Merge Conflict
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.
Episodes
October 6, 2025 • 50 mins
It's true, you can migrate and modernize your app at any stage... but it is really important when you can no longer ship app updates because you really need to update to newer frameworks!
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James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
Merge Conflict: Twitter, Facebook, Website, Chat on Discord
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September 29, 2025 • 62 mins
Frank and James set out to build some fun new apps in under a day.
Hotkey Typer - https://github.com/jamesmontemagno/app-hotkeytyper
Pupillary Distance Ruler - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pupillary-distance-ruler/id6752308010
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September 22, 2025 • 54 mins
We give our hands on impression of the latest iOS 26 and macOS 26 and how it has impacted our recent development of software. We also re diving through the listener bag of questions and answering as many as we can on a plethora of topics.
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September 15, 2025 • 53 mins
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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James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
Merge Conflict: Twitter, Facebook, Website, Chat on Discord
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September 8, 2025 • 44 mins
We discuss what spec-driven development is and a new toolkit from GitHub that seeks to streamline the approach when using AI.
Links:
Blog: https://github.blog/ai-and-ml/generative-ai/spec-driven-development-with-ai-get-started-with-a-new-open-source-toolkit/
GitHub: https://github.com/github/spec-kit
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September 1, 2025 • 42 mins
Frank has the latest macOS 26 betas... and something is off. We discuss what is happening and if there is hope.
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James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
Merge Conflict: Twitter, Facebook, Website, Chat on Discord
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August 25, 2025 • 59 mins
James went from GitHub Spark prototype, to a full Blazor static web apps, and then converted into a Hybrid app with .NET MAUI and Blazor, and automated builds and deployments to TestFlight all in 1 day. We discuss in all the details of the good, bad, and way too difficult.
Link:
- My Score Keeper: https://github.com/jamesmontemagno/blazor-scorekeeper
- Frank's Post: https://praeclarum.org/2025/08/19/maui-cicd.html
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August 18, 2025 • 46 mins
OpenAI has unleased GPT-5 to the world, what is our take, and what is next?
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James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
Merge Conflict: Twitter, Facebook, Website, Chat on Discord
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August 11, 2025 • 70 mins
We took GitHub Spark for a spin to build apps in minute and publish them out to the world! In just a few hours we created 6 apps! What was the experience, what was the good, what was the bad, and how are we going ot use this in the future?
Links:
https://github.com/spark
https://ocean-trade-navigato--praeclarum.github.app
https://calca-share--praeclarum.github.app
https://urdf-robot-builder--praeclarum.github.app
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August 4, 2025 • 35 mins
Frank brings apple intelligence APIs to C#! We discuss!
https://github.com/praeclarum/CrossIntelligence/
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Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
Merge Conflict: Twitter, Facebook, Website, Chat on Discord
Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface
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July 28, 2025 • 28 mins
Frank got a new cat! Let's discuss!
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Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface
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July 21, 2025 • 59 mins
James has been vibe coding a full production site completely with VS Code and walks us through his steps to get to production and almost to the point of accepting money from customers!
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Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
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Merge Conflict: Twitter, Facebook, Website, Chat on Discord
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July 14, 2025 • 55 mins
Frank has explored the VS Code AI Chat Agent Mode code base. We discuss.
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Merge Conflict: Twitter, Facebook, Website, Chat on Discord
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July 7, 2025 • 59 mins
It's lightning topic time! AI Assisted Coding, Archiving a Library, .NET MAUI XAML in .NET 10, 1 Month of Switch 2, CarPlay Live Activities, and new .NET MAUI 10 features.
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Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
Merge Conflict: Twitter, Facebook, Website, Chat on Discord
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June 30, 2025 • 43 mins
Resources, sampling, prompts, and more!
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Merge Conflict: Twitter, Facebook, Website, Chat on Discord
Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface
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June 23, 2025 • 36 mins
We are revisiting some of our favorite recent previews for .NET developers that you may have missed out on!
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James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
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June 16, 2025 • 76 mins
A little Nintendo Switch 2 review and then we go full on with WWDC 2025!
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James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
Merge Conflict: Twitter, Facebook, Website, Chat on Discord
Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface
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June 9, 2025 • 49 mins
There was a time when James made games professionally, Frank dives into James' past!
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June 2, 2025 • 52 mins
James is coding several apps a month and Frank is coding inside the Apple Vision Pro... what could go wrong.
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James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
Merge Conflict: Twitter, Facebook, Website, Chat on Discord
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May 26, 2025 • 67 mins
Wow! What a week at Microsoft Build 2025 for GitHub Copilot, VS Code, Visual Studio, .NET, and so much more. We get into it!
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James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
Merge Conflict: Twitter, Facebook, Website, Chat on Discord
Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface
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