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109: AI Bro
2 december 2025 · 1 uur
Ian and Aaron discuss Claude vs. Gemini, *another* Laravel New idea, drama on Thanksgiving, and so much more. Lees meer
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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
Links:
Indie Hacker who had his wedding sponsored
Million Dollar Homepage
Introducing Claude Opus 4.5
JMac's 'child-like' $20/month DO box
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108: Database School Launch 🚀
25 november 2025 · 1 uur 9 min
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? Lees meer
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
Links:
Nightwatch
OG Kit
Forge
Laravel Cashier
Jamey Gannon on Twitter
Aaron's Blooper Reel
Adam's Morning Walk
Laravel VPS
Nano Banana Pro
Gemini 3
Filament
Starship Bagel
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Sweet Hang #3: Matching Tattoos w/ John O'Nolan
20 november 2025 · 1 uur 13 min
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. Lees meer
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
Links:
Ghost
Marco Arment
Overcast
ChartMogul
Joel Spolsky on why you shouldn't ever do a rewrite
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107: A Ruthless Capitalist
18 november 2025 · 53 min
Ian and Aaron discuss screen time for kids, the impending launch of Database School, why Ian acquired Bootstrapped.fm, and more. Lees meer
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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
Links:
Wall Street
The Secret Life of Pets
Claude Code
Browser testing in Pest 4
Database School
Jason Beggs
"Rich enough not to waste time"
Andrey Butov
Bootstrapped Episode 43: The UserScape Developers
Bootstrapped Episode 46: Jeffrey Way of Laracasts
Pluribus
Is It Cake?
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106: We've Got ARR!
11 november 2025 · 1 uur 14 min
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! Lees meer
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(00:00) - A Weekend Story
(15:25) - Sick Kids
(20:12) - Laravel New Update
(22:40) - 20 Years of HelpSpot
(37:27) - Ian's Hiring
(43:03) - Aaron's Big Week on Twitter
(53:20) - Database School Update
Links:
Paperless Post
Fuji X100VI
Ricoh GR IV
Laravel New
Ian's hiring!
Aaron's tweet
"Put Food On My Family"
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105: Laravel New, Again
4 november 2025 · 1 uur 20 min
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. Lees meer
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(00:00) - Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder
(01:52) - Wire:live
(10:54) - Livewire 4
(27:49) - Poker Day
(34:45) - Aaron MC
(36:40) - We Musn't Ship
(48:54) - Best Book I've Ever Read
(57:07) - Update On New Videos
(01:10:44) - Advent of SQL
(01:14:18) - 🐴 Update
Links:
Wire:live
Vehikl
Blaze
Forte
Rainbow Bridge
Digital Minimalism
The Intellectual Life
Advent of Vibe Coding
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104: Cash Cow Mode
22 oktober 2025 · 1 uur 20 min
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. Lees meer
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
Links:
"Low-energy Jeb"
Behind the scenes of Aaron's new setup
http://nyblackboard.com
Blackmagic DeckLink
tldraw
The DynamoDB Book
@fideloper
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Sweet Hang #2: Humans Still Required w/ Jeffrey Way
16 oktober 2025 · 1 uur 25 min
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. Lees meer
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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
Links:
Amaran
TanStack
Remix
3 Ninjas (1992)
Suno
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103: Developer Dad
14 oktober 2025 · 1 uur 8 min
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. Lees meer
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Links:
MLB Postseason
Brick
Stratechery
Sora
Livewire Blaze
Tuple
Focus Lab
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102: Vision Quest
7 oktober 2025 · 1 uur 12 min
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. Lees meer
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Links:
Brick
Transcendental Meditation
Aaron's tweet about his vision quest
Ian's Bsky post about ice cream
Ian's travel pillow
Thule compression packing cube
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101: Infinite Feed of Content
30 september 2025 · 1 uur 5 min
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. Lees meer
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
Links:
'Survivor' bar in Boston
Commit Your Code 2025
Aaron's Talk at CYC'25
Justin Jackson's 'The Panel' podcast
Aaron's CodeRabbit short film
Meta's AI slop announcement
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Sweet Hang #1: Fever Dream w/ Michele Hansen
25 september 2025 · 58 min
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. Lees meer
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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?
