Merge Conflict
Join Frank & James for a weekly discussion on the world of technology and development including C#, F#, .NET, web, mobile, and more.
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492: SwiftData & CloudKit Sync "Just Work" Right? [Boosted Audio]
December 8th, 2025 | 51 mins 18 secs
James and Frank break tradition by recording Merge Conflict together in person, sharing laughs about ferries, sea shanties, and their annual Seattle holiday meetup. The conversation dives deep into Swift Data versus Core Data, CloudKit syncing, and the quirks of building modern apps with AI assistance. Along the way, James reveals his new weight‑tracking app experiment, complete with charts, HealthKit integration, and lessons learned from coding on planes and trains.
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488: Breaking Down the 2025 Octoverse Report
November 10th, 2025 | 54 mins 41 secs
In this year’s Octoverse, we uncover how AI, agents, and typed languages are driving the biggest shifts in software development in more than a decade.
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480: Hello iPhone 17
September 15th, 2025 | 53 mins 20 secs
New iPhone, Apple Watch, AirPod pro, and also the official release of iOS 26, macOS 26, and so much more. We break it all down.
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479: All in on Spec-Driven Development
September 8th, 2025 | 44 mins 23 secs
We discuss what spec-driven development is and a new toolkit from GitHub that seeks to streamline the approach when using AI.
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462: Are Apps Dead?
May 12th, 2025 | 55 mins 26 secs
AI is everywhere and evolving quickly. How is it transforming our lives, our development process, and what does the future hold?
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430: iOS 18 & Apple Intelligence Preview Hands-On
September 30th, 2024 | 53 mins 16 secs
Frank makes the upgrade to iOS 18.1 to test out Apple Intelligence. Are the early day's of Apple AI any good? We find out....
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429: Hands-on with iPhone 16 Pro... Apple Intelligence Coming Soon
September 23rd, 2024 | 46 mins 4 secs
We go hands-on with the new iPhone 16 Pro! That is right, Frank got it on release day and is a major upgrade from his previous device. How does it feel, how is the software, and what is the state of AI?
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415: Apple Intelligence & WWDC 2024 Recap
June 17th, 2024 | 1 hr 18 mins
It is that time of year again and it is infused with AI... Apple Intelligence and all sorts of goodies for iOS, iPadOS, visionOS, macOS, watchOS, and more! Let's get into WWDC 2024!
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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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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!