Mostly Technical

127: Charge It To The Game w/ John Drexler & Daniel Coulbourne

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 08:00:00 -0400

Ian is joined by John Drexler & Daniel Coulbourne of Thunk to talk about their new app Tidy, what constitutes a moat in the age of AI, why phone spam is the absolute worst, and so much more.

Sponsored by SavvyCal Appointments, Bento, & Laravel Private Cloud.

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(00:00) - Bottomless Pits
(03:05) - Tidyup.agency
(15:30) - Zero Risk Agency
(23:23) - The Schtick Is The Moat
(37:52) - You Might Need To Pay Some Professionals
(44:53) - Everyone's Playing Their Hands
(52:39) - Business Dad Thoughts
(01:22:03) - The Hard Pitch

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126: Scope Explosion

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 08:00:00 -0400

Ian and Aaron talk about why neither of them shipped this past week, how to surface features in an application, tweets going viral....oh, and they're starting a new podcast. Welcome to Token Town.

Sponsored by SavvyCal Appointments, Bento, & Laravel Private Cloud.

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(00:00) - Ian Didn't Ship
(06:33) - Aaron Didn't Ship
(11:48) - Solo & MCP
(21:16) - Surfacing Features
(32:45) - Is AI Hype Dying Down?
(37:42) - Viral Tweets
(50:29) - Filter Out vs. Filter In
(01:01:07) - Claude vs. OpenClaw
(01:15:29) - Durable Objects & Databases
(01:27:04) - Welcome to Token Town

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125: No Turning Back

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 08:00:00 -0400

Ian and Aaron talk about setting a release date (!) for Outro, huge updates to Solo, a new Cloudflare course, exciting news on the real estate front, and so much more.

Sponsored by SavvyCal Appointments, Bento, Laravel Private Cloud, IttyBit, and Ray by Spatie.

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(00:00) - It's Shill Season
(04:02) - Ian's Gotta Ship Outro
(15:00) - Superpowers Are So Good
(20:15) - Cloudflare Durable Objects Course
(31:32) - Cloud Pricing
(36:41) - MCP Servers
(47:23) - Solo Updates
(01:00:18) - Aaron Francis Empire Update

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124: Old Man Yells At Cloud

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 08:00:00 -0400

Ian and Aaron talk about choosing between Faster.dev & Solo (which one is more likely to pay off?), the pros and cons of using AI to build bespoke internal apps, youth sports, Project Hail Mary, and so much more.

(00:00) - Kids Sports
(05:19) - Building Internal Tools
(17:23) - Empire of Scripts
(24:41) - Everybody Wants CLI & MCP
(29:46) - Solo Will Never Be Done
(45:46) - Faster.dev vs. Solo
(59:36) - Vibe Coding An App To $10k
(01:06:11) - Project Hail Mary

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123: Isolate The Claude

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 08:00:00 -0400

Ian and Aaron talk about more poker adventures, transcoding videos at scale, escaping the permanent underclass, worktrees vs. copy on write, and so much more.

Sponsored by SavvyCal Appointments, Bento, Laravel Private Cloud, Laravel Live DK, IttyBit, and Ray by Spatie.

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(00:00) - Ian Keeps Winning
(10:00) - Transcoding Videos
(25:33) - Superpowers
(39:40) - A Parade In Boston
(47:36) - Run Dangerously
(55:20) - Ire of the Worktree Maxi's
(01:02:56) - Escape the Permanent Underclass

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122: I Just YOLO'd It

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 08:00:00 -0400

Ian and Aaron discuss their trip to Laracon EU, the all-new Solo, using the AI SDK for Outro, "poker propaganda", Gen-Z Abby's 2004 camera, and so much more.

Sponsored by SavvyCal Appointments, Bento, Laravel Private Cloud, IttyBit, and Ray by Spatie.

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(00:00) - Europe Can't Contain Us
(07:04) - Poker Propaganda
(12:34) - Laracon EU Recap
(17:42) - Good Feedback
(23:07) - Big Solo Update
(42:03) - What's Next for Solo
(01:01:20) - The Worktrees Question
(01:10:57) - The Finalized Skill
(01:17:28) - Outro & Gopher
(01:26:43) - New Deadlines Are Coming
(01:31:25) - 2004 Camera

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121: Let Ian Cook

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 08:00:00 -0500

Ian and Aaron discuss Ian shipping (!) the HelpSpot website and cooking on Outro, Aaron's complete overhaul of Solo, why it's nice to have a wife, and so much more.

Sponsored by SavvyCal Appointments, Bento, Laravel Private Cloud, IttyBit, Ray by Spatie, and Redberry.

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(00:00) - Hell Week 3
(12:01) - The Haters Were Right
(22:09) - Ian Shipped!
(27:09) - Does Aaron Know Who Snoop Is?
(32:29) - Cooking On Outro
(46:17) - Counselors Update
(01:05:28) - The Learning Skill
(01:16:47) - It's Nice To Have A Wife
(01:19:23) - Gamification of Software

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120: The Counselors

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 08:00:00 -0500

Ian and Aaron discuss Aaron's new AI tool Counselors, something called "Hell Week", what's new with Solo and Outro, and so much more.

(00:00) - Achieving The Impossible
(11:26) - Making Things Easy For Humans
(19:53) - Ian's Hyperkey Setup
(28:59) - Aaron's Hell Week
(44:42) - The Future
(51:38) - Outro Is Cooking
(58:36) - Valentine's Day & Other Updates
(01:09:26) - OpenClaw

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119: Anti Slop Vibe

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 08:00:00 -0500

Ian and Aaron talk about the launch of Solo, Aaron's new terminal app for the desktop (!) plus Ian's return to Twitter and so much more.

(00:00) - Back On Twitter
(08:20) - Mute The Super Spreaders
(23:51) - HVAC Guys
(28:40) - AI.com Ad
(32:23) - The Launch of Solo
(45:39) - Questions About Solo
(56:53) - An Ode To Laravel's Queues
(01:00:18) - Even More About Solo
(01:06:35) - Behind The Scenes

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118: We’re Going To Europe

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 08:00:00 -0500

Ian and Aaron talk about the Mostly Technical Pre-Party at Laracon EU (!), Aaron's new desktop app (!!), sleeping on planes, and so much more.

(00:00) - Burn The Candle at Three Ends
(06:12) - We Got Some Feedback
(12:31) - Laracon India & AI SDK
(17:49) - Tell The Machine To Do It
(25:10) - Boost & Skills
(29:55) - The Big Announcement
(38:25) - Business Class Stage of the Castle
(43:25) - Sleeping On Planes
(49:33) - Unofficial Claude Code Meetup
(01:00:09) - Aaron's Desktop App

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117: The AI Is Out There

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 08:00:00 -0500

Ian and Aaron talk about being stuck at home due to the weather, major updates to Outro.fm and Faster.dev, an important update to the Laravel New experience, and more.

Sponsored by SavvyCal Appointments, Bento, and Laravel Private Cloud.

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(00:00) - No True Texas?
(05:42) - Plow Problems
(13:57) - Outro & HelpSpot Update
(23:44) - Promotions
(26:38) - Laravel AI SDK
(31:27) - Faster.dev Update
(44:49) - Ian's Got Problems With Amp
(58:30) - Laravel New Gradient

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116: Inside The Token Factory

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 08:00:00 -0500

Ian and Aaron recap their trip to San Francisco to see the first demo of the Laravel AI SDK before going in-depth on the Faster.dev announcement!

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(00:00) - Aaron Watched A Movie!
(02:28) - Last Week In San Francisco
(17:20) - Laravel AI SDK Announcement
(26:23) - Who Listens To Podcasts?
(31:17) - Announcing Faster.dev
(49:49) - Logo Design
(57:08) - Aaron's Stripe Video

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Sweet Hang #4: Laravel AI SDK w/ Taylor Otwell

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 08:00:00 -0500

Ian and Aaron are joined by Taylor Otwell for their first ever in-person episode of Mostly Technical to talk about everything from the Laravel AI SDK to Private Cloud to vibe coding MUD's and so much more.

Sponsored by SavvyCal Appointments, Bento, Mastering Laravel, and Laravel Private Cloud.

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(00:00) - Imaginary Tech Stuff Is Real
(04:01) - Taylor's Journey With AI
(12:18) - Laravel AI SDK
(24:48) - Coding In The AI Era
(32:51) - Laravel Private Cloud
(37:06) - Cloud CLI
(38:48) - First Year of Cloud
(43:05) - Sprites.dev
(46:30) - What's Next
(50:02) - Post Credit Scene

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115: Do You Wanna Win?

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 08:00:00 -0500

Ian and Aaron talk about opinionated frameworks in the era of AI, Aaron's new pivot (!), Ian being right, and so much more.

Sponsored by SavvyCal Appointments & Bento.

