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

Ian's joined by Matt Swanson while Aaron is out ✂️. We cover the forgotten victims of the Wordpress drama like Gravatar and Day One, if a bootstrapper should be happy about $10k/mrr and make the case for jobs as being good, should the government sell ads on the Penny, and "things Aaron should do".

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Ian and Aaron discuss Aaron's trip to San Francisco, Bluesky vs. Twitter, and why Ian's not doing his secret side project plus our tier rankings for...pizza toppings?!

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Links:

• Amoxicillin
• Sanity
• Web Dev Challenge
• Kent C Dodds
• NextJS Conf
• Thomas Frank on YouTube
• Elo Rating Algorithm
• Tartine
• Bluesky
• Five Families in The Godfather
• Justin Jackson's Laravel starter pack for Bluesky
• Louie's in Dallas