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63: Unreliable Narrator
17 december 2024 · 1 uur 33 min
Ian and Aaron discuss Aaron's TUI app, what it's like being a founder over 40, "the drones", and so much more. Lees meer
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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
Links:
Justin Jackson - What's Happening With Founders Over 40
Tim Ferriss Show
Joe Tannenbaum on Bluesky
Termsky
Laravel Prompts
Terminal Coffee
ANSI Escape Code
Udemy
Monarch
Thunk
Chris Rock's Filmography
Ken Wheeler on X
D.B. Cooper
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62: Doing Too Much
10 december 2024 · 1 uur 23 min
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? Lees meer
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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
Links:
Late Night with David Letterman
The Late Shift
Triumph the Insult Comic Dog
Ian's Bluesky post about poker
WinStar Casino
HelpSpot
Authorize.net
Notes on Work
Interstellar
Ben Holmen on Bluesky
Commit Your Code Conference
Yum! Brands
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61: Chasing Vanity
3 december 2024 · 1 uur 31 min
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. Lees meer
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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
Links:
Pot-Limit Omaha - A Beginners Guide
Papa Murphy's Pizza
Aaron Francis on Bluesky
Car Elevator
Car Turntable (CarTurner)
Thunk
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60: The To-Done List
26 november 2024 · 1 uur 16 min
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. Lees meer
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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
Links:
Brian Casel on Bluesky
LaraJobs Affiliate Program
TinyMCE
Day One
Dependabot
Toggl
Owl.so
Chris Fidao on Bluesky
Laravel Cloud
Nightwatch
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59: Definitely For Profit
19 november 2024 · 1 uur 30 min
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. Lees meer
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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
Links:
Copilot Money
Laravel Prompts
Chewie, a package that helps you build TUIs.
Solo, a package to run multiple commands at once
Multi-Armed Bandit Testing
Clickhouse database
Bear.app
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58: The Multi-Select with Caleb Porzio
12 november 2024 · 2 uur 45 min
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. Lees meer
* Joel Spolsky on how to find great developers (A little dated, but still good)
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57 - Bonus: HBO Show Tiermaker!
5 november 2024 · 16 min
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
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57: 10,000 Pennies
5 november 2024 · 1 uur 8 min
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". Lees meer
Don't miss our bonus Youtube video this week as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8IIvZtrrzs
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56: Tier Maker
29 oktober 2024 · 1 uur 12 min
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?! Lees meer
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Links:
Amoxicillin
Sanity
Web Dev Challenge
Kent C Dodds
NextJS Conf
Thomas Frank on YouTube
Elo Rating Algorithm
Tartine
Bluesky
Five Families in The Godfather
Justin Jackson's Laravel starter pack for Bluesky
Louie's in Dallas
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55: Try Hard Empire
22 oktober 2024 · 1 uur 5 min
Ian and Aaron discuss updates on Aaron's house, the Try Hard Factory, his course launch, and so much more. Lees meer
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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
Links:
Bootstrapped Web Podcast
Europa Clipper
James Webb Space Telescope
Voyager Program
2001: A Space Odyssey
Limestone
Dan Shipper
All-In Podcast
Chris Morrell on Twitter
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54: Create A Spectacle
15 oktober 2024 · 1 uur 42 min
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? Lees meer
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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
Links:
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53: Talking About Liquid
8 oktober 2024 · 1 uur 21 min
Ian and Aaron reunite to talk about bad design, WordPress drama, Aaron's secret physical product, why you want to be liquid, and more. Lees meer
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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
Links:
Mailcoach
Statamic Roundtable
Laravel Cloud
Wall Street (IMDB)
What the heck is going on with WordPress?
