343: A Mac Mini To Rule Them All!

We celebrate iCircuit Pro, Frank's long await update to iCircuit with a subscription! Then we break down the latest Apple hardware event with new Mac Book Pro models, Mac Minis, and oh... the HomePod?!?! Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Merge Co … | Continue reading


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342: Democratizing AI... and GPT3

OpenAI as a service is here! We discuss! 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-confli … | Continue reading


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341: Frank Masters In-App Subscriptions

Finally Frank goes all in on in-app purchases in his apps and talks about how he went about implementing subscriptions in iCircuit. Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Merge Conflict: Twitter, Facebook, Website, Chat on Discord Music : Amethyst See … | Continue reading


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340: CES, IoT, Security, & Roasting Coffee

It is time for lightning topics from YOU! We cover some of the latest happenings at CES including some new IoT things, some IoT security, and a bit of coffee roasting :) Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Merge Conflict: Twitter, Facebook, Website … | Continue reading


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339: Building a DIY Smart Thermostat with .NET

After a quick recap of our top "things" from 2022, we discuss Frank's holiday hack, a DIT smart thermostat powered by .NET and ML.NET! Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Merge Conflict: Twitter, Facebook, Website, Chat on Discord Music : Amethyst … | Continue reading


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338: Android Publishing Complexities

Frank drives into all of the complexities with android publishing including API targeting, AndroidX, and so much more. 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


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337: Drawing Lines on Maps

James gets into maps and drawing all sorts of points and lines. We discuss. 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://itune … | Continue reading


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336: ChatGPT

Let's go! ChatGPT time! 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-conflict/id1133064277?m … | Continue reading


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335: All in on Codespaces

We explore the world of GitHub Codespaces and all the joy that it can bring to development. 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 U … | Continue reading


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334: 7 Awesome New Features in .NET 7

.NET 7 is a major update to the .NET platform and it comes packed with some awesome new features! In this podcast, we'll take a look at some of the most important new features in .NET 7 and what you need to know about them if you're using .NET 7 in your development work. https:// … | Continue reading


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333: How to REALLY ship apps

Signing, provisioning, certificates, oh my! We break down what you need to know on how to really ship apps to the app store. Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Merge Conflict: Twitter, Facebook, Website, Chat on Discord Music : Amethyst Seer - Cit … | Continue reading


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332: .NET Conf 2022 Recap - All Things .NET 7

Finally .NET Conf is here with all the latest news and information! We break down all the .NET 7 new and our favorite sessions from the conference. Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Merge Conflict: Twitter, Facebook, Website, Chat on Discord Musi … | Continue reading


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331: .NET 7 is here! C# 11, Performance, and more!

.NET 7 is just about here and .NET Conf is tomorrow (November 8-10). There have been tons of great blogs announcing new features and performance gains. Let's discuss. Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Merge Conflict: Twitter, Facebook, Website, C … | Continue reading


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330: Twitter, Metaverse, USB-C, App Store Ads... OH MY!

It is that time of the podcast where we do lighting topics! This time we are covering upgrading iPhone, Twitter takeover, the next social/metaverse platform, USB-C standards, and Apple's Ads on the App Store. Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Mer … | Continue reading


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329: Is iPadOS Ready for Stage Manager?

iPadOS 16 is here and with it are a bunch of new fancy iPads that Apple just released. We break down the latest Apple event and products and give a hands on review of Stage Manager. Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Merge Conflict: Twitter, Faceb … | Continue reading


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328: Microsoft Surface Event 2022 Recap

We break down all of the latest goodies that Microsoft has from the latest Surface event including all of the new hardware, accessories, and software. Oh, and ARM on Windows is here in the main line Surface lineup with a whole bunch of AI features! Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, … | Continue reading


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327: Worst Upgrade Process Ever

Frank has one heck of a journey trying to setup his new iPhone 14 Pro. From iCloud backups to eSim transfer.... it was an exciting adventure. How did it end and what is his overall review of the new phone? Tune-in! Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitH … | Continue reading


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326: Frank Contemplates In-App Subscriptions

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-conflict/id1133064277?mt=2&ls=1) ⭐⭐ Machine tra … | Continue reading


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325: Managing & Maintaining .NET Libraries (.NET 7 RC Is Here!)

As cross-platform developers we build all sorts of libraries that need to target multiple frameworks. How do we do it? What do we need to do with .NET 6 and .NET 7!?!?! We discuss. Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Merge Conflict: Twitter, Facebo … | Continue reading


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324: Revisiting GitHub Copilot

It has been several months since we last talked about GitHub Copilot, the automated AI coding friend inside of Visual Studio & Visual Studio Code. Let's revisit and give our hands on thoughts of what we think of this new technology. Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: T … | Continue reading


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323: Let's Get Ultra Dynamic on an Island

It's time to break down the latest Apple new with the latest iPhone, Apple Watch, and AirPods. Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Merge Conflict: Twitter, Facebook, Website, Chat on Discord Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface ⭐⭐ Revie … | Continue reading


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322: Making Money with Subscriptions