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(00:00) - Ricotta? Regatta?
(02:46) - Ian Was Right
(10:09) - Laravel vs. Rails
(21:32) - AI Education!
(48:15) - Do You Wanna Win?

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114: Fight Fire With Fire

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 18:50:21 -0500

Ian and Aaron are dealing with the liminal space of the holiday season, talking about their upcoming trip to San Francisco to see the Laravel AI SDK demo, and making even more predictions for 2026.

Sponsored by SavvyCal Appointments & Bento.

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113: 2026 Predictions

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 08:00:00 -0500

Ian and Aaron are answering your questions about what's coming in 2026, covering everything from AI shrinking dev teams to Elon becoming a trillionaire and so much more.

Sponsored by Bento, Flare, Ittybit, tldraw, OG Kit, Tighten, and Nusii

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(00:00) - No Rest For The Weary
(03:39) - Manager of Agents
(14:44) - Predictions!
(30:57) - Ian's Personal Productivity System
(40:17) - More Predictions!
(58:02) - Vibe Code vs. Buying
(01:03:17) - Even More Predictions!
(01:17:15) - Christmas Presents

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112: Token Machine

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 23 Dec 2025 08:00:00 -0500

Ian and Aaron talk about Santa (obviously), do you still need an MBA (maybe not so obvious), why Ian isn't burning as many tokens as possible to get Outro out the door, what people are building with the Telegram API, and more.

Sponsored by Bento, Flare, Ittybit, tldraw, OG Kit, Tighten, and Nusii

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(00:00) - Magically Better
(08:59) - Pre-Holiday Adventures
(17:17) - Burning The Midnight Tokens
(25:35) - Outlasted By AI Agents
(38:06) - Thinking Businessy
(44:34) - Advent of SQL Update
(50:39) - Telegram Bots

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111: Hearts & Minds

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 08:00:00 -0500

Ian and Aaron discuss how Aaron's orchestrating fly.io boxes for Database School, why sometimes you need to use AI to help AI, and why Costco is truly a great place. Plus an all-time Ian resume rant and so much more.

Sponsored by Bento, Flare, Ittybit, tldraw, OG Kit, Tighten, and Nusii

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(00:00) - Classic Little Kid Disease
(04:14) - Weekend Update
(18:29) - Ian's Resume Rant
(33:57) - Advent of SQL
(46:50) - Using AI to Help AI

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110: The Big Boy Plan

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 08:00:00 -0500

Ian and Aaron discuss all things AI this week - from Claude Max to pairing Gemini with Claude to why people want to code but they don't want to sell and so much more. Plus Aaron's secret soccer past and why the game (of getting a job) isn't fair.

Sponsored by Bento, Flare, Ittybit, tldraw, OG Kit, Tighten, and Nusii

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(00:00) - OD on AI
(09:40) - Product vs Distribution
(15:29) - Alcove
(21:21) - What's Ian Building With AI?
(27:18) - Using Claude With Gemini?
(37:38) - Google or ChatGPT?
(46:51) - Old Puritan Aaron
(58:21) - The Game Is Unfair
(01:03:20) - What's New With Database School?
(01:07:13) - Sportsball!

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109: AI Bro

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 08:00:00 -0500

Ian and Aaron discuss Claude vs. Gemini, *another* Laravel New idea, drama on Thanksgiving, and so much more.

Sponsored by Bento, Flare, Ittybit, tldraw, OG Kit, Tighten, and Nusii

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(00:00) - Happy Cyber Monday!
(01:39) - Follow Up
(07:24) - AI Update: Claude vs. Gemini
(24:43) - Laravel New, Again, Again?
(36:30) - Ian's 🐕 Drama
(43:25) - Kids & Parks
(48:47) - A Childlike Server
(52:50) - Even More Follow Up

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108: Database School Launch 🚀

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 08:00:00 -0500

Ian and Aaron talk about the launch of Database School - the branding, everything he did the morning of the launch, building the site with Gemini, and so much more. Plus the world championship of….bagels?

Sponsored by Bento, Flare, No Compromises, and Ittybit.

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(00:00) - Every Second Mattered
(08:40) - The Morning Of
(15:30) - The Last Launch?
(18:07) - Walking With Adam
(20:01) - Pricing
(28:28) - Doing It Live
(36:21) - We're Talking Logos
(44:14) - Closing Thoughts On The Launch
(49:21) - Built With Gemini
(01:06:23) - World Championship of Bagels

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Sweet Hang #3: Matching Tattoos w/ John O'Nolan

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 08:00:00 -0500

Ian and Aaron are joined by John O'Nolan, creator of Ghost, to talk about double Laravel New'ing, side projects for your side projects, building an RSS reader, mastering Claude Code, and so much more.

Sponsored by Bento, Flare, No Compromises, and Ittybit.

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(00:00) - Double Laravel New'd
(08:52) - Claude Code Power User
(21:26) - Queues!
(32:58) - Your Side Project Has A Side Project
(48:37) - All About Ghost
(58:12) - Advice for Laravel New Believers

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107: A Ruthless Capitalist

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 08:00:00 -0500

Ian and Aaron discuss screen time for kids, the impending launch of Database School, why Ian acquired Bootstrapped.fm, and more.

Sponsored by Bento, Flare, No Compromises, and Ittybit.

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(00:00) - The Screen Time Conundrum
(12:56) - Public Service Announcement
(23:18) - Database School Is Launching Next Week!
(32:26) - Thanksgiving Plans
(38:29) - Acquiring Bootstrapped.fm

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106: We've Got ARR!

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 08:00:00 -0500

Ian and Aaron talk about 20 years of HelpSpot, Aaron's big week on Twitter, and....talk about burying the lede....Aaron's got ARR! Subscription revenue! It's happening!

105: Laravel New, Again

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 08:00:00 -0500

Ian and Aaron talk about the first ever Wire:live conference, what's new in Livewire 4, the best book Aaron's ever read, and....oh no. Oh no. Ian decided to `laravel new`. Again.

104: Cash Cow Mode

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 08:00:00 -0400

Ian and Aaron talk about everything from leasing horses to Aaron's new studio addition to what comes next for Database School and so much more.

Sponsored by Bento, Flare, and Laravel Forge.

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(00:00) - Low Energy Aaron
(02:01) - Downtime & Expensive Horses
(19:15) - Aaron's Giant Chalkboard
(31:56) - Chalk Guy
(49:36) - It's Time To Eat Glass
(01:06:39) - The Plan

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Sweet Hang #2: Humans Still Required w/ Jeffrey Way

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 08:00:00 -0400

Ian and Aaron are joined this week by Jeffrey Way, creator of Laracasts, to talk about everything from their opinions about JavaScript to the evolution of Laracasts to modeling behavior for your kids and so much more.

Sponsored by Bento, Flare, and Laravel Forge.

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(00:00) - Optimizing Everything
(07:41) - Social Media, Kids, & Modeling Behavior
(21:42) - Vision Quest Deep Dive
(34:46) - Switch to Subscription?
(39:48) - The Evolution of Laracasts
(50:03) - Opinions About JavaScript
(57:00) - Deciding What To Teach
(01:02:59) - Chess
(01:07:47) - YouTube & AI's Impact

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103: Developer Dad

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 08:00:00 -0400

Ian and Aaron talk about how Outro is shaping up, why we all need a handyman, why Ian is bullish on Sora, what's happening with Aaron's next batch of courses, and more.

Sponsored by Bento, Flare, and Laravel Forge.

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102: Vision Quest

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 08:00:00 -0400

Ian and Aaron talk about Aaron's recent "Vision Quest", accidentally inventing transcendental meditation, realizing he's addicted to Twitter, and the reaction he got online. Plus Ian went to Philly to play poker & more.

Sponsored by Bento, Flare, and Laravel Forge.

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101: Infinite Feed of Content

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 08:00:00 -0400

Ian and Aaron recap Commit Your Code 2025, dive into the business of Aaron Francis, and wonder what we're all going to do with this AI slop.

Sponsored by: Bento, Bifrost for NativePHP, and Honeybadger

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(00:00) - 36 Hour Adventure
(10:46) - Commit Your Code Reacp
(23:01) - Higher Rungs of This Ladder
(26:12) - Ian's Getting Scooped
(29:50) - Aaron's Acting Debut
(37:52) - The Business of Aaron Francis
(47:26) - Sweet Hang Followup
(49:49) - Meta's AI Slop

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Sweet Hang #1: Fever Dream w/ Michele Hansen

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 08:00:00 -0400

Ian and Aaron are joined by Michele Hansen, CEO of Geocodio, for the first in a series of Sweet Hangs to talk about everything from Aaron's upcoming vision quest to beard oils to why you need to interview your customers (and potential customers) and so much more.

