We close out 2023 with some lightning topics including our favorite editor features, Tesla robots, AI Updates, Transcribing Scrolls, and plenty of holiday hacks. Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Merge Conflict: Twitter, Facebook, Website, Chat o … | Continue reading
We discuss it all and the future of .NET! Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Merge Conflict: Twitter, Facebook, Website, Chat on Discord Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface ⭐⭐ Review Us (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/merge-confl … | Continue reading
For the very first time, Heather joins James for a chat about transitioning from individual contributor to manager in the engineering role. We also discuss hybrid work, some best practices, and how we are trying to increase capacity for innovation. Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, … | Continue reading
.NET 8 brings a lot of enhancements to Native AOT to helps apps start faster, improve performance, and reduce app size... but there are limitations such as reflection. We discuss as this is Frank's passion. Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Merge … | Continue reading
James is out and about, but we have plenty to chat about when it comes to .NET Conf 2023, plus a full recap of all things OpenAI Dev Day, and we answer your questions around if you should start a business when you publish apps. We break it down. .NET Conf: https://dotnetconf.net … | Continue reading
James is out and about, but we have plenty to chat about when it comes to .NET Conf 2023, plus a full recap of all things OpenAI Dev Day, and we answer your questions around if you should start a business when you publish apps. We break it down. .NET Conf: https://dotnetconf.net … | Continue reading
This week we take a look at a macOS Sonoma feature that allows you to put widgets on your desktop AND bring your iPhone widgets over. We talk about the feature and also a little widget development as well! Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Merge … | Continue reading
We break down Apple's latest hardware event with M3 chips, new Mac Book Pro devices, and of course we look at what else is scary fast including .net maui! Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Merge Conflict: Twitter, Facebook, Website, Chat on Disco … | Continue reading
Frank's all time favorite game is getting a remaster... but should it? Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Merge Conflict: Twitter, Facebook, Website, Chat on Discord Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface ⭐⭐ Review Us (https://itunes.app … | Continue reading
James found an iPhone on the ground completely destroyed and unable to turn on, what happens next will blow your mind! Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Merge Conflict: Twitter, Facebook, Website, Chat on Discord Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine b … | Continue reading
We have so many goodies this lightning topic episode including llama.cpp, some Xamarin goodness in the latest .NET 8 RC 2, and so much more! Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Merge Conflict: Twitter, Facebook, Website, Chat on Discord Music : Ame … | Continue reading
This week we take a deeper dive into how Google is forcing developers with Google Play Billing to constantly update their apps with ridiculous breaking changes every year. We also dive into central package management for NuGet and so much more. Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, Git … | Continue reading
Did Frank just find the ultimate bug macOS's control center?!?! Is it burning cycles of your CPU and wasting precious power? We break down his findings and if this really is a problem. Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Merge Conflict: Twitter, Fa … | Continue reading
Wow, what a week! Not only did the new iPhones release, so did iOS 17! We break down what developer need to know and what new features they may want to implement. We also discuss the latest in .NET 8 with the release candidates available and the Microsoft Surface and AI event whe … | Continue reading
We have the full break down of the Apple event including the new iPhone 15 with spatial video, 5x, zoom, usb-c, and of course the Apple Watch Series 9! Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Merge Conflict: Twitter, Facebook, Website, Chat on Discord … | Continue reading
Buying a new car is difficult any time, but in 2023 we have a lot of options, gas, hybrid, all electric. Frank is out shopping for a new vehicle, what path did he go down, and how was his experience? Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Merge Confli … | Continue reading
After 16 hours of being in the air with 2 layovers and multiple rounds of security checks, James and Frank sit down to talk about the lagging advancements in airport security and specifically how AI is having an impact. Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, … | Continue reading
That is right... .NET 8 RC isn't out yet and .NET 9 is here already and we installed it! We discuss how to install the latest bits of .NET and why you may need them. Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Merge Conflict: Twitter, Facebook, Website, Ch … | Continue reading
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. Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Merge Conflict: Twitter, Facebook, Website, Chat on Discord Music : Amethy … | Continue reading
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! Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, G … | Continue reading
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? Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Jam … | Continue reading
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! Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Merge Conflict: Twitter, … | Continue reading
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! Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Merge Conflict: Twitter, Facebook … | Continue reading
.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! Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Merge Conflict: Twitter, Facebook, Website, Chat on Discord Mus … | Continue reading
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. Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Merge … | Continue reading
