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- 104: The one about XAML!
Gone DotNet 
Allan Ritchie 
Jonathan Dick This episode dives into XAML ergonomics and performance trade-offs in Xamarin.Forms and .NET MAUI projects. You'll get practical advice for writing cleaner markup that stays fast at runtime.
Read more - 103: Offline Data Sync: Cautionary Tales Gone DotNet Allan Ritchie Jonathan Dick
Jon and Allan share hard-earned lessons from offline sync systems and why simple models often win in production. The episode focuses on conflict handling, startup performance, and long-term maintainability.
Read more - 102: You should learn some MSBuild Gone DotNet Allan Ritchie Jonathan Dick
This episode shows why learning MSBuild pays off quickly for MAUI developers shipping real apps. It focuses on project-level customization that improves repeatability, packaging, and CI behavior.
Read more - 101: Slim Bindings Gone DotNet Allan Ritchie Jonathan Dick
Jon and Allan explain slim bindings as a focused strategy for integrating native APIs into .NET MAUI without massive wrapper layers. This episode is especially useful if full bindings have felt heavy or brittle in your projects.
Read more - 100: 100th Episode Celebration with David & Maddy! Gone DotNet Allan Ritchie Jonathan Dick
David Ortinau 
Maddy Montaquila This milestone episode reflects on the Xamarin-to-.NET MAUI journey with a focus on lessons learned from real product evolution. It combines celebration with practical discussion about architecture, migration, and tooling direction.
Read more - 99: Architecting Plugins and Frameworks Gone DotNet 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 Gone DotNet 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 Gone DotNet 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 Gone DotNet 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 Gone DotNet 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 Gone DotNet 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 Gone DotNet 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.
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