Everyone should build their own computer! This week we cover the ins and outs of building your own "Super" computer from scratch. We discuss where we got started building our own computers and what keeps us inspired to keep building them after all these years. All of this while Frank tries to explain to James what "Super" computer really means.

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Cross-platform user interface? Pipe dream or reality? Frank and James debate the Pros and Cons of Xamarin.Forms, an open source cross-platform user interface library from Xamarin. We discuss performance, look and feel, alternatives, and if we really should be using all those fancy data bindings on this week's show.

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It's lightning talks week here on Merge Conflict. We cover six topics in under thirty minutes! We take a look at topics that have been on our minds for a while and from our listeners. On this week's lightning talks episode we take a look at iMessage Apps, GPU Programming, Tensorflow, how to advertise an application, and ask the age old question... "Do I really need ALL the mobile platforms?".

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What better way to start 2017 than a crash course in fun new things for developers to start playing around with. We pick out our favorite topics that developers ought to know to try out in 2017. We look at new interactive ways of designing and building user interfaces, how to run .NET on Linux, how to properly use the linker, and finally how to compile C# & F# code to JavaScript.

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What does it take to enable and test In-App Purchases in your application? We cover the ins and outs of each step in the process. We walk through the different reasons why you may want to consider adding IAP, what is available, and how to simplify your life by not making the mistakes James has. In addition, we follow up on Episode 16 with a quick recap of the Nintendo Switch event.

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Frank is off traveling the world, but that hasn't stopped him from coding on the road. This week we take a look at being productive while away from home including the software and hardware to stay light and productive, how to get internet away from the US, and what complications we have both run into.

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Even though we love our world of C# sometimes we have to adventure into the great unknown to get things done. This week James and Frank explore new languages, new IDEs, and brand new services as they explore ways to finish their #HolidayHacks and try out new ideas. James takes a good hard look at building serverless applications with Azure Functions and Frank takes a look at his good old pal... PHP.

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The holidays are here and it is time to do some holiday hacking on things we wish we could have done this year. On this weeks episode Frank and James discuss their past Holiday Hacks and what they plan to accomplish before 2017 arrives. We want to hear from you by tweeting out #HolidayHacks with an @MergeConflictFM mention to let us know what you are planning to hack on this holiday.

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We love our IDEs and live in them most of the day, but it sure is nice to reach into their extensible frameworks and add even more productivity. On this week's show we chat about why there is a need for extensible IDEs, how you can extend them, and how we have personally extended them.

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Object-relational mappings, you can't live with them and can't live without them so you have probably written your own by now. When you out grow built in settings and need a database an ORM is a must and we decipher the need and implementations.

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