Mostly Technical
- Episodes
- 165
- Released
- weekly
- Latest episode
- Nov 11, 2026
About the podcast
Hosted by Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis, Mostly Technical is a lively discussion on Laravel, business, and an eclectic mix of related topics.
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Episodes 165
157: Eat The Pain
Ian and Aaron discuss Ian's struggles with Stripe, Caleb's breaking news about Flux for React, Fable 5.2, and more.Sponsored by Svix, Maileroo, Bento, PostShiba, and Typesense.Interested in sponsoring Mostly …
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Ian and Aaron discuss Ian's struggles with Stripe, Caleb's breaking news about Flux for React, Fable 5.2, and more.
Sponsored by Svix, Maileroo, Bento, PostShiba, and Typesense.
Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more.
- (00:00) - Stripe Is The Worst
- (13:55) - Token Burner 3000
- (22:34) - Kindergarten Campout
- (34:10) - Big Laravel Day
- (44:11) - Flux for React
- (01:05:22) - AI At The Ballot Box
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156: Batten Down The Hatches
Ian and Aaron discuss a short-lived Laravel New, Aaron's first onsite with the marketing team, a successful trip to Philly, the seemingly inevitable security apocalypse, and more.Sponsored by Svix, Maileroo …
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Ian and Aaron discuss a short-lived Laravel New, Aaron's first onsite with the marketing team, a successful trip to Philly, the seemingly inevitable security apocalypse, and more.
Sponsored by Svix, Maileroo, Bento, PostShiba, and Typesense.
Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more.
- (00:00) - Ian's Laravel New didn't last
- (24:13) - Laravel Offsite
- (35:06) - Everybody's Orbin'
- (42:13) - Got The Cash
- (50:07) - Follow Up - Are People Actually Replacing SaaS?
- (58:18) - Are Companies Rational Economic Actors?
- (01:06:26) - Operation Batten Down The Hatches
- (01:18:07) - Outro! Dot FM!
Links:- Obsidian
- Claude Duet
- Firecrawl
- Terry Black’s Barbecue
- Joe T. Garcia’s
- Mafia (party game)
- Catan
- Ghostty
- Amp Orbs
- Solo
- PHP×Philly
- Mary Perry
- Eff
- 1-900-Ice-Cream
- Less Annoying CRM
- Startup to Last
- North Korea linked to $6.3B Binance hack
- Outro
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155: The PHPocalypse
Ian and Aaron talk about Aaron's talk at Resend Forward, Ian's trip to the World Series, the PHPocalypse, Ian's dream job, and so much more.Sponsored by Svix, Maileroo, Bento, PostShiba, and …
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Ian and Aaron talk about Aaron's talk at Resend Forward, Ian's trip to the World Series, the PHPocalypse, Ian's dream job, and so much more.
Sponsored by Svix, Maileroo, Bento, PostShiba, and Typesense.
Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more.
- (00:00) - Hello Brewers Man
- (09:56) - Aaron's Trip to SF
- (28:18) - Ian's Dream Job
- (40:21) - Inside Baseball
- (43:16) - The PHPocolypse
- (01:00:17) - Indie Hacker Brainworm
- (01:03:21) - Found Money
- (01:14:22) - An Update on Aaron's Book
- (01:34:39) - Marketing Offsite
Links:- Brewers go up 2-0 in the World Series
- Sal Frelick
- Laravel Founders Panel at Accel
- Resend Forward
- Aaron’s talk at Resend Forward
- Laravel Cloud
- Accel
- The Atlantic: “If Anything Happens to This Guy … Everyone Is Screwed”
- stealmybitcoin.com
- Brotli CVE-2026-111497
- Ruby’s level 10 CVE
- Aaron’s bound book
- Fire & Blood by George R. R. Martin
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154: Ian Laravel New'd Again!
Ian and Aaron talk about Laravel New'ing....again....and what that means for Outro, plus huge updates coming to Solo, Aaron's generative universe, and more.Sponsored by Svix, Maileroo, Bento, PostShiba, and …
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Ian and Aaron talk about Laravel New'ing....again....and what that means for Outro, plus huge updates coming to Solo, Aaron's generative universe, and more.
