521: Polish Matters: UI, Icons, and AI Design Fails

521: 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 impeccable.style, product.md and design.md (and why agents.md and readme aren’t enough), then dig into UI fit‑and‑finish — tray/menu UIs, icon choice, grouping settings and why AI agents still struggle with layout and whitespace. The conversation then moves deep into Windows packaging: WinApp SDK versions, trimming woes with WinRT, ready‑to‑run vs. single‑file self‑contained builds, MSIX tradeoffs, and strange cases where builds bloat with unwanted packages. Key takeaways: give agents the right metadata, expect to hand‑tune UI polish, split architectures, disable R2R for size savings, exclude unnecessary SDK assets, and use Windows Sandbox/WSD for testing. A practical, nitty‑gritty episode for devs who care about the final mile.

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530: WinUI Goes Open Source & Mac Mini/Studio Upgrades!

530: WinUI Goes Open Source & Mac Mini/Studio Upgrades!

This episode kicks off with WinUI’s shift to open‑source‑first—what the GitHub‑centric workflow means for Windows devs—and James and Frank’s hands‑on tales modernizing apps, CI/CD, and the surprisingl...

31 Aug 1h 5min

529: Agent, MCP, and Tooling: Taming Cross‑Platform DevFlows

529: Agent, MCP, and Tooling: Taming Cross‑Platform DevFlows

In this update-packed episode James and Frank dive into developer tooling: the VS Code Mobile Canvas that embeds emulators into your editor, MAUI DevFlow’s rewrite enabling plain .NET/native (and desk...

24 Aug 42min

528: Build, Ship, Repeat: AI Tools Changing App Development

528: Build, Ship, Repeat: AI Tools Changing App Development

In episode 528 James and Frank riff on software updates, AI-powered documentation and rapid app-building—covering a WebAssembly Oh My Posh demo, a LocalMorph/FFmpeg bridge, and MAUI-native builds—show...

17 Aug 40min

527: AI Agents Meet Mobile: GitHub Copilot Canvas Revolution

527: AI Agents Meet Mobile: GitHub Copilot Canvas Revolution

AI agents are revolutionizing mobile development! James and Frank explore GitHub's new Mobile Canvas extension that lets AI agents see and interact with iOS and Android apps in real-time, no matter wh...

10 Aug 50min

526: GitHub Stacked PRs: Managing Complex Code Changes

526: GitHub Stacked PRs: Managing Complex Code Changes

In this episode, James and Frank dive deep into GitHub's biggest release in years: Stacked Pull Requests. Learn how this long-awaited feature finally solves the challenge of managing massive, complex ...

3 Aug 43min

525: Why Christopher Nolan's IMAX Vision is Fading

525: Why Christopher Nolan's IMAX Vision is Fading

In this episode, James and Frank explore the bittersweet reality of experiencing cinema in 2026, starting with Frank's disappointing discovery that Seattle's Pacific Science Center—home to a true IMAX...

27 Juli 38min

524: A .NET MAUI AI Revolution

524: A .NET MAUI AI Revolution

On episode 524 James and Frank dive into the new .NET MAUI developer stack—covering the MAUI CLI/Maui Doctor that auto-provisions SDKs and emulators, the Maui Sherpa GUI for device/Xcode/provisioning ...

20 Juli 37min

523: UI.md - Opinionated design rules for coding agents

523: UI.md - Opinionated design rules for coding agents

Frank releases UI.md, a practical markdown guide distilled from 25 years of software development that captures essential UI/UX principles to help AI (and developers) build better interfaces. The hosts...

13 Juli 46min

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