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

Sponsored by Bento, Flare, Ittybit, tldraw, OG Kit, Tighten, and Nusii

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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?

Sponsored by Bento, Flare, No Compromises, and Ittybit.

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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.

Sponsored by Bento, Flare, No Compromises, and Ittybit.

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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.

Sponsored by Bento, Flare, No Compromises, and Ittybit.

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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!

Sponsored by Bento, Flare, and Ittybit.

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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.

Sponsored by Bento, Flare, and Ittybit.

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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.

Sponsored by Bento, Flare, and Laravel Forge.

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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

Ian and Aaron are joined this week by Jeffrey Way, creator of Laracasts, to talk about everything from their opinions about JavaScript to the evolution of Laracasts to modeling behavior for your kids and so much more.

Sponsored by Bento, Flare, and Laravel Forge.

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• (00:00) - Optimizing Everything

• Amaran
• TanStack
• Remix
• 3 Ninjas (1992)
• Suno

Ian and Aaron talk about how Outro is shaping up, why we all need a handyman, why Ian is bullish on Sora, what's happening with Aaron's next batch of courses, and more.

Sponsored by Bento, Flare, and Laravel Forge.

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Links:

• MLB Postseason
• Brick
• Stratechery
• Sora
• Livewire Blaze
• Tuple
• Focus Lab

Ian and Aaron talk about Aaron's recent "Vision Quest", accidentally inventing transcendental meditation, realizing he's addicted to Twitter, and the reaction he got online.  Plus Ian went to Philly to play poker & more.

Sponsored by Bento, Flare, and Laravel Forge.

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Links:

• Brick
• Transcendental Meditation
• Aaron's tweet about his vision quest
• Ian's Bsky post about ice cream
• Ian's travel pillow
• Thule compression packing cube