496: All The Holiday Hacks
We kicked off 2026 by sharing our best holiday hacks—everything from ruthless cable management and a one‑cord Thunderbolt dock to rescuing a 2008 Microsoft Surface coffee‑table via reverse‑engineering. James walks through shipping apps and .NET MAUI migrations, plus the messy reality of Android key stores and Google Play signing. Frank demos AI-powered “vibe coding”: generating Christmas cards, quick throwaway apps, and a native BabySmash prototype. We also spotlight Oh My Posh (and James’s sweet visual configurator) and two handy web tools—myfirenumber.com and pdf-diff.com. Tune in for practical hardware tips, app‑store survival strategies, and realistic ways AI can speed small projects from idea to shipped product—plus a few entertaining tech stories along the way.
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