Sponsored by: Bento, Bifrost for NativePHP, and Honeybadger

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(00:00) - The Quintessential Laravel Company
(09:19) - Aaron's Vision Quest
(15:41) - Dewy Fresh
(19:52) - Customer Interviews for Outro
(35:34) - What Makes Somebody Switch?
(41:40) - The Missing Link
(48:21) - What's Geocodio Up To?

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100: Bury The Hatchet

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 23 Sep 2025 08:00:00 -0400

Ian and Aaron talk about PlanetScale, launching Aaron's new YouTube channels, traction tables that will change your life, and so much more.

Sponsored by: Bento, Bifrost for NativePHP, and Honeybadger

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(00:00) - Aaron Wanted It All
(05:39) - YouTube Channel Launch
(17:17) - Production Snafus
(27:16) - Recreate The Magic
(30:40) - Revamping MySQL for Developers
(38:50) - Subscription Pricing
(41:02) - Gotta Dream Big
(50:55) - Traction Table Time

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99: Laravel New

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 08:00:00 -0400

Ian and Aaron talk about adventures with TypeScript, huge updates re: Outro & Database School, and revisit exactly what happened with Once.com.

Sponsored by: Bento, Bifrost for NativePHP, and Honeybadger

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(00:00) - Follow Up
(04:44) - Adventures With TypeScript
(12:56) - Introduction to Postgres
(15:11) - Getaway
(18:31) - Update on Outro
(31:08) - Precipice of a Mistake
(38:51) - Railsworld Recap
(50:17) - RIP Once.com
(01:05:02) - This One's For The Girls

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98: Inventing The Wheel

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 08:00:00 -0400

Ian and Aaron dive deep into what's cooking with Database School and discuss everything from upcoming videos to the correct business model to Aaron's wild fly.io setup and a lot more.

Sponsored by: Bento, Bifrost for NativePHP, and Honeybadger

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(00:00) - Outside of Technical
(01:22) - Database School Update
(37:12) - Code Editors In The Browser
(45:45) - When Will This Launch?
(51:38) - Pushing Uphill
(53:47) - The Successful Mindset
(01:07:38) - It Shouldn't Be This Difficult

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97: Young Forever

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 08:00:00 -0400

Ian and Aaron talk about being in the pocket of big moisturizer, taking Mostly Technical to the next level of domination, Ian's "stable of horses", and so much more.

Sponsored by: Bento and Bifrost for NativePHP

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(00:00) - Aging In Reverse
(05:16) - Nighttime Shower Man
(11:30) - Ian's School of Poker for Women
(16:13) - Outro Update
(26:25) - Level 2 Domination
(54:02) - Becoming A Nerd

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96: No More Amateur Hour

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Wed, 27 Aug 2025 08:00:00 -0400

Ian and Aaron talk about Aaron's mysterious trip to Boise, Ian's investment in Tiny Seed, wire:live, and so much more.

Sponsored by: Bento, Honeybadger, Laravel Nightwatch, Flare by Spatie, and Laracon AU.

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(00:00) - Super Fast & Basically Free
(06:58) - Aaron Flew To Boise
(19:12) - First Class
(26:27) - A New Routine
(36:51) - Planning for the 100th Episode
(38:58) - TinySeed
(44:46) - The Boost
(55:02) - Fake Date Follow up
(01:04:22) - Aaron's Adventures in Hiring
(01:12:19) - Wire:live

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95: Face Man of the Empire

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 08:00:00 -0400

Ian and Aaron discuss sleep, what's next for Database School, the "Fake Date", and so much more.

Sponsored by: Bento, Honeybadger, Laravel Nightwatch, Flare by Spatie, and Laracon AU.

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(00:00) - So Freakin Tired
(08:26) - On The Horizon
(16:37) - Aaron's Business Journey
(23:55) - The Death March
(39:16) - A Thought Exercise
(44:56) - Follow Up
(46:31) - Ian's AI Adventure
(57:19) - The Fake Date

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94: Full Sleazy Lock In

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 08:00:00 -0400

Ian and Aaron discuss pricing for Outro.fm, what kind of sponsors Aaron should have on Database School, trips vs. vacations, GPT-5, and so much more.

Sponsored by: Bento, Honeybadger, Laravel Nightwatch, Flare by Spatie, and Laracon AU.

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(00:00) - Trip vs. Vacation
(05:46) - First Real School
(12:23) - An Update on Satisficing
(14:00) - Polls in Outro.fm
(23:11) - Outro.fm Pricing
(42:44) - GPT-5
(59:10) - Sponsors for Database School?
(01:09:40) - Ian's Getting Organized
(01:23:15) - LifeOS Update

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93: Laracon US Recap

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 08:00:00 -0400

Ian and Aaron recap everything that happened during Laracon US 2025 - the Mostly Technical parties, highlights from the conference, the "longest night in a decade", and so much more. Oh, and Aaron also MC'd another conference?!

Sponsored by: Bento, Honeybadger, Laravel Nightwatch, and Flare by Spatie.

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(00:00) - Where Is Ian?
(02:59) - Travel Issues + Golf
(10:11) - MT Parties!
(20:28) - The Hot Take Game
(36:11) - Future Laracon Ideas
(40:03) - Aaron On Stage
(56:04) - Laracon Highlights
(01:08:41) - The Longest Night In A Decade
(01:27:02) - Big Sky Dev Con

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92: Hot Takes!

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 08:00:00 -0400

Ian and Aaron discuss timezones, visiting the rodeo, the Hot Takes Game, and so much more.

Sponsored by: Bento, ForwardMX, Laravel Nightwatch, and Flare by Spatie.

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(00:00) - Mile High Windy City
(04:10) - Aaron Francis, Texan
(11:02) - Follow Ups
(22:13) - Dangerous Professionals
(38:35) - A Side Tangent About Support
(44:54) - Outro.fm Update
(01:05:21) - The Hot Takes Game
(01:15:02) - One Week To Laracon

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91: Up & To The Right

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 15 Jul 2025 08:00:00 -0400

Ian and Aaron discuss haters on the internet, doing more with AI, why Aaron is automating as much as possible with Telegram, and so much more.

Sponsored by: Bento, ForwardMX, Laravel Nightwatch, and Flare by Spatie.

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(00:00) - Weekends Are Hard
(09:30) - Haters & Social Media
(21:23) - Scope Explosion
(27:47) - Ultra Think
(42:43) - Course Platform Update
(47:16) - It's Called Marketing
(01:01:12) - Fun With Telegram

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90: So Overpowered

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 08 Jul 2025 08:00:00 -0400

Ian and Aaron talk about what's going on with Outro, building slip & slides, Aaron's Mac Studio wizardry, and so much more.

Sponsored by: Bento, ForwardMX, Laravel Nightwatch, and Flare by Spatie.

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(00:00) - Ian Builds A Slip & Slide
(05:12) - A Long Weekend
(12:30) - A Story About Eric Barnes
(17:07) - Broccoli-headed YouTuber Update
(18:18) - Mac Studio Update
(30:58) - Local LLMs
(34:21) - Ian Needs A Photo Album
(38:58) - All About Outro

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89: Money Mindset

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 08:00:00 -0400

Ian and Aaron talk about what’s new with Outro.fm, why Aaron suddenly has an embarrassment of Mac hardware riches, and what’s new with Aaron after last week’s dramatic episode.

Sponsored by Bento, WorkOS, NativePHP for Mobile, ForwardMX, and Laracon US 2025

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(00:00) - Garage Trouble
(02:54) - Chaos In The Studio
(20:34) - Outro.fm Update
(24:33) - Broccoli-headed YouTuber
(30:54) - Outro.fm Update Take 2
(55:18) - Newsletter Feedback
(01:00:53) - These Guys
(01:04:22) - Aaron Francis Update

Links:

88: Steve's Leaving Try Hard?!

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 24 Jun 2025 08:00:00 -0400

Ian and Aaron talk about Ian’s new side project….which already has a domain name (!?!) before digging deep into an even bigger bombshell: Steve is leaving Try Hard?

Sponsored by Bento, WorkOS, NativePHP for Mobile, ForwardMX, and Laracon US 2025

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(00:00) - Ian's Side Project
(30:27) - The Reveal
(39:34) - The Business Side
(52:57) - Setting Sail...
(01:03:22) - Digging Into The Past
(01:24:04) - What's Next for Screencasting
(01:28:26) - Digital Land
(01:40:18) - Solo Lunches

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87: No Sparkle Buttons

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 17 Jun 2025 08:00:00 -0400

Ian and Aaron talk about UI Kits in the era of AI, dreams of being at Laracon, Aaron’s next steps, Ian’s mysterious side project, and more.

