Ian and Aaron discuss the importance of seeing your friends in person, why Blade needs to be as fast as possible, weapons grade social media, conferences, and a lot more.

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• (00:00) - What's The Good Word?

• New York Paycheck Calculator (with info on NYC's separate income tax)
• Dagger Components for Laravel Blade
• Simon Hamp's newsletter re: NativePHP
• Laracon EU
• Jake Bennett's talk about State Machines at Laracon US 2023
• Tony Lea on X
• ShipFast

Ian & Aaron talk about Aaron's upcoming JS library, a new course idea, "AI Aaron Francis", Disney Adults, and a lot more.

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• (00:00) - Body Talk

• Year In Review
• Laracon EU
• Caleb's post on GitHub sponsorship
• Bootstrapped Web
• Notes on Work episode about the date picker (January 12th, 2025)
• The Panel

Ian has a Christmas present for Aaron; the guys look back on 2024 and forward to 2025. Finally, they break down MT ad revenue for 2024 and set a goal for 2025. 

• Gravity Falls
• Disclosure
• Solo
• Cowgirls with Cameras podcast

Ian and Aaron discuss Aaron's TUI app, what it's like being a founder over 40, "the drones", and so much more.

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• (00:00) - Founders Over Forty

• Justin Jackson - What's Happening With Founders Over 40
• Tim Ferriss Show
• Joe Tannenbaum on Bluesky
• Termsky
• Laravel Prompts
• Terminal Coffee
• ANSI Escape Code
• Udemy
• Monarch
• Thunk
• Chris Rock's Filmography
• Ken Wheeler on X
• D.B. Cooper

Ian and Aaron talk about everything from Interstellar to the Late Night Wars of the 90s to speaking at conferences to maybe the greatest question of the week: what do you want to do when you retire?

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• (00:00) - Let's Not Talk About Bluesky

• Late Night with David Letterman
• The Late Shift
• Triumph the Insult Comic Dog
• Ian's Bluesky post about poker
• WinStar Casino
• HelpSpot
• Authorize.net
• Notes on Work
• Interstellar
• Ben Holmen on Bluesky
• Commit Your Code Conference
• Yum! Brands

Ian and Aaron go in-depth on Aaron's highly anticipated arrival on Bluesky - what's good, what's bad, and why he doesn't like when people tell him he's using it wrong.  Plus an update on ads, a big garage idea, and more.

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• (00:00) - Time Was Infinite

• Pot-Limit Omaha - A Beginners Guide
• Papa Murphy's Pizza
• Aaron Francis on Bluesky
• Car Elevator
• Car Turntable (CarTurner)
• Thunk

Ian and Aaron discuss feedback on ads for the podcast, what the heck Ian does every day, updates on the Try Hard empire, & so much more.

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• (00:00) - Vibes From The People

• Brian Casel on Bluesky
• LaraJobs Affiliate Program
• TinyMCE
• Day One
• Dependabot
• Toggl
• Owl.so
• Chris Fidao on Bluesky
• Laravel Cloud
• Nightwatch

Ian and Aaron are back this week to discuss Aaron's adventures with the terminal, Ian's ideas for the future of Mostly Technical, a trip to Boise, and so much more.

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• (00:00) - Airing of the Grievances

• Copilot Money
• Laravel Prompts
• Chewie, a package that helps you build TUIs.
• Solo, a package to run multiple commands at once
• Multi-Armed Bandit Testing
• Clickhouse database
• Bear.app

Ian is joined by Caleb Porzio and we talk about recent consumer product acquisitions, a dive deep into Flux's multi-select and more advanced components like charts, and we do a Business Dad corner about hiring.

* Joel Spolsky on how to find great developers (A little dated, but still good)

A special bonus episode from a post-show Tiermaker. We were doing this for video so sorry in advance if it's not totally clear on audio. You can watch on Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8IIvZtrrzs