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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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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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James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
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Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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OpenAI has unleased GPT-5 to the world, what is our take, and what is next?
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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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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
https://social-media-insight--jamesmontemagno.github.app/
https://team-signature-colle--jamesmontemagno.github.app/
https://pet-insulin-tracker--jamesmontemagno.github.app/
https://squirrel-herder-adve--jamesmontemagno.github.app/
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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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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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Frank got a new cat! Let's discuss!
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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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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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James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
Merge Conflict: Twitter, Facebook, Website, Chat on Discord
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Frank has explored the VS Code AI Chat Agent Mode code base. We discuss.
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James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
Merge Conflict: Twitter, Facebook, Website, Chat on Discord
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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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James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
Merge Conflict: Twitter, Facebook, Website, Chat on Discord
Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface
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Resources, sampling, prompts, and more!
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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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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
Merge Conflict: Twitter, Facebook, Website, Chat on Discord
Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface
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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
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There was a time when James made games professionally, Frank dives into James' past!
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James is coding several apps a month and Frank is coding inside the Apple Vision Pro... what could go wrong.
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Merge Conflict: Twitter, Facebook, Website, Chat on Discord
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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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Merge Conflict: Twitter, Facebook, Website, Chat on Discord
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James has some great vibes and Frank hits some stumbles and is looking for some guidance and next steps.
Frank vibes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gFn1eGS6Ls
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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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AI is everywhere and evolving quickly. How is it transforming our lives, our development process, and what does the future hold?
Link:
YCombinator Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TECDj4JUx7o
Frank Codes YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@frankcodes
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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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This podcast was awesome. I have always had issues properly using cancellation tokens.
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