459: Red Robin's Auto Scaling Problems

It may be our geekiest podcast yet as we somehow chat about the new Span and Memory value types in C# 7.2 and all the optimized goodness that they bring to .NET applications! We also dive through James's not so optimized code to see how it could take advantage of these new structures. SUPPORT US ON PATREON: patreon.com/mergeconflictfm Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Merge Conflict: Twitter, Facebook, Website Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface

9 Apr 201835min

James is back from GDC, the Game Developers Conference, and he has games on his mind! We take a look at the state of game development for .NET developers in 2018 and at some of the large announcements from GDC. James also sits down for our first interview with Shaun Peoples from Durham Games to talk about their upcoming iOS and Android game Foodie Trucks that is built with Unity and C#. SUPPORT US ON PATREON: patreon.com/mergeconflictfm Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Merge Conflict: Twitter, Facebook, Website Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface

2 Apr 201849min

This week Apple announced their brand new plan for bringing the iPad to classrooms with a brand new cheaper iPad, new software, and a new SDK for developers to create content. We breakdown the entire event with our thoughts on if their plan will work. SUPPORT US ON PATREON: patreon.com/mergeconflictfm Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Merge Conflict: Twitter, Facebook, Website Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface

28 Mars 201826min

Yes! Half way to 180 episodes! We are back for lightning talks covering not 6 but 7 different topics this week! We take a quick recap of web assembly, but jump directly into Flutter, React Native, source control, serverless computing, progressive web apps, and more. SUPPORT US ON PATREON: patreon.com/mergeconflictfm Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Merge Conflict: Twitter, Facebook, Website Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface

26 Mars 201848min

You read that correct, you can now run .NET Code directly in your browser with WebAssembly and Mono and it is absolutely amazing. On top of that you can run Xamarin.Forms and ASP.NET applications directly in the browser without any plugins. Frank explains how this all works. SUPPORT US ON PATREON: patreon.com/mergeconflictfm Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Merge Conflict: Twitter, Facebook, Website Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface

19 Mars 201844min

It is that time of year to sit down and analyze F# and how absolutely awesome it is! Frank and James talk through some features that make it a delightful programming language. They also chat about the MVP summit, cool new features, and talk about their heroes. SUPPORT US ON PATREON: patreon.com/mergeconflictfm Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Merge Conflict: Twitter, Facebook, Website Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface Proudly recorded on Zencastr

12 Mars 201851min

Frank is ready to start his next app and he is completely skipping cross-platform development... or is he?!?! We investigate what to do with File->New and how to start the architecture for your next app. Why target the platform specific APIs instead of cross-platform APIs? What is Frank doing and how is he going to handle the situation where he wants to go to a new platform?! SUPPORT US ON PATREON: patreon.com/mergeconflictfm Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Merge Conflict: Twitter, Facebook, Website Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface Proudly recorded on Zencastr

5 Mars 201840min

"It works on my machine" is a statement of the past with containers! Docker, Kubernetes, Pods, Registries, Swarms, and Spheres! So much to learn and so much awesome. This week we break down what containerized development truly means, what it is good for, how you use these services, and how you can go do something today! SUPPORT US ON PATREON: patreon.com/mergeconflictfm Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Merge Conflict: Twitter, Facebook, Website Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface Proudly recorded on Zencastr Big thanks to our new patrons this week: Thomas, Robin, Carl, Kym, Lars, Kalle, Homero, and Adam!

26 Feb 201839min