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...
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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 530 episodes521: 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...
511: Terminals, Remote Sessions, No More Watches!
In episode 511 James and Frank dig into audio gear (why impedance matters and the pros/cons of hardware DSP and headphone high‑power modes),...
510: AI Agents: Claws, Copilot, GUI vs CLI Debate
James and Frank dig into the messy world of AI agents—Claudes, Copilots, “claws”—and why now is the wrong time to over-box these tools. They...
509: How AI Fleets Fixed 31 Issues in Two Days
In this episode Frank and James riff on everything from accidental source‑map leaks (yes, even Apple slips up) to using Copilot and multi‑ag...
508: Agentic Workflows - Markdown Automation for GitHub Actions
At MVP Summit we dig into Agentic Workflows — write Markdown prompts that drive AI agents to run CI, open PRs, and automate cross‑repo tasks...
507: iCircuit UI Roast: Toolbar, Popovers, and Polish
In Episode 507 James grills Frank about UI choices in his iCircuit app—crowded toolbars, popover behavior on iPhone vs iPad, and flaky TestF...
506: We have no skills
James and Frank unpack the exploding world of AI coding agents—covering instructions, MCP tools, custom agents, hooks, plugins and why “skil...
505: 8GB of RAM Isn't Good Enough #MacBookNeo
On this episode we wade through Apple’s drip‑fed “event week,” from the budget iPhone 17E to the new MacBook Neo/Air M5 and the pricey Studi...
504: 15 Years of iCircuit
Frank Kruger celebrates iCircuit’s 15‑year journey—from an iPad‑era $20 launch and surprising overnight success to the present—unpacking the...
503: Welcome to Tiny Tool Town
On this episode we dive into Tiny Tool Town — a GeoCities‑style app hub for tiny developer utilities — and James walks us through building T...