Sponsored by Svix, Maileroo, Bento, PostShiba, and Typesense.
Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more.
- (00:00) - Ian's Still Sick
- (03:59) - Laravel New?
- (19:49) - Pricing for Outro 2.0
- (30:38) - More on Outro 2.0
- (37:38) - Solo on Linux
- (42:54) - Headless Solo
- (50:15) - GUI Chats?
- (58:57) - Aaron's Generative Universe
- (01:23:20) - OpenCode Was Hacked
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153: 13 Billion Tokens
Ian and Aaron discuss Ian's trip to NYC to see the Amp crew, Aaron's weekend getaway, fighting online with Jesse Bentley, and craziest of all - should Ian 'Laravel New' Outro?Sponsored by Svix, Bento …
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Ian and Aaron discuss Ian's trip to NYC to see the Amp crew, Aaron's weekend getaway, fighting online with Jesse Bentley, and craziest of all - should Ian 'Laravel New' Outro?
Sponsored by Svix, Bento, PostShiba, Laracon AU, and Typesense.
Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more.
- (00:00) - Rocks In The Stream
- (16:15) - Orbin In Person
- (24:54) - Aaron's First Internet Business
- (40:42) - Giant Buttons
- (43:49) - Jesse & Ian Are Fighting
- (52:54) - Operation Double
- (01:05:23) - 'Laravel New' Outro?
- (01:11:18) - Resets
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152: Feel The AGI
Ian and Aaron discuss OpenAI's Dots, Aaron's trip to Denver, working with tests in the AI era, big things coming to Laravel, and a whole lot more.Sponsored by Svix, Bento, PostShiba, SerpAPI, Laracon AU, and …
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Ian and Aaron discuss OpenAI's Dots, Aaron's trip to Denver, working with tests in the AI era, big things coming to Laravel, and a whole lot more.
Sponsored by Svix, Bento, PostShiba, SerpAPI, Laracon AU, and Typesense.
Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more.
- (00:00) - America, Coke Zero
- (07:14) - Aaron Went To Denver
- (09:58) - Big Things Coming To Laravel
- (18:46) - The Milwaukee Brewers
- (26:41) - A Reverse Epiphany
- (37:15) - Mini Motorways
- (46:45) - Dot & AI Agents
- (01:03:14) - Can AI Companies Make Money?
- (01:09:49) - Tests
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151: Tokenmogged
Ian and Aaron discuss Opus 5.5, Aaron's HomeOS, Ian's token usage, what's new with Aaron's office, and so much more.Sponsored by Svix, Bento, PostShiba, SerpAPI, Laracon AU, and Typesense.Interested in …
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Ian and Aaron discuss Opus 5.5, Aaron's HomeOS, Ian's token usage, what's new with Aaron's office, and so much more.
Sponsored by Svix, Bento, PostShiba, SerpAPI, Laracon AU, and Typesense.
Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more.
- (00:00) - Ian Loves Developers!
- (05:16) - I Have Become Aaron, Destroyer of Worlds
- (12:11) - Update on Aaron's Office
- (22:18) - Orbin & Mogging
- (26:36) - Update on Jev
- (31:19) - HomeOS
- (48:23) - Opus 5.5
- (55:48) - The Best Time Ever To Raise Prices
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150: Everybody Loves Jev
Ian and Aaron discuss the arrival of Jev, whether or not people should take microeconomics classes, Aaron's new office, raising prices, and so much more.Sponsored by Svix, Bento, PostShiba, Valorin Security …
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Ian and Aaron discuss the arrival of Jev, whether or not people should take microeconomics classes, Aaron's new office, raising prices, and so much more.
Sponsored by Svix, Bento, PostShiba, Valorin Security, SerpAPI, Laracon AU, and Typesense.
Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more.
- (00:00) - Solo Parenting
- (09:00) - Ian's Very Mad About People on Twitter
- (17:12) - People Should Take Microeconomics (?)
- (31:04) - Aaron Is Leasing An Office!
- (45:22) - Jev!
- (01:04:56) - Should you charge more or less?