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. Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Merge Conflict: Twitter, Fa … | Continue reading
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. Follow Us Frank: Twitter, … | Continue reading
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! Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub M … | Continue reading
It is follow up week on some topics we touched on earlier. We first break down our thoughts on C# 12's new Collection Literals, Apple Vision Pro + iCircuit, iOS 17, and some great developer productivity feature for .NET. Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog … | Continue reading
WWDC is here and we breakdown everything you need to know from the keynote and developer state of the union! From iOS 17, new watch features, iPadOS, and yes, the new Vision Pro! We got you covered. Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Merge Conflic … | Continue reading
We are days away from WWDC so instead of making you wait a week we have our predictions first and then will break down with a special episode after the event! Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Merge Conflict: Twitter, Facebook, Website, Chat on D … | Continue reading
It's that time again for lighting topics! This week we first recap and give our impressions of Microsoft Build 2023 and then tackle some of your questions! 1. Passkeys (vs passwords + MFA) Pros and cons of apps with UI on Canvas How worried should we be about LLM AI’s not being a … | Continue reading
James is on a mission to get his app on as many platforms as possible. This time he dives through his journey of getting his Android apps into the Amazon App Store which also means onto Windows 11! What did he have to do and what was the experience like for his end users? Follow … | Continue reading
It's conference season and Google kicks off things with lots and lots of AI at Google I/O 2023. We break down the latest happenings from the main keynotes including new Android Wear APIs, Pixel folding devices, AI infused Android Studio, Android 14, WebAssembly goodies, and so mu … | Continue reading
That is right! Everyone's favorite MP3 player is back! This time due to a collaboration with Guardians of the Galaxy, but it doesn't matter because Hanselman and others have found ways to revive it in 2023. We discuss the Zune software, UI stack, why we loved it, and why it may h … | Continue reading
When is the right time to sunset software from the app store? How about a library up on NuGet? What is the right way to do it for your customers and folks using your software? We discuss in this weeks podcast. Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Me … | Continue reading
It is that time of year again! New C# features! That is right, .NET 8 Preview 3 just dropped and with it is the first preview features of C# 12 including Primary constructors for non-record classes and structs, using aliases for any type, and default values for lambda expression … | Continue reading
With Microsoft Build and .NET 8 right around the corner, the team is hard at work optimizing the runtime to fit full Native AOT apps down under 1.44MB! That is right, it fits fully on a floppy disk! We discuss all things AOT and what you need to know. Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Bl … | Continue reading
Let's get deeper into ChatGPT and GTP-4 this with Bing Chat and the newly integrated side bar of Microsoft Edge. Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Merge Conflict: Twitter, Facebook, Website, Chat on Discord Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adve … | Continue reading
They did it! The Twitter Algorithm is open source! We break down how it works, what is in it, and how why you should care (or not). Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Merge Conflict: Twitter, Facebook, Website, Chat on Discord Music : Amethyst See … | Continue reading
Frank tries to explain his favorite F# feature and also discussion the C# proposal for union types! Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Merge Conflict: Twitter, Facebook, Website, Chat on Discord Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface ⭐⭐ … | Continue reading
It is time for some lightning topics and we go big on AI with GPT-4, infused ChatGPT everywhere, and we answer your questions from the past few months! Oh... and Sauna... and SVB discussion! Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Merge Conflict: Twitt … | Continue reading
We figured our how to run a windows exe on windows with .net maui! Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Merge Conflict: Twitter, Facebook, Website, Chat on Discord Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface ⭐⭐ Review Us (https://itunes.apple.c … | Continue reading
Frank builds a command line interface for ChatGTP with .NET! Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Merge Conflict: Twitter, Facebook, Website, Chat on Discord Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface ⭐⭐ Review Us (https://itunes.apple.com/us/ … | Continue reading
Franks heads back to create apps for games from the 1990s with .NET MAUI Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Merge Conflict: Twitter, Facebook, Website, Chat on Discord Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface ⭐⭐ Review Us (https://itunes.a … | Continue reading
Native AOT can be used for more than just making super fast apps... you can compile your libraries down to C and use them anywhere! Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Merge Conflict: Twitter, Facebook, Website, Chat on Discord Music : Amethyst See … | Continue reading
We talk about .NET Standard, XamarinLegacyCompat, Android Support, and all sorts of forward/backwards compatibility. Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Merge Conflict: Twitter, Facebook, Website, Chat on Discord Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by … | Continue reading
Frank journeys into Swift with a little CoreData and CloudKit. Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Merge Conflict: Twitter, Facebook, Website, Chat on Discord Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface ⭐⭐ Review Us (https://itunes.apple.com/u … | Continue reading