Links:
Geocodio
Deploy Empathy
Software Social Podcast
TJ Miller on X
Avenue Q
JBTD Timeline
Frontend Mentor
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100: Bury The Hatchet
23 september 2025 · 1 uur
Ian and Aaron talk about PlanetScale, launching Aaron's new YouTube channels, traction tables that will change your life, and so much more. Lees meer
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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
Links:
The future of this channel (Aaron's YouTube)
Aaron's interview with PlanetScale CEO Sam Lambert
MySQL for Developers
Aaron's Traction Table
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99: Laravel New
16 september 2025 · 1 uur 12 min
Ian and Aaron talk about adventures with TypeScript, huge updates re: Outro & Database School, and revisit exactly what happened with Once.com. Lees meer
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
Links:
Jason Beggs on Twitter
Reka UI
Focus Lab
Rails World
Bourne Franchise
Campfire
Fizzy Walkthrough
This One's for the Girls
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98: Inventing The Wheel
9 september 2025 · 1 uur 17 min
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. Lees meer
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
Links:
Database School
Fly.io
CodeMirror
SingleStore
DuckDB
Jesse Hanley's Tweet
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97: Young Forever
2 september 2025 · 59 min
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. Lees meer
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
Links:
La Roche-Posay
Molly's Game
Joe Rogan Experience (YouTube)
Lex Fridman
New Heights
Database School
Omarchy
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96: No More Amateur Hour
27 augustus 2025 · 1 uur 24 min
Ian and Aaron talk about Aaron's mysterious trip to Boise, Ian's investment in Tiny Seed, wire:live, and so much more. Lees meer
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
Links:
Heat
Snowpiercer
"I'm talking about liquid"
Rounders
TinySeed
Laravel Boost
'The Vegas Loop is Getting Progressively More Stupid'
Announcement tweet for Wire:live
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95: Face Man of the Empire
19 augustus 2025 · 1 uur 13 min
Ian and Aaron discuss sleep, what's next for Database School, the "Fake Date", and so much more. Lees meer
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
Links:
Eight Sleep
Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
Database School
Aaron's looking for some help with research!
Rands' article on AI
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94: Full Sleazy Lock In
12 augustus 2025 · 1 uur 27 min
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. Lees meer
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
Links:
AWD vs. 4WD
Call Screening in iOS 26
Parkinson's Law
Justin Jackson on Bluesky
Tatami - email monitoring & alerting
GPT-5 is here
Sam Altman's tweet showing the Death Star
NotebookLM
Bear.app
Database School
Obsidian
Notion Calendar
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93: Laracon US Recap
6 augustus 2025 · 1 uur 36 min
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?! Lees meer
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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
Links:
Laracon US
Eric Barnes on Twitter
Sam Lewis on Twitter
Luke Towers on Twitter
Marcus Moore on Bsky
Josh Cirre on Twitter
Taylor Desseyn (Torc) on Twitter
Laracon AU
Hot Take Arena
Hank Taylor on Twitter
Samantha Sappenfield on Twitter
Abby Gilson on Twitter
Aaron's talk notes
Aaron & Ian closing out Laracon
Mary Perry on Twitter
Thiery Laverdure on Bsky
Chris Sev on Twitter
John O'Nolan on Twitter
Keith Damiani on Twitter
Pete Heslop on Bsky
Big Sky Dev Con
HTMX on Twitter
community.laravel.com
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92: Hot Takes!