Sponsored by Bento, WorkOS, NativePHP for Mobile, ForwardMX, and Laracon US 2025

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(00:00) - Father's Day
(10:49) - The New Focus
(16:53) - UI Kits in the AI Era
(23:12) - A Tailwind UI Story
(35:51) - What's Next For Try Hard
(42:32) - Dreams of Laracon
(45:13) - Ian's Tinkering
(57:38) - What Time Is It?

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86: Focus Hard

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 10 Jun 2025 08:00:00 -0400

Ian and Aaron talk about Ian’s new love of Codex, what happened after “panic mode”, Aaron’s weekend with the guys, and more.

Sponsored by Bento, WorkOS, NativePHP for Mobile, ForwardMX, and Laracon US 2025

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(00:00) - Table Captaining
(11:49) - Ads Work!
(13:42) - Panic Mode Update
(27:48) - Make It Recurring
(35:12) - Irons In The Fire
(42:20) - Ian ❤️ Codex
(54:58) - Aaron's Weekend With Humanity
(01:07:01) - The Ultimate Satisficer

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85: Screencasting.com Launch Failure

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 08:00:00 -0400

Ian and Aaron talk about the disastrous Screencasting.com launch and what’s next for Aaron, Steve, and Try Hard.

Sponsored by Bento, WorkOS, ForwardMX, and Laracon US 2025

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(00:00) - AI Aaron Follow Up
(02:51) - Existential Crisis Mode
(24:35) - A Concept of a Plan
(42:25) - What's The Prescription?
(54:12) - Other Ideas
(01:01:06) - A Callback

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84: Fabricated Hype

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 27 May 2025 08:00:00 -0400

Ian and Aaron discuss the need for an AI Newsletter, being beamed up to the mothership, web components, and more.

Sponsored by Bento, WorkOS, NativePHP for Mobile, and Laracon US 2025

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(00:00) - Cushy W-2's
(03:29) - New Madness
(15:28) - Aaron's Very Good Tweet
(22:50) - AI Newsletter
(33:40) - A Theory About The World
(39:28) - A Love Letter To....Rails?
(48:05) - Weekend Breakfast
(56:49) - A New Practice

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83: Use Your Brain

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 20 May 2025 08:00:00 -0400

Ian and Aaron discuss a certain viral tweet about Livewire, the benefits of being a regular, Aaron's video about Cloudflare, & more.

Sponsored by Bento, WorkOS, NativePHP for Mobile, and Laracon US 2025

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(00:00) - Ian's New Toy
(02:40) - Weekend Update
(16:37) - Being a Regular
(29:09) - The Viral Livewire Tweet
(46:46) - Aaron's Cloudflare Interview
(52:26) - Affiliates

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82: Peak Bubbly

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 13 May 2025 08:00:00 -0400

Ian and Aaron talk about getting feisty on Twitter, a possible AI bubble, NativePHP, an awesome game idea for Laracon, and more.

Sponsored by Bento, WorkOS, NativePHP for Mobile, and Laracon US 2025

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(00:00) - 93 Degrees
(06:39) - Aaron Gets Feisty
(18:19) - AI Bubble?
(24:56) - Vector Follow Up
(35:26) - Party Follow Up
(41:38) - Native PHP Revenue
(48:58) - Aaron's Platform Overhaul

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81: Nothing Ever Happens

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 06 May 2025 08:00:00 -0400

Ian and Aaron give updates on the Mostly Technical Party & what's new with Try Hard Studios before talking a little bit about politics (tariffs!), using AI, and more.

Sponsored by Bento, WorkOS, Native PHP for Mobile, and Laracon US 2025

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(00:00) - Hanging In There
(06:53) - Twin Dad Meetup Update
(15:28) - Mostly Technical Party Update
(24:27) - Try Hard Studios Update
(31:28) - Mini Package
(37:04) - AI Pricing
(46:38) - Aaron's Hobby Horse
(55:23) - A Little Politics Segment
(01:10:44) - Course Update
(01:17:29) - HelpSpot Update

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80: The Big Announcement w/ Taylor Otwell

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 08:00:00 -0400

Ian and Aaron are joined by Taylor Otwell to discuss the Mostly Technical Party at Laracon, what exactly Taylor does on a day-to-day basis, how they all use AI, and so much more.

Sponsored by Bento, WorkOS, Native PHP for Mobile, and Laracon US 2025

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(00:00) - Revenge of the Sith
(09:18) - The Big Announcement
(12:00) - Laracon US
(14:57) - Taylor's Day-to-Day
(21:57) - Forge Updates
(28:00) - Starter Kits & WorkOS
(36:35) - Using AI
(55:11) - You Still Need Good Ideas
(01:05:28) - Tina Fey & Amy Poehler
(01:10:48) - Aaron's Climbing Wall

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79: Super Ultra Tilted

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 08:00:00 -0400

Ian and Aaron discuss their respective trips to Vegas and Miami, Aaron's latest video, making new friends in real life, & more.

Sponsored by Bento, WorkOS, Native PHP for Mobile, and Laracon US 2025

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(00:00) - Back from Vegas
(17:26) - Marker 237
(17:26) - Mostly Technical Day Zero Party
(21:38) - React Miami
(39:49) - Fusion Follow Up
(43:11) - Aaron's New Video
(57:00) - Twin Dads

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78: The Haters Were Right

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 08:00:00 -0400

Ian and Aaron discuss upcoming travel to Miami & Vegas, Aaron's new 'Dead Drop" command, the future of Fusion, & more.

Sponsored by Bento, WorkOS, Native PHP for Mobile, and Laracon US 2025

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(00:00) - Rebounding
(11:46) - Heading To React Miami
(16:01) - Vegas Baby, Vegas
(22:56) - Dead Drop
(32:15) - Update on Fusion
(57:58) - Ian's Computer Follow Up
(01:02:46) - Projects, Hobbies & Time

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77: Eye on the Future

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 08 Apr 2025 08:00:00 -0400

Ian and Aaron discuss Ian's trip to PHP x NYC, Aaron's new art, how to try to thrive if you think a recession is coming, and so much more.

Bonus Episode: PHP × NYC Chaos-Cast™

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 08:00:00 -0400

Recorded live after PHP × NYC with Ben Holmen, John Drexler, Daniel Coulbourne, Chris Morrell, Ian Landsman, Dave Hicking, and Joe Tannenbaum.

Considering we're all podcasters, we decided to sit down and discuss the most important issues of the day: Trader Joe's in basements, Poker, Day 2 Soup, Chess.com, something called "The Pizza Belt", and so much more.

76: Distribution & Taste w/ Adam Wathan

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 08:00:00 -0400

Aaron is joined this week by Adam Wathan to talk about everything from Disney Cruises to what he wants to do on YouTube and a whole lot more.

75: Mob Mentality

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 25 Mar 2025 08:00:00 -0400

Ian and Aaron discuss Ian's trip to Disney World, Aaron's adventures with Reddit & Hacker News, building a new billing system, and so much more.

Sponsored by Bento, Stream, Laravel Cloud, and PHP Tek 2025.

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(00:00) - Disney World
(17:01) - Follow Up
(22:03) - Aaron's Newsletter
(25:59) - Bookmarking Situation
(40:02) - Reddit & Hacker News
(52:29) - Building A Billing System
(01:17:40) - Monarch Follow Up

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74: The Hourglass w/ Jordan Gal

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 08:00:00 -0400

Aaron is joined this week by Jordan Gal (Ian's off at Disney World) to discuss everything from finding product market fit for his new product Rosie to the Try Hard business model and so much more.

Sponsored by Bento, Stream, Laravel Cloud, and PHP Tek 2025.

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(00:00) - #1 Topic
(02:47) - What Makes A Podcast Compelling?
(33:43) - Early Product Market Fit
(57:06) - Fighting The Bootstrap Ideology
(01:15:58) - The Try Hard Business Model
(01:30:24) - It's Business Time
(01:48:22) - Making Friends
(02:02:55) - Disneyland vs. Disney World

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73: Explore vs. Exploit

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 11 Mar 2025 08:00:00 -0400

Ian and Aaron talk about scheduling your day, Aaron's newsletter, setting big goals, and a whole more.

Sponsored by Bento, Stream, Laravel Cloud, and PHP Tek 2025.

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72: The Big Tweet

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 08:00:00 -0500

Ian and Aaron discuss Aaron's viral tweet, more problems with HVAC, accountability for your own time, and so much more.

Sponsored by Bento, Stream, Laravel Cloud, and PHP Tek 2025.

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(00:00) - Video Game Historian
(14:01) - Do Up A Prototype
(19:38) - A Little Business Dad
(29:32) - Will AI Destroy SaaS?
(39:09) - Follow Up & Feedback
(44:36) - New York Muscle
(01:03:32) - Talking vs. Doing

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71: Laravel's Big Day

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 08:00:00 -0500

Ian and Aaron discuss Aaron's day off, 90s news anchors, Laravel's Big Day, and so much more.