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149: I Am The Harness
Ian and Aaron talk about their trip to Vegas, what's cooking with Outro & Solo, Ian's travel woes, something called a Zoox, and so much more.Sponsored by Svix, Bento, PostShiba, Valorin Security, SerpAPI, and …
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Ian and Aaron talk about their trip to Vegas, what's cooking with Outro & Solo, Ian's travel woes, something called a Zoox, and so much more.
Sponsored by Svix, Bento, PostShiba, Valorin Security, SerpAPI, and Typesense.
Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more.
- (00:00) - A Weak Vocal Constitution
- (13:55) - CabanaConf Takeaways
- (21:36) - Build Bento on Bento?
- (28:18) - Burning Tokens for Solo
- (35:46) - Fixes for Outro
- (39:59) - Training a Model
- (48:30) - What if Solo had a universal agent?
- (01:00:46) - Ian's Travel Woes
- (01:07:38) - Aaron Took a Zoox
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148: AI Psychosis Day
Ian and Aaron discuss the release of GPT-6 "Astra", building Solo for Linux, Ian's camera setup, why Outro isn't out yet, and so much more.Sponsored by Svix, Bento, DropInBlog, Valorin Security, and …
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Ian and Aaron discuss the release of GPT-6 "Astra", building Solo for Linux, Ian's camera setup, why Outro isn't out yet, and so much more.
Sponsored by Svix, Bento, DropInBlog, Valorin Security, and Typesense.
Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more.
- (00:00) - Happy Labor Day
- (03:02) - Rippin Astra Tokens
- (17:04) - Solo On Linux?
- (26:09) - 4000 Photos of Horses
- (41:04) - What's New With Outro?
- (49:27) - Aaron's Training a Model
- (01:00:32) - No More Astra Left
- (01:09:06) - Vegas, Baby. Vegas.
Links:- GPT-6 Astra
- Blender
- ElevenLabs
- Aaron's tweet on the fantasy world he's building
- Aaron's tweet on writing in-depth plans/specs
- Omarchy
- Aaron's tweet on Tailscale
- Ian's tweet with horse photos
- Amp Orbs
- Lightroom
- Eric Barnes' football photos
- Ian's tweet on the Sony 50-150mm f/2
- Viltrox AF 85mm f/2 EVO (Sony E)
- Sony FE 40mm f/2.5 G
- Jason Cohen (A Smart Bear)
- Solo
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147: It's Orbin' Time
Ian and Aaron discuss the release of Solo v0.10, Aaron's trip to Boise, Ian's trip to the fair, why Ian's all in on Orbs, and so much more.Sponsored by Bento, DropInBlog, Valorin Security, and …
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Ian and Aaron discuss the release of Solo v0.10, Aaron's trip to Boise, Ian's trip to the fair, why Ian's all in on Orbs, and so much more.
Sponsored by Bento, DropInBlog, Valorin Security, and Typesense.
Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more.
- (00:00) - Producer Steve Got Married!
- (07:53) - Aaron's Unifying Theory on Wedding Toasts
- (17:02) - Ian Went To The Fair
- (27:30) - Notion? (and Linear)
- (35:28) - Moats
- (40:40) - Solo's Huge New Release
- (55:41) - It's Orbin' Time
- (01:10:30) - Aaron's Credit Card Strategy
- (01:24:28) - Book Update
Links:- Aaron's wedding photo (Steve Tenuto's wedding)
- Steve Tenuto on X
- Ian's tweet on moats
- Solo
- Aaron's Solo release thread
- Amp Orbs
- Matt Stenson on X
- Amex Gold Card
- Amex Platinum Card
- AwardWallet
- Great Illustrated Classics
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146: Do Things & Tell People
Ian and Aaron discuss Aaron's trip to Copenhagen for Laravel Live DK, meeting DHH, having "the hell trip home", using AI to beat Air Canada's bureaucracy, and so much more.Sponsored by Bento, DropInBlog …
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Ian and Aaron discuss Aaron's trip to Copenhagen for Laravel Live DK, meeting DHH, having "the hell trip home", using AI to beat Air Canada's bureaucracy, and so much more.
Sponsored by Bento, DropInBlog, Valorin Security, and Svix.
Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more.
- (00:00) - Back In the Land of the Free
- (01:52) - Happy Anniversary!