22 juli 2025 · 1 uur 24 min
Ian and Aaron discuss timezones, visiting the rodeo, the Hot Takes Game, and so much more. Lees meer
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
Links:
Mesquite (TX) Championship Rodeo
Saratoga (NY) Race Track
Stephen Rees-Carter
Patrick McKenzie (@patio11) on Twitter
Podscan.fm
Drew Clements on Bsky
Hot Take Arena
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91: Up & To The Right
15 juli 2025 · 1 uur 22 min
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. Lees meer
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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
Links:
Superman (2025)
BvS
Aaron's tweet about getting on his bad side
Outro.fm
Claude Code Best Practices
Aaron's Newsletter
Aaron chatting with his website through Telegram
Telegram APIs
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90: So Overpowered
8 juli 2025 · 1 uur 10 min
Ian and Aaron talk about what's going on with Outro, building slip & slides, Aaron's Mac Studio wizardry, and so much more. Lees meer
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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
Links:
Traegar Grills
Ian's Slip & Slide
Aaron's town parade
Walkway Over The Hudson
Ryan Trahan visits Poughkeepsie
Aaron's tweet about using his Mac Studio for ffmpeg
yt-dlp
Podscan
Transistor
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89: Money Mindset
1 juli 2025 · 1 uur 11 min
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. Lees meer
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:
macOS Screen Sharing
CalDigit TS4
Apple Certified Refurbished
Ryan Trahan
Daniel Negreanu
Tony Robbins
Pavel Durov
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88: Steve's Leaving Try Hard?!
24 juni 2025 · 1 uur 44 min
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? Lees meer
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
Links:
The Rewatchables
Buffer
Transistor.fm
Outro.fm
Producer Steve aka Steve Tenuto on Twitter
Turso
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87: No Sparkle Buttons
17 juni 2025 · 1 uur 2 min
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. Lees meer
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?
Links:
Barnes & Noble
Glauber Costa on X
The Panel (podcast)
HelpSpot
Instrumental Components
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86: Focus Hard
10 juni 2025 · 1 uur 10 min
Ian and Aaron talk about Ian’s new love of Codex, what happened after “panic mode”, Aaron’s weekend with the guys, and more. Lees meer
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
Links:
The Bedford by Martha Stewart
Justin Jackson's Bluesky post about ads working
OpenAI's Codex
Texas Hill Country
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85: Screencasting.com Launch Failure
3 juni 2025 · 1 uur 6 min
Ian and Aaron talk about the disastrous Screencasting.com launch and what’s next for Aaron, Steve, and Try Hard. Lees meer
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
Links:
https://screencasting.com/
SparkToro
Jason Beggs
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84: Fabricated Hype
27 mei 2025 · 1 uur 7 min
Ian and Aaron discuss the need for an AI Newsletter, being beamed up to the mothership, web components, and more. Lees meer
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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
Links:
Introducing Claude 4
Junie, by JetBrains
Windsurf
Josh Pigford on X
Aaron's tweet about AI
Producer Dave's tweet about joining Laravel
Ian Landsman & Andrey Butov's Bootstrapped.fm
Adam's tweet about his love letter to Rails
Instrumental Components
Paula's Runway Cafe
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83: Use Your Brain
20 mei 2025 · 1 uur 6 min
Ian and Aaron discuss a certain viral tweet about Livewire, the benefits of being a regular, Aaron's video about Cloudflare, & more. Lees meer
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
Links:
Tickrmeter
WSOP bracelet
Branick Weix's tweet about devs positioning themselves as Livewire devs
Notes on Work: The war of making something
Aaron's video w/ Josh Howard of Cloudflare
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82: Peak Bubbly
13 mei 2025 · 58 min
Ian and Aaron talk about getting feisty on Twitter, a possible AI bubble, NativePHP, an awesome game idea for Laracon, and more. Lees meer
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
Links:
Low Energy Jeb
Aaron's reply to the quote tweet criticizing DHH
Open AI - Vector embeddings
Drew Clements on Bluesky
NativePHP post re: gross sales
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81: Nothing Ever Happens
6 mei 2025 · 1 uur 24 min
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. Lees meer
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
Links:
Thunderbolts*
A Minecraft Movie
Mostly Technical Laracon Pre-Party!