Sponsored by Bento, Moonbase Labs, and Packetly.

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70: Robber Baron Mentality

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 08:00:00 -0500

Ian and Aaron discuss why Aaron needs a hobby, HelpSpot's new logo & 20 year (!) revenue graph, microwave power settings, the release of Fusion, and so much more.

Sponsored by Bento, Moonbase Labs, and Packetly.

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69: Don't Be A Dummy

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 08:00:00 -0500

Ian and Aaron discuss the release date of Fusion, winning money at poker, ideas for Laracon swag jackets, and a whole lot more.

Sponsored by Bento, Moonbase Labs, and Packetly.

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68: Right Off The Stage

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 17:53:13 -0500

Ian and Aaron discuss Aaron's reveal of Fusion at Laracon EU, the new Backstage Pass concept, the Laracon US announcement, and more.

Sponsored by Bento, Moonbase Labs, and Packetly.

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67: The Big Reveal

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 08:00:00 -0500

Ian and Aaron discuss all things related to AI, Ian's new thing he built, a Rails course, and more.

Sponsored by LaraJobs & Screencasting.com.

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(00:00) - Sleep Talk
(04:00) - Ian Built Something
(17:05) - Let's Talk AI
(44:45) - There's A New Superman?!
(51:22) - Aaron's Going To Amsterdam
(56:24) - Rails Course!

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66: Zombification

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 08:00:00 -0500

Ian and Aaron discuss the importance of seeing your friends in person, why Blade needs to be as fast as possible, weapons grade social media, conferences, and a lot more.

Sponsored by LaraJobs & Screencasting.com.

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(00:00) - What's The Good Word?
(11:36) - Southern Hospitality
(17:24) - Degens
(20:02) - The Blade Czar
(28:52) - NativePHP on iOS
(36:05) - Aaron’s Laracon EU Update
(45:13) - Conferences
(56:06) - I’m Not A TikTok Man
(59:26) - PHP Has Never Been Cool

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65: The Existential Threat

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 08:00:00 -0500

Ian & Aaron talk about Aaron's upcoming JS library, a new course idea, "AI Aaron Francis", Disney Adults, and a lot more.

Sponsored by LaraJobs, & Screencasting.com.

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(00:00) - Body Talk
(05:18) - Ready For 2025
(19:20) - Long Plays
(28:10) - New Course Idea
(34:26) - Twenty Years of Grinding
(39:22) - It's Actually Marketing
(56:18) - About 30% Done
(01:02:53) - The Panel

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64: Yes Man

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:08:41 -0500

Ian has a Christmas present for Aaron; the guys look back on 2024 and forward to 2025. Finally, they break down MT ad revenue for 2024 and set a goal for 2025.

63: Unreliable Narrator

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 17 Dec 2024 08:00:00 -0500

Ian and Aaron discuss Aaron's TUI app, what it's like being a founder over 40, "the drones", and so much more.

Sponsored by LaraJobs, Screencasting.com, and CodeRabbit

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(00:00) - Founders Over Forty
(10:54) - It's Gonna Be Bad
(15:25) - Watch Guy
(22:41) - TUI Is A Silly Word
(38:03) - Try Hard Empire Update
(58:46) - Ian Found A Budgeting App!
(01:07:29) - Advertising Platform
(01:12:39) - What Time Is It?
(01:18:58) - The Drones

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62: Doing Too Much

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 10 Dec 2024 10:00:00 -0500

Ian and Aaron talk about everything from Interstellar to the Late Night Wars of the 90s to speaking at conferences to maybe the greatest question of the week: what do you want to do when you retire?

Sponsored by LaraJobs, Screencasting.com, and CodeRabbit

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(00:00) - Let's Not Talk About Bluesky
(05:54) - Pay Homage / Respect
(11:40) - Playing Some Poker
(23:50) - What Do You Want To Do When You Retie
(34:35) - HelpSpot BackOffice
(46:38) - Interstellar
(53:28) - Commit Your Code
(01:08:35) - I Don't Wittle
(01:13:00) - Expand & Contract

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61: Chasing Vanity

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 08:00:00 -0500

Ian and Aaron go in-depth on Aaron's highly anticipated arrival on Bluesky - what's good, what's bad, and why he doesn't like when people tell him he's using it wrong. Plus an update on ads, a big garage idea, and more.

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(00:00) - Time Was Infinite
(09:02) - The Blue Ocean of Bluesky
(44:12) - Early Movers
(01:01:43) - Texas Basement Boys
(01:24:14) - A Different Idea For Ads

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60: The To-Done List

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 26 Nov 2024 08:00:00 -0500

Ian and Aaron discuss feedback on ads for the podcast, what the heck Ian does every day, updates on the Try Hard empire, & so much more.

Sponsored by Mailtrap, LaraJobs, & Screencasting.com.

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(00:00) - Vibes From The People
(09:03) - What Does Ian Even Do
(23:59) - Fitting In Side Projects
(34:11) - Sales Update
(38:04) - Bootstrapper Syndrome
(41:14) - Extra Heaviness
(46:51) - Guest Instructor
(58:57) - Laravel Cloud
(01:05:54) - UserScape & Sons

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59: Definitely For Profit

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 08:00:00 -0500

Ian and Aaron are back this week to discuss Aaron's adventures with the terminal, Ian's ideas for the future of Mostly Technical, a trip to Boise, and so much more.

Sponsored by LaraJobs & Screencasting.com.

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(00:00) - Airing of the Grievances
(09:24) - Terminal TUI Thing
(22:08) - Trip to Boise
(34:41) - Try Hard Update
(44:08) - SQL Course
(49:11) - Let's Get Meta
(01:13:53) - Surgery Update
(01:17:32) - Markdown Meh
(01:21:14) - Where’s All The Good Software?!
(01:25:43) - Busy Monday

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58: The Multi-Select with Caleb Porzio

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Mon, 11 Nov 2024 18:01:31 -0500

Ian is joined by Caleb Porzio and we talk about recent consumer product acquisitions, a dive deep into Flux's multi-select and more advanced components like charts, and we do a Business Dad corner about hiring.

* Joel Spolsky on how to find great developers (A little dated, but still good)

57 - Bonus: HBO Show Tiermaker!

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 14:45:44 -0500

A special bonus episode from a post-show Tiermaker. We were doing this for video so sorry in advance if it's not totally clear on audio. You can watch on Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8IIvZtrrzs

57: 10,000 Pennies

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 12:13:22 -0500

Ian's joined by Matt Swanson while Aaron is out ✂️. We cover the forgotten victims of the Wordpress drama like Gravatar and Day One, if a bootstrapper should be happy about $10k/mrr and make the case for jobs as being good, should the government sell ads on the Penny, and "things Aaron should do".

Don't miss our bonus Youtube video this week as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8IIvZtrrzs

Sponsored by LaraJobs & Screencasting.com.

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56: Tier Maker

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 29 Oct 2024 08:00:00 -0400

Ian and Aaron discuss Aaron's trip to San Francisco, Bluesky vs. Twitter, and why Ian's not doing his secret side project plus our tier rankings for...pizza toppings?!

Sponsored by LaraJobs & Screencasting.com.

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55: Try Hard Empire

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 08:00:00 -0400

Ian and Aaron discuss updates on Aaron's house, the Try Hard Factory, his course launch, and so much more.

Sponsored by LaraJobs & Screencasting.com.

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(00:00) - Mostly Arguing About Mars
(08:54) - House Update
(20:27) - Francis Real Estate Empire
(31:15) - We Found A Videographer
(37:32) - Postgres Launch
(38:51) - A Little Side Adventure
(42:09) - Back to Postgres
(49:31) - Try Hard Offsite
(58:14) - Ian’s Mystery Idea

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54: Create A Spectacle

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 15 Oct 2024 08:00:00 -0400

Ian and Aaron discuss everything from Aaron's dream for a Try Hard Factory to Ian being unimpressed with SpaceX rockets to the biggest question of all - what do you want to do with your life?

Sponsored by LaraJobs & Screencasting.com.

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(00:00) - Terrible Business Idea
(06:15) - Weekends Are Tough
(08:45) - Thing After Thing
(10:49) - Product Guesses
(14:23) - A Giant Bread
(17:40) - Try Hard Factory
(33:59) - What Do I Want To Do With My Life
(01:05:24) - Postgres Update
(01:11:27) - Some Big Rocket Thing

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53: Talking About Liquid

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 08:00:00 -0400

Ian and Aaron reunite to talk about bad design, WordPress drama, Aaron's secret physical product, why you want to be liquid, and more.