- (04:22) - Aaron's First Intl Biz Class Flight
- (12:04) - Laravel Live DK
- (22:05) - Aaron's Talk & Meeting DHH
- (32:58) - DHH & Taylor's Fireside Chat
- (42:27) - The Spoon Is An Airplane
- (56:22) - The Hell Trip Home
- (01:17:41) - Scheming With Codex
- (01:27:34) - A Quick Controversy
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Sweet Hang #5: My Psychosis Moment w/ Jesse Hanley
With Jesse Hanley
Ian is joined by Jesse Hanley, founder of Bento, to discuss everything from Grok Bot to finding your ideal customer to the future of knowledge work and so much more.Sponsored by Bento, DropInBlog, Valorin …
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Ian is joined by Jesse Hanley, founder of Bento, to discuss everything from Grok Bot to finding your ideal customer to the future of knowledge work and so much more.
Sponsored by Bento, DropInBlog, Valorin Security, and Svix.
Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more.
- (00:00) - Settle All Family Business
- (02:04) - Grok's Bot
- (12:43) - AI & Knowledge Work
- (35:17) - How much can one person automate?
- (46:42) - Will normies use bots?
- (59:29) - Jesse's videos
- (01:12:17) - Growing Revenue
- (01:20:11) - Finding your ideal customer
- (01:33:56) - Cameras
- (01:41:51) - Life in Japan
Links:- Jesse Hanley / @jessethanley — founder-in-the-park videos live here
- Grok "bot" agent app (xAI)
- OpenClaw
- Hermes Agent (Nous Research)
- Less Annoying CRM
- Ben Orenstein
- Laravel Live Japan
- Tatami
- Max MRR article
- Hidden Multipliers (book/audiobook)
- Find Your Carol workshop
- A Smart Bear blog
- Jason Cohen
- Sony FX30
- Sony a6000 (body)
- Tamron 17-70mm f/2.8 (Sony E)
- Sony 70-200mm f/2.8 GM II
- Sony 300mm f/2.8 GM OSS (Ian's)
- Kase Filters
- Patrick McKenzie
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145: Marketing As Engineering
Ian & Aaron discuss what's coming to Solo, how Aaron's running marketing at Laravel, why Ian swears by a cabana, and so much more.Sponsored by Bento, DropInBlog, Valorin Security, and Svix.Interested in …
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Ian & Aaron discuss what's coming to Solo, how Aaron's running marketing at Laravel, why Ian swears by a cabana, and so much more.
Sponsored by Bento, DropInBlog, Valorin Security, and Svix.
Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more.
- (00:00) - Cabana Life
- (12:44) - Using Linear for Marketing
- (22:57) - Who's agent should you use?
- (33:02) - Marketing = Engineering?
- (45:37) - Aaron's hit tweet
- (56:42) - Solo Updates
- (01:04:27) - Laravel Live Denmark
Links:- Sandpearl Resort, Clearwater Beach
- Martha's Vineyard
- Surf Style
- Jason Cohen has the DropInBlog founder on the show
- Jason Cohen's new book, Hidden Multipliers
- Laracon US photos
- Sam Sappenfield's tweet
- "We built laracon.us/photos. We're not developers."
- Aaron's codebase-audit tweet
- Soloterm
- Laravel Live Denmark
- Aaron's DSA audit prompt gist
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144: First Week as VP
Ian and Aaron discuss Aaron's first week as VP of Marketing & Community at Laravel, why he's writing manifestos in Notion, Ian's huge week with AI coding, and an update on Nachogate.Plus Ian's live from a …
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Ian and Aaron discuss Aaron's first week as VP of Marketing & Community at Laravel, why he's writing manifestos in Notion, Ian's huge week with AI coding, and an update on Nachogate.
Plus Ian's live from a cabana, ending Token Town (RIP to a real one), and so much more.
Sponsored by Bento, DropInBlog, Valorin Security, and Svix.
Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more.
