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  • 538: AI Agents Rebuild My 13-Year-Old Blog

    October 26, 2026 · 56 min

    James shares how Copilot CLI helped rebuild 13 years of blog posts as a faster, customizable static site—and how AI can turn spoken ideas into polished posts and launch videos. Along the way, the hosts cover new iOS/Xcode requirements…

  • 537: Going ULTRA with RTX Spark and New Surface Devices

    October 19, 2026 · 57 min

    Microsoft’s new Surface Laptop Ultra pairs an ARM chip with NVIDIA RTX graphics and unified memory, promising workstation-class power for creators and local AI—at a premium price. The conversation explores why CUDA support and Windows ML…

  • 536: Decisions, Microsoft-Decision-1, Decisions

    October 12, 2026 · 40 min

    This week we look at decision models, which have gone from a novelty to something every AI lab is now building. We start with a practical detour: where do you actually sell a high-end Mac mini these days? We compare local marketplaces and…

  • 535: Next-Gen Siri: Disappointingly Not the Chatbot We Wanted

    October 5, 2026 · 47 min

    James and Frank explore Apple's next-gen Siri and iOS 27 updates with mixed results—the chatbot fell short of expectations despite hype. They dive into AI agents, smart home automation potential, and why Apple's scattered AI integration…

  • 534: Why Developers Are Obsessed with Budget LLMs (Jev, Luna, & more)

    September 28, 2026 · 40 min

    Discover the emerging classifier revolution with Jev—a radical new take on LLMs that ditches generation for lightning-fast categorization. Plus, deep dives into the latest model releases (Luna, GPT-6 Sol, Claude Opus 5.5), practical…

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  • 533: iPhone Duo Development: Navigating Dual Screens and Layouts

    September 21, 2026 · 45 min

    Apple's new iPhone Duo promises a game-changing foldable experience, but developers face a minefield of technical challenges. James and Frank break down the critical app adaptation work required—from handling multiple screen permutations…

  • 532: HydraFusion: Multi-Model Orchestration Changes Everything

    September 14, 2026 · 43 min

    In this week's episode, James and Frank dive deep into how their approach to working with AI models has fundamentally shifted over the past few months. We explore a game-changing realization: you don't always need the most expensive…

  • 531: How AI Saved Our Lost Podcast Recording

    September 7, 2026 · 38 min

    In Episode 531 James and Frank recount a near‑disastrous data loss when local recordings died seven minutes in, forcing them to rely on Zencastr's cloud-recovery button and a hopeful rescue email. They walk through the panic and the clever…

  • 530: WinUI Goes Open Source & Mac Mini/Studio Upgrades!

    August 31, 2026 · 1 hr 6 min

    This episode kicks off with WinUI’s shift to open‑source‑first—what the GitHub‑centric workflow means for Windows devs—and James and Frank’s hands‑on tales modernizing apps, CI/CD, and the surprisingly smooth Microsoft Store pipeline. They…

  • 529: Agent, MCP, and Tooling: Taming Cross‑Platform DevFlows

    August 24, 2026 · 43 min

    In this update-packed episode James and Frank dive into developer tooling: the VS Code Mobile Canvas that embeds emulators into your editor, MAUI DevFlow’s rewrite enabling plain .NET/native (and desktop AppKit) support, and the growing…

  • 528: Build, Ship, Repeat: AI Tools Changing App Development

    August 17, 2026 · 40 min

    In episode 528 James and Frank riff on software updates, AI-powered documentation and rapid app-building—covering a WebAssembly Oh My Posh demo, a LocalMorph/FFmpeg bridge, and MAUI-native builds—showing how AI can speed onboarding…

  • 527: AI Agents Meet Mobile: GitHub Copilot Canvas Revolution

    August 10, 2026 · 50 min

    AI agents are revolutionizing mobile development! James and Frank explore GitHub's new Mobile Canvas extension that lets AI agents see and interact with iOS and Android apps in real-time, no matter what framework you're using. They discuss…

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About the show

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.