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(00:00) - Freaking Wrecked
(03:48) - A Great Roundtable
(12:58) - The Duality of Ian
(22:54) - Aaron's Decision
(26:25) - Rich People Have No Imagination
(39:06) - WordPress Drama
(48:44) - White On White On White
(58:47) - Course Update
(01:10:58) - A Physical Product (?!)
(01:17:40) - One Last Thing

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52: Statamic Roundtable with Jack McDade, John O'Nolan, Caleb Porzio, & Adam Wathan

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 01 Oct 2024 08:00:00 -0400

Ian is joined this week by Jack McDade, creator of Statamic, and a motley crew (John O'Nolan, Caleb Porzio, and Adam Wathan) to discuss what the future of Statamic might look like. Should the price change? Should it be open source? Who should it be marketed at? Does Statamic need an enterprise offering? All that & a ton more.

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Note: Recorded and streamed live on September 30th, 2024

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51: Launching Flux (Live) with Caleb Porzio

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 08:00:00 -0400

Ian and Aaron are joined this week by Caleb Porzio (friend of the show) on our very first live stream in honor of Flux, which Caleb literally launches live on the podcast. Plus everything from password hygiene to cloud exits to hiring people to, of course, all the ups & downs of launching a product like Flux.

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Note: Recorded live on September 23rd, 2024.

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50: Paid In Respect

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 13:00:00 -0400

Ian is back (!) with Aaron to check in about what happened to Ian's gallbladder, Aaron's announcement video, dreaming big, and so much more.

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(00:00) - They Failed Again
(11:28) - The Show Must Go On
(15:36) - A Different Kind of Plumbing
(24:36) - Laracon Vibes
(35:13) - The Big $57 Million Announcement
(46:51) - MrBeast is Gordon Gekko
(56:10) - Dream A Little Bit Bigger
(01:12:52) - Low Hanging Fruit
(01:19:25) - Sinatra Baby!

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49: Stay Lean, Stay Clean with Caleb Porzio

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 08:00:00 -0400

Aaron is joined this week once again by Caleb Porzio to discuss everything that happened at Laracon (including a basketball game?!) before diving deep into Flux, the online reaction to the price, and what comes next.

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(00:00) - Man of the People
(03:25) - A Quick Ad Read
(04:29) - Laravel vs. Terminal Coffee 🏀
(17:28) - Laracon Recap
(33:32) - Notes on Laracon
(58:32) - An Interview With Yours Truly
(01:00:23) - The Flux Situation
(01:21:29) - Here's The Thing
(01:27:07) - More On Pricing

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48: Mostly NPTM with Caleb Porzio & Daniel Coulbourne

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 20 Aug 2024 08:00:00 -0400

Aaron is joined this week by Caleb Porzio (back-to-back weeks!) and Daniel Coulbourne (first-time guest!) to dive deep into prep for Laracon, text editors, something called the "side eye verify", Aaron's recent blog post, and a whole lot more.

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(00:00) - I Was A Reply Guy
(04:59) - Power Broker / King Maker
(11:10) - Torchlight Update
(16:38) - Editor Talk
(28:02) - Eeking Out
(35:58) - Cancelled Plans
(37:56) - Give Credit Where It's Due
(40:10) - The Circles Were Good
(51:12) - He Did It Again
(54:40) - This One's On You
(01:04:36) - Mafioso Wisdom
(01:08:06) - A Little Bit Of Laracon
(01:21:36) - Well Gang...
(01:22:32) - Gross-Squeamish
(01:29:27) - Event Sourcing Will Save Me

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47: Jank Free With Caleb Porzio

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 08:00:00 -0400

Aaron is joined this week by special guest Caleb Porzio (filling in for Ian) to talk about everything from solo parenting to Caleb's new project to rejuvenating Torchlight and a lot more.

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(00:00) - Low Energy Jeb
(06:06) - Time on Twitter (Isn’t Profitable)
(11:34) - The Thunk Boys
(18:18) - An Essential Piece
(26:01) - Caleb’s Solo Empire
(29:36) - 9 Months of Darkness
(31:41) - Two Weeks to Laracon
(42:00) - Why Do You Hate Money
(50:57) - Torchlight Also
(01:05:39) - Riddle Me This
(01:23:04) - I Think I Want To Event Source

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46: Aaron Francis, Inc.

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 30 Jul 2024 08:00:00 -0400

Ian and Aaron check in about everything from tacos in NY to Twitter vs. Threads plus how Aaron found his next Linda, Aaron's new video series, & more.

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(00:00) - Ian's Trying Obsidian
(14:23) - Life OS Update
(18:55) - MT ❤️ NY
(28:17) - Your Next Linda
(39:55) - Poppin Off
(47:04) - Twitter vs. Threads
(58:37) - Two Elons
(01:07:56) - Los Tacos No. 1

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45: The Contest

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 08:00:00 -0400

Ian and Aaron talk about the investment that got away, why Try Hard is a media company, bringing back the forum, and an incredible idea for a new contest.

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(00:00) - Kubera
(03:01) - Do It For The Content
(08:24) - Idea For The Show
(14:59) - Yo Dude! Pick Me!
(24:38) - A Media Company
(34:53) - Yo Dawg Me
(42:20) - 25 Seat License
(48:31) - Mentally You're In A Wednesday
(54:22) - Bringing Back The Forum

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44: Idea About Ideas

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 08:00:00 -0400

Ian and Aaron talk about Ian's new idea that's got him frazzled and on tilt, Aaron's sales milestone, the game Factorio, and a lot more.

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(00:00) - I'm Very Tilted
(13:19) - Know A Guy
(19:31) - Course Update
(34:09) - Do As I Say, Not As I Do
(49:58) - Factorio
(53:02) - A Mostly Technical Interview

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43: Just Do Stuff

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 09 Jul 2024 08:00:00 -0400

Ian & Aaron talk about Ian's adventures with hiring (and Ian unveils a blisteringly hot take), how Aaron's course performance, why Aaron needs a stage name (maybe), and a lot more.

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(00:00) - The Long Weekend
(04:51) - Tired Because You're Hiring
(15:26) - A Controversial Topic
(30:24) - We're Still Doing Numbers
(42:46) - Email Update
(55:26) - Stage Name
(56:53) - Life Automation
(01:19:29) - One Last Thing

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42: Push The Button

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 02 Jul 2024 08:00:00 -0400

Ian and Aaron check in the results of Aaron's course launch, talk about the new developer position that Ian just posted, dive into the benefits of "scheming time", and so much more.

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(00:00) - Hat Guy
(02:34) - Launch Update
(15:10) - Mailing List Drama
(28:54) - Launch Results
(48:27) - Scheming Time
(52:45) - A Domain Story
(57:49) - Ian's Hiring A Dev!

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41: Beginning of the Empire

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 25 Jun 2024 08:00:00 -0400

Ian & Aaron discuss the launch of Aaron's new course, a trip to Texas Hill Country, the idea of 'Profit First', and a whole lot more.

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(00:00) - The Thumb System
(02:18) - Sausage Fest
(14:09) - Profit First
(22:34) - Launch Week
(39:17) - Only So Much Time!
(54:28) - Texas Elites
(56:30) - Gotta Go Cloudflare

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40: One Big Bet

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 18 Jun 2024 08:00:00 -0400

Ian & Aaron discuss Aaron's various small bets, why they're both so tired, the upcoming variety show 👀, & more.

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(00:00) - Happy Fathers Day
(05:45) - I'm So Tired
(19:56) - Toughest Decade
(24:33) - Long Form VIdeos
(32:13) - Aaron's Big Bet
(51:58) - Distribution Empire
(59:08) - HVAC Update 🇺🇸

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39: Mostly HVAC with Dan Myers, CEO of Flair

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Thu, 13 Jun 2024 08:00:00 -0400

Ian and Aaron are joined by Dan Myers, CEO of Flair, for a very special episode about Aaron's HVAC system, Ian's feelings about batteries, why people like "treats in the feed", and more.

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(00:00) - Welcome To The Show
(03:08) - Highly Biased But Knowledgable
(12:43) - Let's Keep It On Aaron
(21:23) - Ian's Ruling
(26:48) - Home Assistant Integration
(28:47) - Man Of The People
(33:46) - Treats In The Feed

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38: Morning Person

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 11 Jun 2024 08:00:00 -0400

Ian & Aaron discuss what's going on with Aaron's course and Ian's feistiness on Twitter before diving into what's going on with Aaron's HVAC system (seriously) and a lot more.

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(00:00) - Getting Healthy
(08:38) - Babies Are Humans
(17:51) - Picking Fights On Twitter
(31:07) - The Big Move
(38:16) - My Primary Concern Is Batteries
(55:54) - Course Update: It's Gonna Be Good
(01:06:18) - Are You An Apple Guy?

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37: S-Tier Software with Taylor Otwell

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 04 Jun 2024 08:00:00 -0400

Ian and Aaron are joined this week by Taylor Otwell, founder & CEO of Laravel, to discuss the Laravel vs. JS Twitter wars, new stuff coming down the road from Laravel, writing off Lambos (just kidding), and more.