Ian's tweet about designers
Linear
Mastering Postgres
Aaron's tweet about post-it notes
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52: Statamic Roundtable with Jack McDade, John O'Nolan, Caleb Porzio, & Adam Wathan
1 oktober 2024 · 1 uur 46 min
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. Lees meer
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Note: Recorded and streamed live on September 30th, 2024
Links:
Jack McDade on Twitter
John O'Nolan on Twitter
Caleb Porzio on Twitter
Adam Wathan on Twitter
Jack's tweet that started this whole conversation
Statamic
Ghost
Ghost's Kickstarter
Statamic Starter Kits
Flat Camp
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51: Launching Flux (Live) with Caleb Porzio
24 september 2024 · 2 uur 27 min
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. Lees meer
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Note: Recorded live on September 23rd, 2024.
Links:
Flux
Digital Ocean
Notes on Work: How to drink tea
Hugo Sainte-Marie on Twitter
Caleb's launch tweet for Flux
Caleb's blog post on crossing $1 million on GItHub Sponsors
Shadcn
Zenvoice
Billion Dollar Creator on YouTube
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50: Paid In Respect
18 september 2024 · 1 uur 31 min
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. Lees meer
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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!
Links:
Mailcoach
Ian's tweet about his gallbladder surgery report
Laparoscopic surgery & gas
Seinfeld Junior Mint clip
InterNACHI
David Hill on Twitter
Laravel Investment Announcement
Aaron interviews Taylor about the investment
Gordon Gekko
'How to succeed in MrBeast Production'
Ian's thread about the document
Mastering Postgres announcement video
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49: Stay Lean, Stay Clean with Caleb Porzio
3 september 2024 · 1 uur 53 min
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. Lees meer
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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
Links:
Caleb on Twitter
Transistor.fm
Justin Jackson on Twitter
Will King on Twitter
David Hill on Twitter
Nuno Maduro on Twitter
John Drexler's tweet about Daniel vaping
Jess Archer on Twitter
Primeagen on Twitter
Sandi Metz
Deep Ellum, Dallas, Texas
Tom Crary (Laravel President/COO) on LinkedIn
FluxUI
Hugo Sainte-Marie on Twitter
Alpine Components
Matt Swanson on Twitter
Web Awesome by Font Awesome
Gallbladder Removal (NHS)
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48: Mostly NPTM with Caleb Porzio & Daniel Coulbourne
20 augustus 2024 · 1 uur 36 min
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. Lees meer
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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
Links:
No Plans To Merge
Caleb Porzio on Twitter
Daniel Coulbourne on Twitter
Producer Dave (Dave Hicking) on Twitter
Torchlight
Textmate for macOS
Zed
Emmet
Cursor
Supermaven
Make VS Code Awesome
Josh Cirre on Twitter
Matt Stauffer on Twitter
Five-Minute Geek Show Episode 95: Credit where credit's due
Excalidraw
Aaron Francis - An argument for logging off
CNBC - The Profit
Texas Card House
Terminal Coffee
Osmosis Jones on IMDB
'Combating Jargon' in the Verbs documentation
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47: Jank Free With Caleb Porzio
13 augustus 2024 · 1 uur 27 min
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. Lees meer
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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
Links:
An argument for logging off - Aaron Francis
Thunk
John Rudolph Drexler on Twitter
Jason Beggs
Caleb's tweet about flux
Livewire Partner Program
Anystack
Torchlight
Astro
GetDown
No Plans To Merge
Caleb Porzio
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46: Aaron Francis, Inc.
30 juli 2024 · 1 uur 17 min
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. Lees meer
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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
Links:
The PARA Method
Obsidian.md
follow your stupid dreams. (YouTube)
Kelsey Petrich on Twitter
Aaron's first 'Poppin Off' video
Ian's tweet about Los Tacos No. 1
Bomb Pop popsicle
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45: The Contest
23 juli 2024 · 1 uur 6 min
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. Lees meer
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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
Links:
Kubera
ConvertKit
Laravel Shift
Doug DeMuro (YouTube)
Startups for the Rest of Us Episode 160
Business of Software
MicroConf
Patio11 (Twitter)
The most infamous forum thread (Bodybuilding.com Forum)
Discourse
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44: Idea About Ideas
16 juli 2024 · 1 uur 6 min
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. Lees meer
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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
Links:
Aaron's tweet about 100k
Jason Beggs on Twitter
Mary Perry on Twitter
Factorio
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43: Just Do Stuff
9 juli 2024 · 1 uur 22 min
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. Lees meer
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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
Links:
Vegas Vacation (IMDB)
Beach Boys - "Kokomo" (YouTube)
What's new in MySQL 9
YNAB
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42: Push The Button
2 juli 2024 · 1 uur 11 min
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. Lees meer
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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!
