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    <description>Merge Conflict is a weekly discussion with Frank and James on all things development, technology, &amp; 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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  <itunes:subtitle>Using too many libraries and your app size is too big? Don't worry the linker is here to save the day! That's right the Mono linker and .NET Native are here to shrink that app and library size and can be highly customized.</itunes:subtitle>
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Follow Us
Frank: &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/praeclarum"&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt;,  &lt;a href="http://praeclarum.org"&gt;Blog&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://github.com/praeclarum"&gt;GitHub&lt;/a&gt;
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    <![CDATA[<p>Using too many libraries and your app size is too big? Don&#39;t worry the linker is here to save the day! That&#39;s right the Mono linker and .NET Native are here to shrink that app and library size and can be highly customized. We take a look at why you would want to use the linker, how to preserve code from getting linked, and how to optimize your libraries and apps.</p>

<h3>Follow Us</h3>

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<li>Frank: <a href="http://twitter.com/praeclarum" target="_blank">Twitter</a>,  <a href="http://praeclarum.org" target="_blank">Blog</a>, <a href="http://github.com/praeclarum" target="_blank">GitHub</a></li>
<li>James: <a href="http://twitter.com/jamesmontemagno" target="_blank">Twitter</a>,  <a href="https://montemagno.com" target="_blank">Blog</a>, <a href="http://github.com/jamesmontemagno" target="_blank">GitHub</a></li>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Using too many libraries and your app size is too big? Don&#39;t worry the linker is here to save the day! That&#39;s right the Mono linker and .NET Native are here to shrink that app and library size and can be highly customized. We take a look at why you would want to use the linker, how to preserve code from getting linked, and how to optimize your libraries and apps.</p>

<h3>Follow Us</h3>

<ul>
<li>Frank: <a href="http://twitter.com/praeclarum" target="_blank">Twitter</a>,  <a href="http://praeclarum.org" target="_blank">Blog</a>, <a href="http://github.com/praeclarum" target="_blank">GitHub</a></li>
<li>James: <a href="http://twitter.com/jamesmontemagno" target="_blank">Twitter</a>,  <a href="https://montemagno.com" target="_blank">Blog</a>, <a href="http://github.com/jamesmontemagno" target="_blank">GitHub</a></li>
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