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(00:00) - Living In Peace Time
(11:13) - The Last Big PHP Framework
(22:20) - Best Way To Get Started
(31:35) - New Stuff from Laravel
(40:53) - I Love A New Laravel Product!
(43:04) - New Hires
(47:41) - Growing Laravel
(54:56) - Just Make It Up!
(01:02:35) - Laracon US Update
(01:06:14) - Real Time Tracking
(01:08:10) - Lambo Write Off
(01:11:36) - I'm The Tastemaker

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36: Business Dad

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 28 May 2024 12:00:00 -0400

Ian & Aaron discuss Aaron's DHH interview, Ian's phishing fiasco, and are joined by special guest Sam Rose to talk about high effort content & a lot more.

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(00:00) - A Rough Morning
(08:26) - It's Crunch Time
(13:49) - Aaron Interviewed DHH
(29:16) - Try Hard Studios Update
(36:09) - Laravel vs. React Video
(38:45) - The DHH No Man
(48:34) - High Effort Content w/ Sam Rose
(01:12:54) - Are You A Neat Man?
(01:15:08) - iPhone Tracking
(01:17:49) - Beermosa

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35: Laravel vs. JavaScript with Dax & Adam Elmore

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 21 May 2024 10:30:00 -0400

Ian & Aaron are joined this week by Dax & Adam Elmore to discuss the Laravel vs. JavaScript discourse, selling coffee over the command line, and a lot more.

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(00:00) - Grownup Serious Stuff
(08:02) - The Meanest Person In The World
(10:41) - My Soul Hates New York
(14:36) - StatMuse
(20:18) - I Like The Health Insurance!
(25:03) - Why JavaScript?
(40:14) - The Discourse
(47:57) - Aaron's Video
(50:37) - Coffee From The Terminal
(01:05:26) - Terminal x Laracon
(01:14:54) - A Full On Course
(01:24:04) - Laravel Blend

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34: It's All Vibes

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 14 May 2024 08:00:00 -0400

Ian & Aaron discuss Aaron's new SQLite course, identifiers in Laravel, New York City, and last but not least - socks.

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(00:00) - The F Word
(09:17) - New York City (Taylor's Version)
(14:30) - Dallas Dallas
(22:18) - Aaron's SQLite Course
(33:35) - Highlighting Technique
(45:52) - SQLite Big Shots
(48:06) - Identifiers in Laravel
(01:00:46) - The Role of Taste
(01:08:51) - Truly Unruly Number of Socks 🧦

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33: The Secret

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 07 May 2024 08:00:00 -0400

Ian & Aaron discuss cheese boards, Aaron's lunch adventure, high performance database consulting, and the Drake vs. Kendrick Lamar beef with special guest Dave Hicking aka Producer Dave.

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(00:00) - Kids Birthday Parties
(03:43) - The Cheese Board
(17:16) - Went To The Burbs
(22:47) - Is Twitter Over?
(33:26) - Aaron's New Video
(41:34) - This Needs To Be Content!
(50:12) - Drake vs. Kendrick Lamar

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32: AI Therapy Connoisseur

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 30 Apr 2024 12:20:26 -0400

Ian & Aaron discuss men's fashion, DHH, location sharing follow-up, AI therapy hot takes, Laravel Octane, upcoming course update, is MySQL over?, non-competes and concierge medicine, hacking Laravel for prefix indexes, PHP x NYC

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31: Fight or Win

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 23 Apr 2024 13:33:29 -0400

Ian & Aaron discuss HelpSpot's future, Aaron reveals his next course, the secret to building courses, the "edge", spouse GPS tracking, the Doordash tax.

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30: We're Gonna Make It

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 16 Apr 2024 08:00:00 -0400

Ian & Aaron return after a few weeks off to check in on Aaron's new business, his studio, and yes, his healthcare woes.

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(00:00) - Chilipad Fixes All
(01:40) - Eclipse Update
(04:29) - I'm The Top of the Funnel
(16:55) - Healthcare Stuff
(37:35) - Everybody Updates Their Apps Too Fast
(46:26) - Aaron's Office Update
(59:00) - Trading Places

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29: Super Epic Crazy with Adam Wathan

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Wed, 27 Mar 2024 08:00:00 -0400

Ian and Aaron are joined by Adam Wathan (our first returning guest!) to talk about Aaron's future plans for courses & consulting, Adam's plans for hiring at Tailwind, & a lot more.

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(00:00) - The Interloper
(01:49) - Hiring at Tailwind
(09:00) - Extra Effort Matters
(19:47) - Magic Company Money
(23:02) - Jerry Seinfeld's Voice
(27:45) - Nothing Sexier Than a Database
(43:49) - Taste as a Service
(54:34) - Courses vs. Consulting
(01:07:56) - The Aaron Francis Experience
(01:13:33) - The Master Plan
(01:28:53) - Price of Admission
(01:33:17) - En Route To Mars

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28: Try Hard Studios

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Fri, 22 Mar 2024 13:36:18 -0400

Ian & Aaron discuss Chilipad, the Aaron Francis Studio of Light and Sound, the week of calls, how to properly apply to a job, Shibboleth secret passwords, what's next for Aaron, the background on how Try Hard Studios came to be, and behind the scenes on the creation of their launch video.

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Chilipad
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Aaron's what's next tweet
Try Hard Studios launch video & YouTube channel

27: The Layoff

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 12 Mar 2024 08:00:00 -0400

Ian & Aaron discuss being laid off, what comes next for Aaron, why layoffs always go bad, good free tiers vs. bad free tiers, & more.

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(00:00) - We Don't Have Bosses
(06:51) - Dune Part 2 Side Tangent
(14:19) - The Main Character
(26:13) - These Things Always Go Bad
(32:44) - Free Tiers
(42:50) - Have You Heard About Cloudflare?
(48:32) - Thoughts on Content Marketing
(56:34) - Face of the Organization
(01:01:48) - The Future
(01:15:18) - The Future, Continued
(01:27:31) - I'm Hot & Rich Now!
(01:34:14) - Aaron Francis Studio of Light & Sound
(01:37:33) - Follow Up & An Interesting Idea

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26: Indie Tycoon

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 05 Mar 2024 08:00:00 -0500

Ian & Aaron discuss config files in Laravel 11, having ambitious goals, the merits of checking vs. not checking your bag, & more.

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(00:00) - Open Some Emails, Kiss Some Babies
(08:49) - Follow Up
(20:31) - Even More Follow Up
(26:08) - Checked vs. No Checked Bag
(35:28) - Aaron's Ambitious Goal
(45:16) - Not Thinking Big Enough
(52:39) - Config Files in Laravel 11
(56:02) - Ian DoorDashed Chipotle
(01:00:49) - Diet Coke Upate

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25: Careful, Careful!

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 27 Feb 2024 08:00:00 -0500

Ian & Aaron discuss morning people, PHP/Laravel origin stories, using ChatGPT to write blog posts, Diet Coke vs. Coke Zero, & more.

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(00:00) - Morning Guy
(07:39) - Reachability Crisis
(11:15) - You Need One More Set
(17:21) - Follow Up
(26:32) - PHP/Laravel Origin Story
(33:09) - Aaron Bought a Chilipad
(40:15) - Do Literally Anything
(01:03:36) - Vices

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24: What's The Good Word?

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Wed, 21 Feb 2024 08:00:00 -0500

Ian & Aaron discuss the joy of Diet Coke, Ian's deep dive into DTOs, Inertia vs. Livewire, & more.

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(00:00) - Totally Zonked
(04:46) - Little A
(09:31) - Feedback
(18:38) - Even More Feedback
(29:29) - Laracon US Tickets
(30:52) - Blade + Livewire
(35:41) - Inertia vs. Livewire
(45:54) - Deep into DTOs
(55:40) - The Sleep Is Not Great

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23: Real Dad Stuff

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Wed, 14 Feb 2024 14:53:08 -0500

Ian & Aaron discuss everything from cryotherapy to the ugliness of most B2B apps to Aaron's first time doing meditation and a lot more.

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(00:00) - Super Bowl Update
(03:05) - PlanetScale Pricing Update
(05:21) - A Valuable Idea
(09:28) - Ian's Invisalign
(17:44) - Adorable Dad Stories
(25:23) - What Do You Need A Writer For?
(32:17) - ONCE / Campfire Update
(41:56) - Beautiful Failures
(46:54) - Meditation, Cryotherapy, & Cupcakes
(01:00:30) - Screencasting.com Update

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22: My Mind Vise

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 09:00:00 -0500

Ian & Aaron give out their Super Bowl Predictions, recap the first wave of announcements from Laracon EU, & more.

