
        <p>Frank Kruger celebrates iCircuit’s 15‑year journey—from an iPad‑era $20 launch and surprising overnight success to the present—unpacking the tradeoffs between maintaining a flagship app and chasing new side projects. He offers candid lessons on pricing, backporting legacy fixes, modernizing pipelines, and explains how AI agents have reshaped his workflow and will power the next wave of iCircuit features.</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>
      

<description>
        &lt;p&gt;Frank Kruger celebrates iCircuit’s 15‑year journey—from an iPad‑era $20 launch and surprising overnight success to the present—unpacking the tradeoffs between maintaining a flagship app and chasing new side projects. He offers candid lessons on pricing, backporting legacy fixes, modernizing pipelines, and explains how AI agents have reshaped his workflow and will power the next wave of iCircuit features.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;Follow Us&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Frank: &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/praeclarum" target="_blank"&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt;,  &lt;a href="http://praeclarum.org" target="_blank"&gt;Blog&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://github.com/praeclarum" target="_blank"&gt;GitHub&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;James: &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/jamesmontemagno" target="_blank"&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt;,  &lt;a href="https://montemagno.com" target="_blank"&gt;Blog&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://github.com/jamesmontemagno" target="_blank"&gt;GitHub&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Merge Conflict: &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/mergeconflictfm" target="_blank"&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt;,  &lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/mergeconflictfm" target="_blank"&gt;Facebook&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://mergeconflict.fm" target="_blank"&gt;Website&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://www.mergeconflict.fm/discord" target="_blank"&gt;Chat on Discord&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by &lt;a href="https://soundcloud.com/adventureface" target="_blank"&gt;Adventureface&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;⭐⭐ &lt;a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/merge-conflict/id1133064277?mt=2&amp;ls=1" rel="nofollow"&gt;Review Us&lt;/a&gt; ⭐⭐&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Machine transcription available on &lt;a href="http://mergeconflict.fm" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://mergeconflict.fm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
      </description>

Frank Kruger celebrates iCircuit’s 15‑year journey—from an iPad‑era $20 launch and surprising overnight success to the present—unpacking the tradeoffs between maintaining a flagship app and chasing new side projects. He offers candid lessons on pricing, backporting legacy fixes, modernizing pipelines, and explains how AI agents have reshaped his workflow and will power the next wave of iCircuit features.

Merge Conflict

504: 15 Years of iCircuit

504: 15 Years of iCircuit

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