Givebutter
Aaron's newsletter
Windsurf
Junie
Warp
ElevenLabs
Trump orders tariffs on movies
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80: The Big Announcement w/ Taylor Otwell
29 april 2025 · 1 uur 17 min
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. Lees meer
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
Links:
Mostly Technical Laracon Pre-Party! sponsored by Diagonal
Revenge of the Sith re-release
Andor Season 2
Kamal
Jason McCreary on Twitter
YAGNI
Aaron's ChatGPT sidebar
Aaron's video about AI
OpenAI's Codex
Tina Fey & Amy Poehler on tour
Aaron's tweet about his climbing wall
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79: Super Ultra Tilted
23 april 2025 · 1 uur 5 min
Ian and Aaron discuss their respective trips to Vegas and Miami, Aaron's latest video, making new friends in real life, & more. Lees meer
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
Links:
Papi Steak
Pot Limit Omaha
Double Board Bomb Pot
JetBlue Mint
Wrestlemania 41
30 Year Macallan
React Miami
Whiskey, Web and Whatnot
PHP x NYC
Ghost.org
Terminal Coffee
Terminal Feud - Live in Miami
Aaron's video about his course platform data model
tldraw
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78: The Haters Were Right
15 april 2025 · 1 uur 24 min
Ian and Aaron discuss upcoming travel to Miami & Vegas, Aaron's new 'Dead Drop" command, the future of Fusion, & more. Lees meer
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
Links:
Volkswagen Atlas
React Miami
Whiskey Web and Whatnot Episode 186 w/ Aaron Francis
Wrestlemania 41
Aaron's tweet about Dead Drop
Fusion
Wayfinder
Ziggy
VoidZero
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77: Eye on the Future
8 april 2025 · 1 uur 15 min
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. Lees meer
Sponsored by Bento and WorkOS.
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(00:00) - A Billionaire Sighting
(06:22) - PHP × NYC
(14:25) - Follow Up
(18:28) - Aaron's Art
(27:51) - Ian's New Computer
(39:34) - Screencasting.com
(45:23) - Adapting to a Recession
(01:03:20) - Conference Talk
Links:
Jerry Jones
Mansion on Turtle Creek
The Nanny
T. Boone Pickens
The First Billion Is the Hardest (Book)
Rosie
Aaron's Art
Lazarus of Bethany
Stage Manager (macOS)
Marshall Haas
Dave Ramsey
Kent C. Dodds
Epic Web Conference 2025
MicroConf
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Bonus Episode: PHP × NYC Chaos-Cast™
7 april 2025 · 1 uur 11 min
Recorded live after PHP × NYC with Ben Holmen, John Drexler, Daniel Coulbourne, Chris Morrell, Ian Landsman, Dave Hicking, and Joe Tannenbaum. Lees meer
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.
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76: Distribution & Taste w/ Adam Wathan
1 april 2025 · 1 uur 28 min
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. Lees meer
Sponsored by Bento and WorkOS.
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(00:00) - The Disney Debate
(03:27) - Zero MRR
(05:15) - YouTube Stuff
(13:38) - Course Talk
(23:33) - Competitive Advantage
(42:48) - Building A Course Platform
(52:59) - Tailwind's YouTube Strategy
(01:23:31) - Nanny Talk
Links:
Disney Cruise Line
Adam's tweet about $0 MRR
'Build UIs that don't suck'
Tailwind Connect Miami
Steve Schogar on YouTube
teenage engineering
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75: Mob Mentality
25 maart 2025 · 1 uur 25 min
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. Lees meer
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
Links:
Will King on Twitter
Minnie Van
Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin
The Art of Product
Ben Thompson's Interview w/ Sam Altman
mymind
Pinboard
Aaron's post about Screen on r/php
Solo on GitHub
Screen on GitHub
Screencasting.com
Monarch
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74: The Hourglass w/ Jordan Gal
18 maart 2025 · 2 uur 4 min
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. Lees meer
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
Links:
Jordan Gal
Episode 764 of Startups for the Rest of Us
http://youcanjustdothings.com/
Rosie
David Chang
ICPs (Ideal Customer Profiles)
Brick
CartHook
Justin McGill
Bryan Shankman
NewForm
Dan Shipper
Rob Walling
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73: Explore vs. Exploit
11 maart 2025 · 56 min
Ian and Aaron talk about scheduling your day, Aaron's newsletter, setting big goals, and a whole more. Lees meer
Sponsored by Bento, Stream, Laravel Cloud, and PHP Tek 2025.
