We also cover Switch becoming the 7th largest console of all time, people STILL buying the heck out of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, the latest Metroid Dread Report looking back at the past 35 years of Metroid, Niantic getting pushback on Pokemon Go changes, Mario Golf Super Rush getting a free update, and Nintendo re-releasing Hanafuda cards!

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James had an awesome feature request for his app, but it required storing thousands of rows of data. Instead of relying on decades old best practices he decided to roll his own serialization... was that the best? SQLite-net creator Frank lets him have it.

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On this weeks episode we discuss the rumors for the next Nintendo Direct! Also, we found out (kind of) why Nintendo wasn't featured in the Olympics, the new Pokemon Snap DLC, some mediocre Animal Crossing updates, Metroid Dread Amiibo, and the new games coming to Switch Online!

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James sits down with Maddy Leger, Program Manager for .NET MAUI and Xamarin tooling at Microsoft, to hear about her journey from her first PC to working at one of the world's largest tech companies.

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Special Guest: Maddy Leger.

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Open source software funds from Microsoft exist and Ooui was nominated! We talk about the process and how that evolved into contributing to .NET MAUI!

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This week we discuss the Steam Deck and compare it to the Switch OLED. We also talk about Pokemon Unite, fixing drift in your Joy-Cons once and for all, pre-ordering the OLED, Reggie sharing leadership lessons and inspiring stories in his new book, and the delayed Zelda Amiibo

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Frank and I decided to build and upgrade our computers. How did we decide what to build and what are we building them for?

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We're back and this week we finally got the news we've all been waiting for! Or did we? Either way, we discuss the new Nintendo Switch OLED! We also talk about the new Super Mario Movie, Monster Hunter Stories 2 post-launch roadmap, winning 15 Monster Hunter Amiibo, buy edibles from Nintendo, and Zelda selling for WAY too much money at auction!

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GitHub Copilot is here, and Frank goes hands on with the new service that provides code recommendations directly in VS Code.

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