351: Riding the Rails

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351: Riding the Rails

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Apr 1, 2019

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Mike explores the state of Xamarin.Android development on Linux, and we talk frameworks versus libraries and what Rails got right.
Plus adventures with rust on MacOS, your feedback, and more!

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Apr 1, 2019

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351: Riding the Rails

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