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Links:
Chris Morrell on Bluesky
Steve Carell with gray hair
'What Is The Cosmere?'
Jesse Hanley's eyepatch photo
Lex.page
Aaron's Newsletter
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72: The Big Tweet
4 maart 2025 · 1 uur 24 min
Ian and Aaron discuss Aaron's viral tweet, more problems with HVAC, accountability for your own time, and so much more. Lees meer
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
Links:
Aaron's viral tweet
Aaron's tweet about EA open sourcing old C&C games
Elon replying to Aaron's tweet
Jesse Hanley tweeting about ROI
App Tracking Transparency
SparkToro
Polymarket
Survivor 48
Brandon Sanderson Weekly Update
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71: Laravel's Big Day
27 februari 2025 · 1 uur 17 min
Ian and Aaron discuss Aaron's day off, 90s news anchors, Laravel's Big Day, and so much more. Lees meer
Sponsored by Bento, Moonbase Labs, and Packetly.
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Links:
First Watch
Aaron's tweet about news
Peter Jennings
Calvin and Hobbes
"Hang a Lantern"
Laravel Shift
Taylor streaming with ThePrimeagen
Brandon Sanderson
Steve's crazy office setup
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70: Robber Baron Mentality
18 februari 2025 · 1 uur 13 min
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. Lees meer
Sponsored by Bento, Moonbase Labs, and Packetly.
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Links:
Fusion
Backstage Pass
Taylor's tweet about a "special surprise" for the new starter kits
Laravel Spark
Will King's new logo for HelpSpot
Home Heating Oil
Thermostat
Aaron's tweet about microwave power settings
Aaron on a swing
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69: Don't Be A Dummy
11 februari 2025 · 52 min
Ian and Aaron discuss the release date of Fusion, winning money at poker, ideas for Laracon swag jackets, and a whole lot more. Lees meer
Sponsored by Bento, Moonbase Labs, and Packetly.
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Links:
Disney Springs
The Wizarding World of Harry Potter
Factorio
Pot-Limit Omaha
Nuxt
Next.js
Severance on Apple TV+
Monarch
Wanderlog
TripIt
NativePHP for iOS
John Rudolph Drexler on Bluesky
Jess Archer on Bluesky
SNL Five-Timers Jacket
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68: Right Off The Stage
4 februari 2025 · 40 min
Ian and Aaron discuss Aaron's reveal of Fusion at Laracon EU, the new Backstage Pass concept, the Laracon US announcement, and more. Lees meer
Sponsored by Bento, Moonbase Labs, and Packetly.
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Links:
Fusion hype video
Backstage Pass
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67: The Big Reveal
28 januari 2025 · 1 uur 13 min
Ian and Aaron discuss all things related to AI, Ian's new thing he built, a Rails course, and more. Lees meer
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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!
Links:
How to drink tea (Notes on Work)
Mike and the Mad Dog
ChatGPT Pro
Windsurf Editor
Official Laravel VS Code Extension
DeepSeek
Boston Dynamics Robots
I, Robot
Robot & Frank
Superman Official Teaser Trailer
High Leverage Rails announcement
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66: Zombification
21 januari 2025 · 1 uur 15 min
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. Lees meer
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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
Links:
New York Paycheck Calculator (with info on NYC's separate income tax)
Dagger Components for Laravel Blade
Simon Hamp's newsletter re: NativePHP
Laracon EU
Jake Bennett's talk about State Machines at Laracon US 2023
Tony Lea on X
ShipFast
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65: The Existential Threat
14 januari 2025 · 1 uur 10 min
Ian & Aaron talk about Aaron's upcoming JS library, a new course idea, "AI Aaron Francis", Disney Adults, and a lot more. Lees meer
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
Links:
Year In Review
Laracon EU
Caleb's post on GitHub sponsorship
Bootstrapped Web
Notes on Work episode about the date picker (January 12th, 2025)
The Panel
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64: Yes Man
23 december 2024 · 1 uur 22 min
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. Lees meer
Gravity Falls
Disclosure
Solo
Cowgirls with Cameras podcast