531: How AI Saved Our Lost Podcast Recording
In Episode 531 James and Frank recount a near‑disastrous data loss when local recordings died seven minutes in, forcing them to rely on Zenc...
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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...
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20 of 539 episodes530: WinUI Goes Open Source & Mac Mini/Studio Upgrades!
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...
529: Agent, MCP, and Tooling: Taming Cross‑Platform DevFlows
In this update-packed episode James and Frank dive into developer tooling: the VS Code Mobile Canvas that embeds emulators into your editor,...
528: Build, Ship, Repeat: AI Tools Changing App Development
In episode 528 James and Frank riff on software updates, AI-powered documentation and rapid app-building—covering a WebAssembly Oh My Posh d...
527: AI Agents Meet Mobile: GitHub Copilot Canvas Revolution
AI agents are revolutionizing mobile development! James and Frank explore GitHub's new Mobile Canvas extension that lets AI agents see and i...
526: GitHub Stacked PRs: Managing Complex Code Changes
In this episode, James and Frank dive deep into GitHub's biggest release in years: Stacked Pull Requests. Learn how this long-awaited featur...
525: Why Christopher Nolan's IMAX Vision is Fading
In this episode, James and Frank explore the bittersweet reality of experiencing cinema in 2026, starting with Frank's disappointing discove...
524: A .NET MAUI AI Revolution
On episode 524 James and Frank dive into the new .NET MAUI developer stack—covering the MAUI CLI/Maui Doctor that auto-provisions SDKs and e...
523: UI.md - Opinionated design rules for coding agents
Frank releases UI.md, a practical markdown guide distilled from 25 years of software development that captures essential UI/UX principles to...
522: Our Thoughts on Slate: The $25K Modular Pickup Changing EVs
James and Frank dig into Slate’s modular electric pickup — a $24,950, 205‑mile, no-frills truck you can customize later — and unpack how fac...
521: Polish Matters: UI, Icons, and AI Design Fails
Episode 521 James and Frank obsess over “polish”: the tiny design and packaging details that make apps feel finished. They start with impecc...
520: Inside the New GitHub Copilot App: Sessions, Canvases, Automations
This episode dives into the new GitHub Copilot app — a hub for agent sessions, multi‑repo orchestration, PR‑first workflows, automations and...
519: WWDC Deep Dive: Apple’s New AI for Developers
James and Frank break down WWDC’s developer-focused news—from Apple’s AI push (local models, a new private cloud for foundation models, and...
518: Windows is Back! New Microsoft AI Coding Models
Microsoft Build 2026 brought a major shift: homegrown AI models designed for efficiency and real-world developer workflows. From the cost-ef...
517: Plan First, Think Less: Save Tokens, Improve Code
Episode 517 starts with a light chat about AI avatars and new text‑to‑speech deepfakes before diving into LLM “thinking” modes—what baked‑in...
516: Evolving Agent Session Management
James and Frank unpack AI-driven development shifts—agent SDKs, session management, and the rise of agent-first UIs like Google’s anti-gravi...
515: Mini-LED, IPS, and the Great Monitor Rabbit Hole
James and Frank share thrift‑store monitor triumphs (and a retro Wii audio nightmare) before diving into a no‑nonsense guide to buying displ...
514: Running Local LLMs in VS Code
In this episode James and Frank dive into running AI coding models locally versus in the cloud—BYOK/Open Router, VS Code’s chat/agent harnes...
513: Agents Over Chat: The Future of Developer Workflows
James and Frank explore the future of developer workflows powered by AI agents, revealing how developers are shifting from coders to testers...
512: Does Matter Really Matter?
After a quick round of Apple dev updates, James and Frank dive into Matter — why Frank went from skeptic to devotee and why it’s poised to f...