .NET developers.

364: What is an AI Developer?

June 26th, 2023  |  36 mins 41 secs

AI is all around us and everyone is talking about it. As a developer, what do we actually need to know to start developing for and with AI? Are we data scientists? Are we prompt engineers? Or are we just consumers of APIs? We discuss in this week's pod.

363: Getting Serious About Upgrades

June 19th, 2023  |  39 mins 28 secs

Let's talk about all good things upgrades! Upgrading to the new Mac Book Air M2? Upgrading Xcode? Upgrading macOS? Upgrading Android Billing Libraries? Upgrading Internet? Upgrading GPUs?!?! We got you covered!