Ian and Aaron talk about the disastrous Screencasting.com launch and what’s next for Aaron, Steve, and Try Hard.

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• (00:00) - AI Aaron Follow Up

• https://screencasting.com/
• SparkToro
• Jason Beggs

Ian and Aaron discuss the need for an AI Newsletter, being beamed up to the mothership, web components, and more.

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• (00:00) - Cushy W-2's

• 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

Ian and Aaron discuss a certain viral tweet about Livewire, the benefits of being a regular, Aaron's video about Cloudflare, & more.

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• (00:00) - Ian's New Toy

• 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

Ian and Aaron talk about getting feisty on Twitter, a possible AI bubble, NativePHP, an awesome game idea for Laracon, and more.

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• (00:00) - 93 Degrees

• 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

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.

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• (00:00) - Hanging In There

• Thunderbolts*
• A Minecraft Movie
• Mostly Technical Laracon Pre-Party!
• Givebutter
• Aaron's newsletter
• Windsurf
• Junie
• Warp
• ElevenLabs
• Trump orders tariffs on movies

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.

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• (00:00) - Revenge of the Sith

• 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

Ian and Aaron discuss their respective trips to Vegas and Miami, Aaron's latest video, making new friends in real life, & more.

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• (00:00) - Back from Vegas

• 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

Ian and Aaron discuss upcoming travel to Miami & Vegas, Aaron's new 'Dead Drop" command, the future of Fusion, & more.

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• (00:00) - Rebounding

• 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

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.

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• (00:00) - A Billionaire Sighting

• 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

Recorded live after PHP × NYC with Ben Holmen, John Drexler, Daniel Coulbourne, Chris Morrell, Ian Landsman, Dave Hicking, and Joe Tannenbaum.

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.