- (00:00) - Live from a cabana
- (03:26) - The End of Token Town
- (10:39) - Aaron's First Week
- (28:03) - A few manifestos
- (44:24) - 1:1's
- (53:40) - Ian's Mega AI Coding Week
- (01:10:21) - Nachogate Update
- (01:12:43) - Aaron's Studio Update
- (01:18:25) - The next Illustrated Classics
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143: Rice On Your Nachos
Ian and Aaron are back for a second episode this week to talk about more LaraProm & Laracon follow up, why Ian will never ship Outro (kidding), and.....adding rice to your nachos?Sponsored by Bento, DropInBlog …
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Ian and Aaron are back for a second episode this week to talk about more LaraProm & Laracon follow up, why Ian will never ship Outro (kidding), and.....adding rice to your nachos?
Sponsored by Bento, DropInBlog, Valorin Security, and Svix.
Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more.
- (00:00) - Aaron's First Real Day
- (04:38) - LaraProm -> Laracon
- (23:05) - Never Ship
- (37:33) - Nachos With Rice
- (47:06) - First Class Is Better
- (53:29) - Aaron's Sewing Machine
- (01:02:47) - Shower Wine Follow Up
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142: Aaron's a VP at Laravel?!
Ian and Aaron are back after Laracon US to talk about....Aaron's new job as VP of Marketing & Community at Laravel?!Plus a recap of LaraProm, something called "shower wine", and more.Sponsored by Bento …
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Ian and Aaron are back after Laracon US to talk about....Aaron's new job as VP of Marketing & Community at Laravel?!
Plus a recap of LaraProm, something called "shower wine", and more.
Sponsored by Bento, DropInBlog, Valorin Security, and Svix.
Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more.
- (00:00) - We're back, baby
- (01:26) - VP of Marketing & Community
- (14:15) - What prepared Aaron for this position?
- (27:31) - Grand Unifying Theory of Laravel Marketing
- (50:21) - What's next for Try Hard?
- (55:28) - Shower wine (?)
- (01:04:06) - The future of MT
- (01:16:11) - LaraProm
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141: The Era of Sol
Ian and Aaron discuss letting Sol Ultra rip for over 2 days straight, Aaron's new side project, problems with macOS, trying to price AI usage in apps, and more.Sponsored by Bento & DropInBlog.Interested in …
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Ian and Aaron discuss letting Sol Ultra rip for over 2 days straight, Aaron's new side project, problems with macOS, trying to price AI usage in apps, and more.
Sponsored by Bento & DropInBlog.
Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more.
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- (00:00) - Tim Cook's Office
- (06:00) - Introducing cfmpeg
- (12:27) - Ian & ElevenLabs
- (15:04) - Subscriptions In Outro
- (18:45) - World Cup
- (24:06) - Sol Ultra
- (28:07) - An Update on HelpSpot AI Pricing
- (52:04) - Aaron’s Custom Model
- (01:07:40) - Next Week: Laracon US!
- (01:10:23) - Great Illustrated Classics
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140: Eating The Burst
Ian and Aaron talk about pricing AI usage in apps, what's coming next for HelpSpot, a Jay-Z concert in NYC, and so much more.Sponsored by Bento & DropInBlog.Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to …
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Ian and Aaron talk about pricing AI usage in apps, what's coming next for HelpSpot, a Jay-Z concert in NYC, and so much more.
Sponsored by Bento & DropInBlog.
Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more.
Going to Laracon? Sign up for the Mostly Technical Pre-Party!
- (00:00) - Aaron got a ticket
- (06:45) - Jay-Z Concert
- (11:47) - World Cup Update
- (22:36) - Blogging & SEO
- (29:19) - Pricing AI Usage In Apps
- (43:43) - HelpSpot & AI
- (59:54) - GPT Sol & Fable
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139: High On Fable
Ian and Aaron talk about saving a kid's life (!), Solo's big update, and an emerging controversy - do you still need to read the code?Sponsored by Bento & DropInBlog.Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? …
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Ian and Aaron talk about saving a kid's life (!), Solo's big update, and an emerging controversy - do you still need to read the code?
Sponsored by Bento & DropInBlog.
Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more.
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- (00:00) - Aaron Saved A Life
- (05:18) - No Good Comes From A Bounce House
- (11:40) - 4th of July Parades
- (15:20) - Workspaces In Solo
- (24:33) - Should You Still Read The Code?
