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.

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.

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• (00:00) - The Disney Debate

• Disney Cruise Line
• Adam's tweet about $0 MRR
• 'Build UIs that don't suck'
• Tailwind Connect Miami
• Steve Schogar on YouTube
• teenage engineering

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.

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• (00:00) - Disney World

• 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

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.

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• (00:00) - #1 Topic

• 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

Ian and Aaron talk about scheduling your day, Aaron's newsletter, setting big goals, and a whole more.

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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

Ian and Aaron discuss Aaron's viral tweet, more problems with HVAC, accountability for your own time, and so much more.

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• (00:00) - Video Game Historian

• 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

Ian and Aaron discuss Aaron's day off, 90s news anchors, Laravel's Big Day, and so much more.

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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