Mostly Technical

27: The Layoff


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

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

  • 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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