Links:
High Performance SQLite
Ian's hat ('Google Dino Cap')
Aaron's live stream where he launched the course (Twitter)
'Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable' on Amazon
Bento
UserScape's job posting: Full-Stack Laravel Developer (applications due by 7/15/24)
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41: Beginning of the Empire
25 juni 2024 · 1 uur 16 min
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. Lees meer
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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
Links:
Siskel & Ebert
Texas Hill Country
Profit First (Book)
John Scalzi blog post about being in it for the money
Bento
Database School (on YouTube)
Kent C. Dodds
Fly.io
Laravel Octane
Cloudflare AI Gateway
Cloudflare Workers
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40: One Big Bet
18 juni 2024 · 1 uur 8 min
Ian & Aaron discuss Aaron's various small bets, why they're both so tired, the upcoming variety show 👀, & more. Lees meer
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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 🇺🇸
Links:
Aaron's board book
Aaron' tweet about drama online
Aaron's talk at Laracon Online
Elon Musk (book) [Amazon]
Arc
Brandon Sanderson on YouTube
Justin Kan's tweet about second time founders
Syntax.fm
Sentry's partnering with Laravel
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39: Mostly HVAC with Dan Myers, CEO of Flair
13 juni 2024 · 36 min
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. Lees meer
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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
Links:
Dan Myers on LinkedIn
Flair.co
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38: Morning Person
11 juni 2024 · 1 uur 11 min
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. Lees meer
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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?
Links:
Ian's tweet about walking
Ian's tweet about his first customer
Flair.co
Aaron's DHH interview
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37: S-Tier Software with Taylor Otwell
4 juni 2024 · 1 uur 16 min
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. Lees meer
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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
Links:
Taylor Otwell on Twitter
Laracon US 2024
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36: Business Dad
28 mei 2024 · 1 uur 20 min
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. Lees meer
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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
Links:
Ian's Phishing Email (on Twitter)
Aaron's DHH Interview
Laravel vs. React (on YouTube)
Sam Rose's website
An example of Sam's "high effort content" (on Twitter)
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35: Laravel vs. JavaScript with Dax & Adam Elmore
21 mei 2024 · 1 uur 28 min
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. Lees meer
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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
Links:
Adam on Twitter
Dax on Twitter
How About Tomorrow (Podcast)
Serverless Framework
StatMuse
Linear
Vercel
Aaron's video about Laravel + Livewire
terminal dot shop on Twitter
Billion Dollar Creator (Podcast)
terminal x Laracon (Tweet)
Adam's course on AWS
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34: It's All Vibes
14 mei 2024 · 1 uur 15 min
Ian & Aaron discuss Aaron's new SQLite course, identifiers in Laravel, New York City, and last but not least - socks. Lees meer
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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 🧦
Links:
Taylor's tweet about New York City
Announcement video for High Performance SQLite
https://highperformancesqlite.com/
SQLite Docs
Hacker News Algolia search
Sebastian's question about identifiers
iPad "Crush!" ad
Reversed iPad ad
Rick Rubin (Wiki)
Rick Rubin - The Creative Act (Book)
Rick Rubin says "I know nothing about music"
Wes Bos
Wes Bos's socks
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33: The Secret
7 mei 2024 · 1 uur 20 min
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. Lees meer
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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
Links:
Ian's 'Date lunch' tweet
