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- 99: Architecting Plugins and Frameworks
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Allan Ritchie
Jonathan Dick Jon and Allan unpack the realities of building and maintaining plugins/frameworks for cross-platform apps. The episode is a practical guide to sustainable library architecture in the .NET mobile ecosystem.
Read more - 98: MAUI Blazor Hybrid Apps
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Allan Ritchie
Jonathan Dick This episode explores MAUI Blazor Hybrid as a practical path for teams mixing web and native mobile capabilities. Jon and Allan cover when hybrid boosts velocity and where native trade-offs still matter.
Read more - 97: Anatomy of the Happiest App on Earth
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Allan Ritchie
Jonathan Dick Jon and Allan reverse-engineer the Disney app experience to surface practical mobile architecture lessons hidden in a consumer product. It's a fun episode with serious insights into UX orchestration at scale.
Read more - 96: Selling Jon on Reactive Extensions
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Allan Ritchie
Jonathan Dick This episode makes a practical case for Reactive Extensions in modern MAUI app workflows. Jon and Allan compare Rx patterns to traditional event handling with a focus on composability and control.
Read more - 95: Xamarin.Forms to MAUI
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Allan Ritchie
Jonathan Dick Jon and Allan share migration lessons from Xamarin.Forms to .NET MAUI with an implementation-first mindset. The episode frames migration as a chance to modernize architecture, not just change APIs.
Read more - 94: Anatomy of an App
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Allan Ritchie
Jonathan Dick This episode breaks down the core building blocks of a MAUI app from UI to services to navigation. Jon and Allan focus on how architecture choices support fast, maintainable feature delivery.
Read more - 93: These aren't your grandma's Templates
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Allan Ritchie
Jonathan Dick Jon and Allan explore modern template strategies for speeding up .NET MAUI delivery with fewer setup errors. The episode highlights how templates can encode best practices for teams and organizations.
Read more - 92: Background Tasks can be Shiny
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Allan Ritchie
Jonathan Dick This episode covers background execution realities on iOS, Android, and Windows for MAUI developers. Jon and Allan explain where background jobs work well and where platform limits force design compromises.
Read more - 91: ListViews and CollectionViews
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Allan Ritchie
Jonathan Dick Jon and Allan unpack the hard parts of rendering performant lists in mobile apps and why CollectionView decisions matter. The episode focuses on practical performance behavior, not just API usage.
Read more - 90: Push Notifications are Hard!
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Allan Ritchie
Jonathan Dick This episode explains why push notifications remain one of the most complex cross-platform features in mobile apps. Jon and Allan walk through setup, delivery, and lifecycle differences that impact reliability.
Read more - 89: Bound for greater Bindings
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Allan Ritchie
Jonathan Dick Jon and Allan dive into native bindings strategy for MAUI, including slim bindings and platform channel experiments. The episode is a practical look at crossing .NET/native boundaries without losing maintainability.
Read more - 88: Return of Gone Mobile and the State of .NET MAUI
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Allan Ritchie
Jonathan Dick Jon and Allan kick off the return of Gone Mobile with a candid state-of-.NET MAUI discussion. The episode combines platform direction, practical architecture, and performance-first engineering habits.
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