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 g ...
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Taking racial struggles to the throne of grace, United? We Pray is a ministry devoted to praying about racial strife—especially between Christians. United? We Pray (UWP) is a ministry to help Christians pray and think about racial strife. We want to encourage Christians amid the strife to rely upon God in prayer. So our prayers can be informed, we strive to learn and write about race, racism and its effects, and theology. We aim to be biblical, beneficial, and clear in all our efforts. While ...
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Keep up with the latest news in the world of mobile & desktop development with the official .NET MAUI podcast! Join your hosts Matt Soucoup and James Montemagno as they discuss the latest and greatest in native cross-platform mobile and desktop cloud development in .NET MAUI, Visual Studio, C#, F#, .NET, App Center, and Azure.
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Welcome to WRDS Count! Here you will find discussions around important and cutting edge topics in the field of writing studies hosted by faculty from the Department of Writing, Rhetoric and Digital Studies at UNC Charlotte!
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Welcome to the Wildlife Observer Network! A wildlife focused media platform consisting of podcasts, videos, and articles. WON is an outgrowth of the friends, stories, and ideas that brought you the Urban Wildlife Podcast and has expanded to other shows such as: On the Wing Travel Cast, Brothers in Birding, On Word for Wildlife, Herping Aint Easy, and others! We hope you find it easy to listen, enjoy, and share. Officially launched in January 2020 based in Philadelphia PA USA, Send us a messa ...
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440: Future of GPTs? Mac Desktops? Headphones?
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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 ⭐⭐ Machine transcription available on http://mergeconflict.fm Support Merge ConflictBy soundbite.fm
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439: One Month with the M4 Mac Mini - Developer Setup Breakdown
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It's been nearly a month since we got our Mac Mini M4 machines. How did the setup good, what went well, what didn't and how are we feeling about our $3K purchase? Buy Mac Mini on Amazon: https://amzn.to/49hjsQX Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Merge Conflict: Twitter, Facebook, Website, Chat on Discord Music : Ame…
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As many of you know, Isaac Adams, who founded our ministry is pastor of Iron City Church in Birmingham, Alabama. This week's episode is an excerpt of a sermon he recently preached on the perseverance of the black church. We hope this testimony of God's faithfulness encourages you! Support the show To learn more about United? We Pray, follow us on I…
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438: Jon Galloway - From Submarine Office to Software Developer
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James sits down with Jon Galloway to talk about his journey from submarine office to software developer and community advocate. 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 ⭐⭐ Machine transcription availab…
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Author and Pastor Ryan King joins Austin to talk about his new book, Every Man's Conscience, which explores the contributions of 17th Century Baptists to political theology. That might sound academic, but we have a lot to learn about honoring the conscience of our neighbors and Ryan has much help to offer. As counter-intuitive as it might seem to u…
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Let's discuss all things .NET 9! Keynote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikSNL-lxolc&list=PLdo4fOcmZ0oXeSG8BgCVru3zQtw_K4ANY&index=1 Blog: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-dotnet-9/ Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Merge Conflict: Twitter, Facebook, Website, Chat on Discord Music : Amethyst Seer -…
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History of Political Idolatry with Timothy Paul Jones
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Dr. Timothy Paul Jones is a professor at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He joins the show today to lend his historical expertise to our conversation about political idolatry. This is the final installment of the series, so if you haven't heard the others, we encourage you to check those out. Dr. Jones surprised us by quoting a lot of se…
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That's right we BOTH bought new mac minis! What configuration? Why did we do it? And we answer your questions! 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 ⭐⭐ Machine transcription available on http://merg…
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A little different this week. We're just praying for the nation. Please join us in doing so. LINKS & SHOW NOTES: This UWP Podcast Episode was produced by Josh Deng with editing by Roshane Ricketts. Support the show To learn more about United? We Pray, follow us on Instagram and keep exploring our website. Please consider rating the podcast on Apple…
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435: GitHub Universe Recap + M4 is here with a NEW Mac mini!!!