Link to NYT article about "girl dinner"
Grazery
Aaron's signed copy of his SQLite book
Aaron's new video about macros
In Deep Geek on YouTube
Dave Hicking on Twitter
Clock Radio Speakers
Kendrick Lamar - "Meet The Grahams" (YouTube)
Francis and the Lights (YouTube)
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32: AI Therapy Connoisseur
30 april 2024 · 1 uur 14 min
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 Lees meer
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Menswear guy
Art but make it sports
DHH Monitor tweet
Aaron's Laravel Octane video
PHP x NYC
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31: Fight or Win
23 april 2024 · 1 uur 12 min
Ian & Aaron discuss HelpSpot's future, Aaron reveals his next course, the secret to building courses, the "edge", spouse GPS tracking, the Doordash tax. Lees meer
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HelpSpot
Try Hard Studios
Location sharing tweet
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30: We're Gonna Make It
16 april 2024 · 1 uur 12 min
Ian & Aaron return after a few weeks off to check in on Aaron's new business, his studio, and yes, his healthcare woes. Lees meer
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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
Links:
Hackers Incorporated episode with Aaron Francis
Lemon Squeeze's interview with Aaron Francis
Aaron's video on Cloudflare
Aaron's tweet about healthcare
Continuation of Health Coverage (COBRA)
Justworks
Gusto
S corp vs. C corp vs. LLC
Startup to Last podcast
Less Annoying CRM
LegUp Health
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29: Super Epic Crazy with Adam Wathan
27 maart 2024 · 1 uur 38 min
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. Lees meer
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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
Links:
Subscribe to Laracasts! Seriously.
Adam's tweets announcing the Design Engineer & Staff Software Engineer jobs at Tailwind
Adam's tweet about 90% of applicants not following instructions
Test Driven Laravel
Sandwich Video
Kevin Shen's Dream Studio Course on lighting
Jonathan Reinink on Twitter
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28: Try Hard Studios
22 maart 2024 · 1 uur 6 min
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. Lees meer
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Links:
Subscribe to Laracasts! Seriously.
Chilipad
Try Hard Studios
Aaron's what's next tweet
Try Hard Studios launch video & YouTube channel
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27: The Layoff
12 maart 2024 · 1 uur 43 min
Ian & Aaron discuss being laid off, what comes next for Aaron, why layoffs always go bad, good free tiers vs. bad free tiers, & more. Lees meer
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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
Links:
"...@ianlandsman, who is a gifted takesman" (on Twitter)
Aaron got laid off
Aaron Francis Studio of Light and Sound
Alamo Drafthouse
Studio Movie Grill
Aaron's tweet about seeing Dune 2
PlanetScale forever (blog post)
PlanetScale's schema recommendations
Laracon US - tickets still available!
Primeagen's breakdown of the PlanetScale layoffs (on YouTube)
The Ramsey Show
Car Talk
Mike and the Mad Dog
Aaron's tweet about a call in radio show
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26: Indie Tycoon
5 maart 2024 · 1 uur 7 min
Ian & Aaron discuss config files in Laravel 11, having ambitious goals, the merits of checking vs. not checking your bag, & more. Lees meer
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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
Links:
Mailo on the App Store
Chilipad
Mary (@sifrious) on Twitter
Ian's Chipotle order (on Twitter)
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25: Careful, Careful!
27 februari 2024 · 1 uur 11 min
Ian & Aaron discuss morning people, PHP/Laravel origin stories, using ChatGPT to write blog posts, Diet Coke vs. Coke Zero, & more. Lees meer
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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
Links:
Ian's drinking cheap wine (on Twitter)
Aaron's tweet about getting paid for his kids
Cometeer coffee
Zevia soda
Yii framework
Chilipad
Aaron's blog post: Do literally anything
Aura Frames
Zyn
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24: What's The Good Word?