- (40:05) - Aaron's Breakout Tweet
- (51:05) - Outro Update
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138: Back In The Game
Ian and Aaron discuss Ian's misadventures with poker, a huge update for Solo (Windows!), why Aaron thinks languages don't matter but frameworks & ecosystems do, and so much more.Sponsored by Laracon AU …
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Ian and Aaron discuss Ian's misadventures with poker, a huge update for Solo (Windows!), why Aaron thinks languages don't matter but frameworks & ecosystems do, and so much more.
Sponsored by Laracon AU, Honeybadger, Bento, Vask, and DropInBlog.
Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more.
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- (00:00) - Mostly Poker
- (10:55) - Poker Town?
- (13:34) - Outro Update
- (20:46) - Solo for Windows (!)
- (30:50) - Pricing Advice
- (33:52) - Laravel Live UK
- (42:58) - Languages Don't Matter
- (56:09) - LaraProm Update
- (01:04:46) - World Cup
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137: You Do Have To Care w/ John Drexler & Daniel Coulbourne
With Daniel Coulbourne and John Rudolph Drexler
Aaron is joined by John & Daniel of Thunk to talk about why you should think like a PM, what they want to see from Solo, trash cans in New York, "footy", and a whole lot more.Sponsored by Laracon AU …
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Aaron is joined by John & Daniel of Thunk to talk about why you should think like a PM, what they want to see from Solo, trash cans in New York, "footy", and a whole lot more.
Sponsored by Laracon AU, Honeybadger, Bento, Vask, and DropInBlog.
Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more.
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- (00:00) - Introduction to the Thunk Boys
- (04:13) - Working on Laravel Forge
- (09:22) - What does Daniel do?
- (14:30) - Big week for New York
- (22:34) - World Cup Social Media
- (29:13) - Laravel Live
- (36:33) - AI Code Responsibilities
- (41:52) - Think Like A PM
- (51:08) - Do Old Best Practices Still Apply?
- (58:12) - Daniel's Solo Gripes & Asks
- (01:20:34) - Tidy
- (01:24:02) - Where Is Ian?
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136: Big, Audacious Goals
Ian and Aaron discuss why HelpSpot raised prices, what Aaron's building for teams with Solo, the short-lived reign of Fable 5, pros & cons of DJ's, and so much more.Sponsored by Laracon AU, Honeybadger, Bento …
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Ian and Aaron discuss why HelpSpot raised prices, what Aaron's building for teams with Solo, the short-lived reign of Fable 5, pros & cons of DJ's, and so much more.
Sponsored by Laracon AU, Honeybadger, Bento, Vask, and DropInBlog.
Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more.
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- (00:00) - The Great DJ Debate
- (07:58) - Aaron's Going To Laravel Live UK
- (14:22) - Ian Raised Prices
- (27:26) - Teams & New Solo Pricing
- (42:45) - New Frontiers
- (56:51) - RIP Fable 5
- (01:09:43) - Outro's Sponsorship System
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135: Ian's Over AI Coding?!
Ian and Aaron discuss hiring new employees, Ian claiming he's over AI coding, huge updates to Outro, going big or going home on Token Town, and more.Sponsored by Laracon AU, Honeybadger, Bento, Vask, and …
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Ian and Aaron discuss hiring new employees, Ian claiming he's over AI coding, huge updates to Outro, going big or going home on Token Town, and more.
Sponsored by Laracon AU, Honeybadger, Bento, Vask, and DropInBlog.
Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more.
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- (00:00) - Down to the River
- (05:33) - Ian's Over AI Coding?!
- (13:45) - Aaron's Employee's First Week
- (21:42) - Marketing & Content
- (27:27) - Ian's Been Busy With Outro
- (37:41) - Slash Brag Update
- (41:06) - Ian Finally Hired Somebody!
- (47:00) - Token Town Update
- (55:28) - Horse Business
- (01:04:14) - Aaron Went Fishing
- (01:13:16) - Kids Sports
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134: The Edge of Safety
Ian and Aaron discuss Aaron's new employee, the latest on Outro, a surprise trip to Portland, and more.Sponsored by Laracon AU, Honeybadger, Bento, Vask, and DropInBlog.Interested in sponsoring Mostly …
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Ian and Aaron discuss Aaron's new employee, the latest on Outro, a surprise trip to Portland, and more.