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-conflict/id1133064277?mt=2&ls=1) ⭐⭐ Machine tra … | Continue reading


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321: ML In The Browser - transformers-js

Frank figured out a way of hosting and performing full machine learning in the browser with no servers! 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


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320: All the .NETs

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-conflict/id1133064277?mt=2&ls=1) ⭐⭐ Machine tra … | Continue reading


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319: ML Cuneiform Translations

Frank decides to create an ML model to translate Akkadian and Sumerian! 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.ap … | Continue reading


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318: Fixing Performance Issues

We diagnosed and fixed performance problems in the wild and we break down how we did it and what you need to know. Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Merge Conflict: Twitter, Facebook, Website, Chat on Discord Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Ad … | Continue reading


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317: Performance Benchmarking Code

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-conflict/id1133064277?mt=2&ls=1) ⭐⭐ Machine tra … | Continue reading


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316: Hosting Websites & Web Apps for Free

After a quick update on Frank's drone, we dive into the world of static web apps, websites, and pages that are completely free to host on different platforms. Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Merge Conflict: Twitter, Facebook, Website, Chat on D … | Continue reading


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315: A Proper Podcast

This is something special.... 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-conflict/id113306 … | Continue reading


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314: Pixy Review - Snap's Mini Drone

Our brand new Pixy drone by Snap is here and we break down every positive and negative of this adorable little drone. 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


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313: Stop Using Junk In Your Apps

It is a random topic week because we don't know what to talk about in-depth, so we chat up iOS 16 Beta, C# partial methods, scoped keyword, and running python inside of C# on an iPhone with IronPython! Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Merge Conf … | Continue reading


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312: dotnet workload

This week try to demystify the new workload system in .NET! .NET MAUI, Blazor WASM, Source Control, Continuous Integration, and more! Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Merge Conflict: Twitter, Facebook, Website, Chat on Discord Music : Amethyst S … | Continue reading


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311: Goodbye Passwords, Hello Passkeys

We break down the big announcement from WWDC that is going to eliminate passwords forever!! Or will 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 … | Continue reading


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310: WWDC 2022 Recap

Everything you need to know about the latest in iOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS, iPadOS, and so much more from WWDC 2022! Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Merge Conflict: Twitter, Facebook, Website, Chat on Discord Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by A … | Continue reading


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309: Where did my OpenGL go?

Frank tried to build a MacCatalyst app with OpenGL and soon realizes that it doesn't exists!!?!?! Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Merge Conflict: Twitter, Facebook, Website, Chat on Discord Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface ⭐⭐ Re … | Continue reading


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308: James & Frank Go To Build 2022!

Frank and James cover all the great developer bits from Build 2022 including Win UI 3, Project Voleterra, Arm64, .NET MAUI Launch, and so much more. Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Merge Conflict: Twitter, Facebook, Website, Chat on Discord Mus … | Continue reading


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307: All in on .NET MAUI

.NET MAUI is here, and Frank is all in on building apps with it! He has started to migrate his apps and shares his journey! Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Merge Conflict: Twitter, Facebook, Website, Chat on Discord Music : Amethyst Seer - Citr … | Continue reading


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306: How to Contribute to OSS

Frank had his first PR merged into iOS and macOS for .NET! We explore his journey to getting it accepted Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Merge Conflict: Twitter, Facebook, Website, Chat on Discord Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventurefac … | Continue reading


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305: Breaking Your Own APIs

When is the time to make breaking changes that could completely upset every single user of your library? James is in this situation, and we discuss his options. Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Merge Conflict: Twitter, Facebook, Website, Chat on … | Continue reading


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304: Snap's Pixy... the future of drones?

A $230 drone... with no controller... with no GPS.... is this the future? 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. … | Continue reading


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C# 11 is coming in hot with some awesome new previews and we break down our favorite features. Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Merge Conflict: Twitter, Facebook, Website, Chat on Discord Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface ⭐⭐ Revie … | Continue reading


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302: .NET MAUI Release Candidate Is Here!

It is go time with the .NET MAUI RC!! 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-conflict/ … | Continue reading


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301: Going Beyond ZSH

Where did my bash go says James! Well I am swimming with Fish over here says Frank! We explore what the heck is going on in terminals on all of the different operating systems and how to get them setup to your liking. Register for James's webinar with Syncfusion on .NET MAUI & Bl … | Continue reading


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300 Episodes of Merge Conflict!

We take your questions live on .NET MAUI, the state of mobile development, how to teach the next generation, and so much more! Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Merge Conflict: Twitter, Facebook, Website, Chat on Discord Music : Amethyst Seer - C … | Continue reading


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299: Databases shouldn’t allow delete

Frank explains to James why and how he is doing databases all wrong! Email us for episode 300 - mergeconflictfm@gmail.com Watch episode 300 live - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIyENBHwRX0 Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Merge Conflict: Twitt … | Continue reading


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298: The Great M1 Conspiracy

Frank has a grand conspiracy theory when it comes to what is going on with the M1 Ultra and M2. We discuss why they glued two chips together. Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Merge Conflict: Twitter, Facebook, Website, Chat on Discord Music : Am … | Continue reading


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