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

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• (00:00) - Magically Better

• F150 Lightning
• Rivian Digital Key
• VW Atlas
• 1995 4 Runner
• Los Tacos No. 1
• Bass Pro Shop's Santa's Wonderland
• Codex 5.2
• PHPStan
• Advent of SQL
• Jeffrey Way's post on building a Telegram Bot
• Nutgram

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

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• (00:00) - Classic Little Kid Disease

• Google Classroom
• NorthPark Center
• Danbury Railway Museum
• Melissa & Doug
• Thomas & Friends
• Advent of SQL on Database School
• CodeRabbit
• Stratechery

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

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• (00:00) - OD on AI

• Claude Max
• Aaron's tweet about a design tool he built
• Alcove
• Laravel Wrapped 2025
• Radix Colors
• Amp
• CodeRabbit
• Primeagen - 1 year, no job
• Hassan Nazari

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

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• (00:00) - Happy Cyber Monday!

• Indie Hacker who had his wedding sponsored
• Million Dollar Homepage
• Introducing Claude Opus 4.5
• JMac's 'child-like' $20/month DO box

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?

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• (00:00) - Every Second Mattered

• 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

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.

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• (00:00) - Double Laravel New'd

• Ghost
• Marco Arment
• Overcast
• ChartMogul
• Joel Spolsky on why you shouldn't ever do a rewrite

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

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• (00:00) - The Screen Time Conundrum

• 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?

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!

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• (00:00) - A Weekend Story

• Paperless Post
• Fuji X100VI
• Ricoh GR IV
• Laravel New
• Ian's hiring!
• Aaron's tweet
• "Put Food On My Family"

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.

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• (00:00) - Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder

• Wire:live
• Vehikl
• Blaze
• Forte
• Rainbow Bridge
• Digital Minimalism
• The Intellectual Life
• Advent of Vibe Coding

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.

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• (00:00) - Low Energy Aaron

• "Low-energy Jeb"
• Behind the scenes of Aaron's new setup
• http://nyblackboard.com
• Blackmagic DeckLink
• tldraw
• The DynamoDB Book
• @fideloper