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Awesome new features for GitHub Copilit and Apple surprises us with new devices and the M4! 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 ⭐⭐ Machine transcription available on http://mergeconflict.fm Suppor…
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Election week is finally here. By the time the next episode airs, votes will be cast. Whether or not we know who won by this time next week. pastor Jared Torrence joins Austin this week to talk about what we need to remember to make sure our joy is tied to the eternal plan and character of God, regardless of who is in the white house. LINKS & SHOW …
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Syncfusion starts to contribute directly to .NET MAUI source code and also open sources 14 free controls for developers! We discuss. Links: .NET Blog: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/dotnet-maui-welcomes-syncfusion-open-source-contributions/ Syncfusion blog: https://www.syncfusion.com/blogs/post/syncfusion-open-source-net-maui-controls-cross-…
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Rev. Dr. Arthur Price, Jr. graciously hosted us at his home church: 16th St Baptist, which was home to a terrible bombing in 1963, which claimed the lives of four little girls. Though 16th St Baptist is a national historic landmark, Dr. Price is clear that his church is not a museum - it is a living, thriving outpost of gospel ministry. We hope you…
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Google may have to make substantial changes to the Google Play store. What does this mean for app developers? We break it down. 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 ⭐⭐ Machine transcription availab…
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Episode 125: Hello Xcode 16 & .NET 9 RC 2
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The latest in greatest for .NET MAUI is here with .NET 9 RC 2 which comes with plenty of awesome enhancements for mobile and desktop developers. We discuss Xcode 16 and iOS 18 support for both .NET 8 and .NET 9 and what to expect when upgrading your apps. Links: What's new: https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/maui/whats-new/dotnet-9 Follow Us: James…
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Jared Torrence is back with us to discuss the dynamics of raising mixed kids in multiracial families. As always on these family episodes, we are grateful for Jared sharing his experience, which is instructive for us whether we share his same family dynamic or not. Jared reminds us of the pillars we should be teaching our kids, which are especially …
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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 ⭐⭐ Machine transcription available on http://mergeconflict.fm Support Merge ConflictBy soundbite.fm
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Does Just Preaching the Gospel Kill Racism
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Pastor Jared Torrence of Covenant Fellowship Church in Glenn Mills, PA joins Austin to talk about the relationship between fighting racism and preaching the gospel. Pastor Jared reminds Christians of the power of God for both salvation and sanctification that are found in Jesus and the attitudes Christians should have toward all kinds of sin, racis…
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431: Put some Python in your C# with CSnakes
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Have you ever wanted to use some Python in your C# apps, but were stuck and had to spin up a web api to handle it? Not any more with CSnakes! Let's talk. 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 ⭐⭐ Mac…
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Author, evangelist, and apologist Preston Perry joins the show today to discuss his new book, How to Tell The Truth: The Story of how God Saved me to Win Hearts, Not Just Arguments (Tyndale, 2024). Preston has much wisdom to share about how Christians should engage the lost world around us. He teaches us about humility, boldness, and relying on God…
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430: iOS 18 & Apple Intelligence Preview Hands-On
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Frank makes the upgrade to iOS 18.1 to test out Apple Intelligence. Are the early day's of Apple AI any good? We find out.... 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 ⭐⭐ Machine transcription available…
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The Sufficiency of Scripture with Dr. Nate Brooks
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Dr. Nate Brooks, professor at the Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary joins Austin today to talk about a few important doctrines of the Christian faith. The first is the sufficiency of Scripture and the second is God's common grace. How are we to think about the Bible? What about other resources like books by non-Christians? Dr. Brooks gives …
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429: Hands-on with iPhone 16 Pro... Apple Intelligence Coming Soon
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We go hands-on with the new iPhone 16 Pro! That is right, Frank got it on release day and is a major upgrade from his previous device. How does it feel, how is the software, and what is the state of AI? Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Merge Conflict: Twitter, Facebook, Website, Chat on Discord Music : Amethyst Se…
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Adrianna Anderson is back once again as we wrap up our study through the Old Testament. Today we're looking at the Wisdom Literature of the Old Testament. There is so much in here about how to live a righteous life, how to seek and acquire wisdom, and how to live at peace with our fellow believers. If we would pay more attention to this portion of …
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We take a look at some of our favorite VS Code extensions including C# Dev Kit updates, Remote SSH, iOS and Android Archiver, and more! C# Dev Kit: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/whats-new-in-csharp-dev-kit-august-2024/ Remote SSH: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh iOS & Android Archiver: https:/…
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Dr. Paul D. Miller is a professor at Georgetown University's school of foreign service. He is a veteran, patriot, and author of The Religion of American Greatness: What's Wrong with Christian Nationalism (IVP: 2022). Dr. Miller joins Austin today to talk about Christian Nationalism - what it is, isn't, and what it gets wrong about both the church a…
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We break the latest rumors before today's big Apple event and pretend we were there and buying all the Apple goodies! 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 ⭐⭐ Machine transcription available on http…
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Austin is joined today by Dr. Robert Elder, Associate Professor of American History at Baylor University. We're talking about the Lost Cause - the myth that the Confederacy was a noble institution and those who fought for it are worthy of our veneration. The truth is more complicated, as we discuss. Dr. Elder is a model of both clarity and charity …
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426: Designing, Developing, Testing, & Productizing a Board Game with Ben Ruiz
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Buy Age of Angra: https://monumenthobbies.com/pages/age-of-angra James sits down with his good friend Ben to talk about how he designed, developed, tested, and fully productized his new board game Age of Angra. We go deep into what the process is like, how it compares to video game development, and of course all about Age of Angra! Ben: https://ben…
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In the final episode in this series on virtue, Kaitlyn Schiess joins us to think about the virtue of love, and how we as Christians can exercise this virtue in service of our neighbors. How can we love our neighbors with our politics? How can we cultivate the virtue of love in our hearts? How have we gotten this wrong in the past? What's the role o…
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Episode 124: CollectionView++, AI Goodies, and VS Code Setup
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It's time for another .NET MAUI Podcast with James, David, and Matt! This podcast we talk all about VS Code for .NET MAUI and some setup recommendations, new AI enhancements, and goodies coming to .NET MAUI in .NET 9 Preview 7 that you can try today! Links: James VS Code Setup Guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t2zzoW4D98 James Deploy to iOS G…
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We take a look at the brand new Native Library Interop for .NET MAUI developers to easily bind native libraries to C#! 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 ⭐⭐ Machine transcription available on htt…
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