21 februari 2024 · 1 uur 6 min
Ian & Aaron discuss the joy of Diet Coke, Ian's deep dive into DTOs, Inertia vs. Livewire, & more. Lees meer
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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
Links:
Aaron's dad nap (on Twitter)
Taking Cara Babies
New York Times Dialect Quiz (Gift Link)
Linear
Architect/plotter/outliner vs. Gardener
HelpSpot On-Premise
Podline.fm
Podscan.fm
Geocodio
Laracon US 2024
Livewire: Blade Components Screencast
Taylor's friendly reminder re: Inertia vs. Livewire (on Twitter)
maryUI
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23: Real Dad Stuff
14 februari 2024 · 1 uur 3 min
Ian & Aaron discuss everything from cryotherapy to the ugliness of most B2B apps to Aaron's first time doing meditation and a lot more. Lees meer
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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
Links:
How many people watched the Super Bowl? (CBS)
Who shot J.R.?
PlanetScale Pricing Page
Invisalign
Ian on the 'Build Your SaaS' podcast - "Is ONCE enough?"
Cryotherapy (Wikipedia)
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22: My Mind Vise
6 februari 2024 · 1 uur 4 min
Ian & Aaron give out their Super Bowl Predictions, recap the first wave of announcements from Laracon EU, & more. Lees meer
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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
Links:
Aaron's tweet about his diagnosis
'Healing Back Pain' by John Sarno
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcendental_Meditation
Explosions In The Sky
Methotrexate
What's coming to Laravel 11
Eloquent Power Joins on GitHub
Laravel Herd
Laravel Reverb
Laravel Octane
Laracon EU
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21: Your Glove Situation
31 januari 2024 · 49 min
Ian & Aaron discuss getting sick, something called 'The Suburban Dad Zone', using gloves to change diapers (!?!), and more. Lees meer
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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!!
Links:
Lyme disease
Aaron tweeting about his paternity leave
ONCE
Campfire
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20: A Man of Culture
19 januari 2024 · 1 uur 1 min
Ian & Aaron discuss the Laracon US announcement, going on ski vacations, route model bindings in Laravel, & more. Lees meer
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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
Links:
Jonathan Coulton - Ikea
Adopt Me! (Roblox Game)
Laracon US 2024
The Bear (FX)
Aaron's Fast & Furious List
Route Model Binding
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19: It's Content, Baby!
11 januari 2024 · 1 uur 12 min
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. Lees meer
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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
Links:
Expired Car Seats - WebMD
Ian's Tweet about AppServiceProvider
Laravel News article on Morph Maps in Laravel
Aaron's Tweet Thread on Shedquarters
Aaron's Tweet about PlaneScale Studio
table_open_cache Documentation
PlanetScale's Pricing Page
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18: You Need Tinker Time with Adam Wathan
14 december 2023 · 1 uur 30 min
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. Lees meer
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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?
Links:
Adam Wathan on Twitter
12/4/23 Episode of Hackers Incorporated, Adam's podcast with Ben Orenstein
Forced Colors Mode (Smashing Magazine)
Tailwind UI All-Access
Headless UI
ThemeForest
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17: Ecosystem of Cards
6 december 2023 · 1 uur 6 min
Ian & Aaron discuss Laravel Pulse, DHH's upcoming Slack competitor, Rails copying Laravel, & more. Lees meer
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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!
Links:
Justin Jackson's Mostly Technical x Seinfeld mashup video
Omar Kilani on Twitter
Laravel Pulse
The Laravel Podcast episode discussing Laravel Pulse
Doug DeMuro on YouTube
DHH on 'This Week in Startups'
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16: We Didn't Have JSON In My Day
30 november 2023 · 1 uur 46 min
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. Lees meer
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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?
Links:
Ian's Balvenie 14
Ian's tweet about CPU Utilization
PlanetScale
DynamoDB
Alex DeBrie - The DynamoDB Book
JSON vs. JSONB in Postgres
Postgres - GIN
Aaron's video about his website setup
Laravel Pulse
DHH's tweet about ONCE's Authentication Concern
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15: Farming, Threadbois, & Meme Lords with Jeffrey Way
14 november 2023 · 1 uur 54 min
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. Lees meer
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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
Links:
Jeffrey's tweet about retweeting compliments
Laracasts
DHH's manifesto aka Once.com
SquaredAway
'PHP literally has the worst dev tooling' tweet