<p>On our 500th episode James and Frank celebrate the milestone, reminisce about their mobile‑dev roots, and dig into how AI, the Copilot CLI/SDK and the Model Context Protocol (MCP) are reshaping workflows. Frank demos an MCP‑powered tool that turns app reviews into prioritized GitHub issues and automations — a real example of AI-as-glue — with practical takeaways on prompt engineering, UI extensions, and when to automate versus curate manually.</p> <h3>Follow Us</h3> <ul> <li>Frank: <a href="http://twitter.com/praeclarum" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, <a href="http://praeclarum.org" target="_blank">Blog</a>, <a href="http://github.com/praeclarum" target="_blank">GitHub</a></li> <li>James: <a href="http://twitter.com/jamesmontemagno" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://montemagno.com" target="_blank">Blog</a>, <a href="http://github.com/jamesmontemagno" target="_blank">GitHub</a></li> <li>Merge Conflict: <a href="http://twitter.com/mergeconflictfm" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/mergeconflictfm" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, <a href="http://mergeconflict.fm" target="_blank">Website</a>, <a href="https://www.mergeconflict.fm/discord" target="_blank">Chat on Discord</a></li> <li>Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by <a href="https://soundcloud.com/adventureface" target="_blank">Adventureface</a></li> </ul> <p>⭐⭐ <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/merge-conflict/id1133064277?mt=2&ls=1" rel="nofollow">Review Us</a> ⭐⭐</p> <p>Machine transcription available on <a href="http://mergeconflict.fm" rel="nofollow">http://mergeconflict.fm</a></p><p><a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/mergeconflictfm">Support Merge Conflict</a></p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a title="App Review Fetch" rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/praeclarum/AppReviewFetch">App Review Fetch</a></li></ul>

Merge Conflict

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500: How Frank Builds Apps Has Changed Forever

FEB 2, 202654 MIN
Merge Conflict

500: How Frank Builds Apps Has Changed Forever

FEB 2, 202654 MIN

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On our 500th episode James and Frank celebrate the milestone, reminisce about their mobile‑dev roots, and dig into how AI, the Copilot CLI/SDK and the Model Context Protocol (MCP) are reshaping workflows. Frank demos an MCP‑powered tool that turns app reviews into prioritized GitHub issues and automations — a real example of AI-as-glue — with practical takeaways on prompt engineering, UI extensions, and when to automate versus curate manually. 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.fmSupport Merge ConflictLinks:App Review Fetch