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(00:00) - Hit You With Some Woo
(21:55) - Wipe Conservationist
(24:47) - Super Bowl Predictions
(28:46) - Laravel 11
(37:26) - You’re a Database Man
(42:23) - Herd Pro
(49:27) - Laravel Reverb
(01:00:04) - Odds & Ends

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21: Your Glove Situation

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 08:01:00 -0500

Ian & Aaron discuss getting sick, something called 'The Suburban Dad Zone', using gloves to change diapers (!?!), and more.

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(00:00) - We're Playing Doctor
(11:32) - Back on Paternity Leave
(16:18) - Down There in the Danger Zone
(24:43) - Suburban Dad Scale
(29:06) - Should I Gamble?
(37:22) - ONCE & Campfire
(46:40) - Cloudflare! Cloudflare!!

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20: A Man of Culture

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Fri, 19 Jan 2024 08:30:00 -0500

Ian & Aaron discuss the Laracon US announcement, going on ski vacations, route model bindings in Laravel, & more.

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(00:00) - Ski In, Ski Out
(09:00) - Aaron's Problem Is Beach
(14:59) - Mailbag & PlanetScale Studios Follow Up
(27:48) - Laracon US, Baby!
(34:03) - The Bear
(45:16) - Route Model Bindings

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19: It's Content, Baby!

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Thu, 11 Jan 2024 08:00:00 -0500

Ian & Aaron are back(!) to discuss whatever happened with Ian's DB woes, what it's like to parent two sets of twins, the brand new PlanetScale Studio, & more.

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(00:00) - From Zero To 6 Weeks
(10:10) - Model Should Be Strict
(18:53) - Don’t Muck Around With Select
(23:35) - Gotta Have a Morph Map
(27:45) - Huge Fan of the Enums
(32:46) - Shedquarters?
(38:46) - I’ve Got an Apartment Now!
(51:17) - Aaron’s Static Site Package
(54:39) - Update on Ian’s DB Woes
(58:03) - Taking a Page From DHH
(01:00:47) - Ian Gives Some Feedback

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18: You Need Tinker Time with Adam Wathan

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Thu, 14 Dec 2023 16:11:07 -0500

Ian & Aaron are joined by Adam Wathan, founder of Tailwind, to discuss everything from the upcoming Tailwind Catalyst UI kit to hiring to a hypothetical Tailwind marketplace & more.

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(00:00) - Baby Check In
(09:49) - Catalyst UI Kit
(25:50) - Headless UI Update
(32:52) - Hiring is a Hard Thing
(45:38) - Rewriting Tailwind With...Rust?
(52:03) - A Hypothetical Tailwind Marketplace
(01:10:30) - "What do you want to do, Adam?"
(01:18:42) - Could Adam hire somebody to run the business?

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17: Ecosystem of Cards

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Wed, 06 Dec 2023 09:15:11 -0500

Ian & Aaron discuss Laravel Pulse, DHH's upcoming Slack competitor, Rails copying Laravel, & more.

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(00:00) - Helloooooooo
(06:10) - Follow Up
(10:00) - Laravel Pulse
(20:09) - Video is Hot
(35:55) - Ian's Sage Advice
(53:06) - They're Gonna Sell Plenty!

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16: We Didn't Have JSON In My Day

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Thu, 30 Nov 2023 13:16:32 -0500

Ian & Aaron return after a mini break to talk about Aaron's new twin babies, Ian's MySQL 8 upgrade woes, the origin story of Eloquent, and a lot more.

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(00:00) - One Week Ago Today
(14:32) - Ian’s MySQL 8 Upgrade Woes 🤒
(26:38) - Capital R Real Business
(45:50) - Some Brief Thoughts on Postgres
(50:59) - My Goal Is To Make Cool Things
(01:02:26) - Aaron’s Not Static Static Setup
(01:14:24) - Eloquent’s Origin Story
(01:19:41) - Laravel Pulse
(01:27:01) - Authentication Grab Bag
(01:34:51) - Shoes Inside The House
(01:40:13) - What’s Your Workout Routine?

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15: Farming, Threadbois, & Meme Lords with Jeffrey Way

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 14 Nov 2023 08:01:00 -0500

Ian & Aaron are joined by Jeffrey Way to discuss everything from the ethics of retweeting compliments to the pros & cons of hiring people to help you and a *lot* more.

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(00:00) - Costco Country
(13:17) - Acceptable Behavior on X/Twitter
(29:25) - Playing The Game Poorly
(36:01) - Pretending To Be Humbled
(46:55) - The Newspaper Was Twitter
(52:55) - Hit Us With Your DHH Take
(59:43) - That’s Ethically Murky To Me
(01:08:56) - Finding the Right People
(01:25:48) - The Word of the Day Is Manipulation
(01:35:48) - Americans Don’t Agree on Anything
(01:39:02) - Everybody Has a Course
(01:46:09) - Laracasts’ Secret Sauce

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14: Nobody Uses Trucks For That

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 08:01:00 -0500

Ian & Aaron follow up on last week's component conversation, talk about Ian's new truck, debate if Laravel devs get paid less, & more.

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(00:00) - The Final Take on Components
(08:46) - Component Libraries Are Tempting
(16:42) - Truck Talk 🛻
(30:40) - Kid Update
(41:52) - Do Laravel Devs Get Paid Less?
(50:22) - A Sock Story 🧦

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13: The SQL Injection Slide with Sam Selikoff

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Fri, 03 Nov 2023 10:01:00 -0400

Ian & Aaron are joined by Sam Selikoff to discuss React Server Actions & Server Components, why it's important to have one set of opinions, and yes, the infamous SQL Injection Slide at NextConf.

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(00:00) - The Most Memed Man on the Internet
(09:06) - High Floor vs. High Ceiling
(19:20) - What the Hell Is Next?
(23:22) - The Third Phase of React
(29:09) - Your App Is Not Unique
(35:23) - Server Actions & Server Components
(51:33) - CallYourMom.Com
(01:00:56) - Fat Models, Skinny Controllers
(01:14:16) - One Set of Opinions

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12: All Things Livewire with Caleb Porzio

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 10:50:18 -0400

Ian & Aaron are joined by Caleb Porzio to talk about all things Livewire - how it makes money, the future of Livewire screencasts & components, and a ton more.

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11: Your Computer Is Your Sanctuary

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 24 Oct 2023 08:01:00 -0400

Ian & Aaron discuss Aaron's 'This Week, Last Week', Texts.com, the importance of socks, combining React with Livewire, & more.

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Note: This episode was recorded on Monday, October 23rd before the news of Texts.com being acquired by Automattic was announced.

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10: Late Night Bite

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 17 Oct 2023 08:01:00 -0400

Ian & Aaron discuss time zones, tunnels, Aaron's hatred of NYC, static site generators, and more.

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09: Just Enough Laracons

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 08:01:00 -0400

Ian & Aaron discuss a recent minivan purchase, upcoming Laracons around the world, Taylor Swift vs. Lionel Messi, & more.

Oh - and they actually disagreed (!) about something.

08: Galaxy Quadrant Theory

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 03 Oct 2023 08:01:00 -0400

Ian & Aaron discuss the dangers of reading documentation, the "long slow SaaS ramp of death", something that Aaron called "so freaking stupid", and more.

07: Forward Only!

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 26 Sep 2023 08:00:00 -0400

Ian & Aaron discuss the launch of Screencasting.com, whether or not babies are "super tough", down migrations in Laravel, and a lot more.

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06: The Week of Aaron

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 19 Sep 2023 10:00:00 -0400

Ian & Aaron discuss Screencasting.com, why Ian can't leave email alone, how and why the internet is a vast place, and much more.

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05: He Loves a Manifesto

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Wed, 13 Sep 2023 07:00:00 -0400

Ian & Aaron discuss DHH & TypeScript, Once & the success of outrage marketing, Aaron's rules for Twitter, & more.

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04: The Year of Livewire

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Wed, 06 Sep 2023 11:05:57 -0400

Ian & Aaron discuss what's new with Screencasting.com & HelloQuery, why LinkedIn might not be terrible, and why 2024 is going to be the year of Livewire.

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03: The Secret Is to Get a Truck

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Wed, 30 Aug 2023 08:00:00 -0400

Ian & Aaron discuss Ian's vacation on the Outer Banks, Aaron's drive back from Vermont, Lift for Laravel, making videos for YouTube, & more.

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02: It's React in PHP

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Tue, 15 Aug 2023 14:30:00 -0400

Ian & Aaron discuss Messi, Aaron becoming an Oracle ACE, their shared accounting background, Livewire Volt, source diving, and more.

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01: The Pilot

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis — Wed, 09 Aug 2023 09:08:17 -0400

In this very special pilot episode of 'Mostly Technical', Ian & Aaron discuss everything from LK-99 to Screencasting.com & Aaron's 'Maximum Effort' era.

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