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- (00:00) - Where Was Ian?
- (02:26) - Outro Update
- (12:32) - Kelsey Is Gone
- (22:11) - Is Cloudflare Up?
- (24:53) - Aaron's New Employee
- (40:10) - LaraProm Update
- (42:14) - A Little Technical
- (54:35) - Aaron Went To Portland
- (01:06:35) - Slash Brag
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133: Do The Hardest Thing with Jesse Hanley
With Jesse Hanley
Aaron is joined this week by Jesse Hanley, founder of Bento, to talk about building a seven figure business, why he feels less stress now than he did when he started, migrating from Heroku to Planetscale, and …
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Aaron is joined this week by Jesse Hanley, founder of Bento, to talk about building a seven figure business, why he feels less stress now than he did when he started, migrating from Heroku to Planetscale, and more.
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- (00:00) - 5 TB of Data
- (11:12) - Laravel Live Japan
- (15:46) - Seven Figure Business
- (24:32) - Advice for Indie Hackers
- (28:57) - Pick Better Problems
- (32:50) - Friends of Bento
- (42:33) - Heroku to Planetscale
- (01:15:02) - What's Next
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132: Ian Shipped Outro!
Ian and Aaron discuss finally recording Token Town, Ian finally shipping Outro, the benefits of working in public, what's coming next to Solo, and more.Sponsored by InterNACHI, Honeybadger, Bento, Vask, and …
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Ian and Aaron discuss finally recording Token Town, Ian finally shipping Outro, the benefits of working in public, what's coming next to Solo, and more.
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- (00:00) - We Finally Recorded Token Town
- (07:43) - Outro Is Live!
- (21:43) - Working In Public Is Required
- (27:54) - What's Next For Outro
- (30:22) - What's New With Solo
- (43:59) - Free vs. Paid
- (55:20) - First Actual Resume
- (01:04:41) - Starting A Movement
- (01:12:36) - Everybody Loves Discord
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Token Town 001: What is Anthropic Doing?!
In the first-ever episode of Token Town Aaron & Ian break down pricing changes for Claude -p and the Agent SDK, a temporary 50% increase to Claude's limits, leaps in hacking ability, and more.Sponsored by …
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In the first-ever episode of Token Town Aaron & Ian break down pricing changes for Claude -p and the Agent SDK, a temporary 50% increase to Claude's limits, leaps in hacking ability, and more.
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131: Crush My Competitors
Ian and Aaron talk about what's cooking with Solo, why Aaron's hiring his first full-time employee, Ian's frustrations with moving the team to Codex, and a feel good AI story.Sponsored by InterNACHI …
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Ian and Aaron talk about what's cooking with Solo, why Aaron's hiring his first full-time employee, Ian's frustrations with moving the team to Codex, and a feel good AI story.
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- (00:00) - Follow Up
- (04:20) - Solo Update
- (11:52) - Business Dad Pushback
- (19:15) - Raising Money
- (24:39) - Aaron's First Full-Time Employee
- (31:30) - Ian's Hiring Troubles
- (39:26) - A Laravel New 👀
- (43:27) - Moving to Codex
- (48:57) - Where's Outro?
- (59:34) - A Feel Good AI Story
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130: Two Grandmas Roll Up
Ian and Aaron discuss the most harrowing experience of Aaron's life (complete with the funniest ad transition in Mostly Technical history), talk about Ian's trip to the Laravel Roadshow in NYC, and dive into …
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Ian and Aaron discuss the most harrowing experience of Aaron's life (complete with the funniest ad transition in Mostly Technical history), talk about Ian's trip to the Laravel Roadshow in NYC, and dive into what's cooking with Solo.
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- (00:00) - The Birthday Party Incident
- (10:45) - He Starts Doing The Slip & Slide
- (21:01) - The Stuff of Legends
- (26:57) - More Kids = More Productive?
- (32:58) - Solo Is A Meta Harness
- (48:13) - It's Video Week!
- (55:06) - Laravel Roadshow
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