Mostly Technical

By Ian Landsman and Aaron FrancisBusiness Entrepreneurship Technology

Mostly Technical episodes

October 08, 202453: Talking About Liquid
Ian and Aaron reunite to talk about bad design, WordPress drama, Aaron's secret physical product, why you want to be liquid, and more.
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(00:00) - Freaking Wrecked
(03:48) - A Great Roundtable
(12:58) - The Duality of Ian
(22:54) - Aaron's Decision
(26:25) - Rich People Have No Imagination
(39:06) - WordPress Drama
(48:44) - White On White On White
(58:47) - Course Update
(01:10:58) - A Physical Product (?!)
(01:17:40) - One Last Thing
Links:
Mailcoach
Statamic Roundtable
Laravel Cloud
Wall Street (IMDB)
What the heck is going on with WordPress?
Ian's tweet about designers
Linear
Mastering Postgres
Aaron's tweet about post-it notes
1 hr 22 min
October 01, 202452: Statamic Roundtable with Jack McDade, John O'Nolan, Caleb Porzio, & Adam Wathan
Ian is joined this week by Jack McDade, creator of Statamic, and a motley crew (John O'Nolan, Caleb Porzio, and Adam Wathan) to discuss what the future of Statamic might look like. Should the price change? Should it be open source? Who should it be marketed at? Does Statamic need an enterprise offering? All that & a ton more.
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Note: Recorded and streamed live on September 30th, 2024
Links:
Jack McDade on Twitter
John O'Nolan on Twitter
Caleb Porzio on Twitter
Adam Wathan on Twitter
Jack's tweet that started this whole conversation
Statamic
Ghost
Ghost's Kickstarter
Statamic Starter Kits
Flat Camp
1 hr 47 min
September 24, 202451: Launching Flux (Live) with Caleb Porzio
Ian and Aaron are joined this week by Caleb Porzio (friend of the show) on our very first live stream in honor of Flux, which Caleb literally launches live on the podcast. Plus everything from password hygiene to cloud exits to hiring people to, of course, all the ups & downs of launching a product like Flux.
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Note: Recorded live on September 23rd, 2024.
Links:
Flux
Digital Ocean
Notes on Work: How to drink tea
Hugo Sainte-Marie on Twitter
Caleb's launch tweet for Flux
Caleb's blog post on crossing $1 million on GItHub Sponsors
Shadcn
Zenvoice
Billion Dollar Creator on YouTube
2 hr 27 min
September 18, 202450: Paid In Respect
Ian is back (!) with Aaron to check in about what happened to Ian's gallbladder, Aaron's announcement video, dreaming big, and so much more.
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(00:00) - They Failed Again
(11:28) - The Show Must Go On
(15:36) - A Different Kind of Plumbing
(24:36) - Laracon Vibes
(35:13) - The Big $57 Million Announcement
(46:51) - MrBeast is Gordon Gekko
(56:10) - Dream A Little Bit Bigger
(01:12:52) - Low Hanging Fruit
(01:19:25) - Sinatra Baby!
Links:
Mailcoach
Ian's tweet about his gallbladder surgery report
Laparoscopic surgery & gas
Seinfeld Junior Mint clip
InterNACHI
David Hill on Twitter
Laravel Investment Announcement
Aaron interviews Taylor about the investment
Gordon Gekko
'How to succeed in MrBeast Production'
Ian's thread about the document
Mastering Postgres announcement video
1 hr 32 min
September 03, 202449: Stay Lean, Stay Clean with Caleb Porzio
Aaron is joined this week once again by Caleb Porzio to discuss everything that happened at Laracon (including a basketball game?!) before diving deep into Flux, the online reaction to the price, and what comes next.
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(00:00) - Man of the People
(03:25) - A Quick Ad Read
(04:29) - Laravel vs. Terminal Coffee 🏀
(17:28) - Laracon Recap
(33:32) - Notes on Laracon
(58:32) - An Interview With Yours Truly
(01:00:23) - The Flux Situation
(01:21:29) - Here's The Thing
(01:27:07) - More On Pricing
Links:
Caleb on Twitter
Transistor.fm
Justin Jackson on Twitter
Will King on Twitter
David Hill on Twitter
Nuno Maduro on Twitter
John Drexler's tweet about Daniel vaping
Jess Archer on Twitter
Primeagen on Twitter
Sandi Metz
Deep Ellum, Dallas, Texas
Tom Crary (Laravel President/COO) on LinkedIn
FluxUI
Hugo Sainte-Marie on Twitter
Alpine Components
Matt Swanson on Twitter
Web Awesome by Font Awesome
Gallbladder Removal (NHS)
1 hr 53 min
August 20, 202448: Mostly NPTM with Caleb Porzio & Daniel Coulbourne
Aaron is joined this week by Caleb Porzio (back-to-back weeks!) and Daniel Coulbourne (first-time guest!) to dive deep into prep for Laracon, text editors, something called the "side eye verify", Aaron's recent blog post, and a whole lot more.
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(00:00) - I Was A Reply Guy
(04:59) - Power Broker / King Maker
(11:10) - Torchlight Update
(16:38) - Editor Talk
(28:02) - Eeking Out
(35:58) - Cancelled Plans
(37:56) - Give Credit Where It's Due
(40:10) - The Circles Were Good
(51:12) - He Did It Again
(54:40) - This One's On You
(01:04:36) - Mafioso Wisdom
(01:08:06) - A Little Bit Of Laracon
(01:21:36) - Well Gang...
(01:22:32) - Gross-Squeamish
(01:29:27) - Event Sourcing Will Save Me
Links:
No Plans To Merge
Caleb Porzio on Twitter
Daniel Coulbourne on Twitter
Producer Dave (Dave Hicking) on Twitter
Torchlight
Textmate for macOS
Zed
Emmet
Cursor
Supermaven
Make VS Code Awesome
Josh Cirre on Twitter
Matt Stauffer on Twitter
Five-Minute Geek Show Episode 95: Credit where credit's due
Excalidraw
Aaron Francis - An argument for logging off
CNBC - The Profit
Texas Card House
Terminal Coffee
Osmosis Jones on IMDB
'Combating Jargon' in the Verbs documentation
1 hr 37 min
August 13, 202447: Jank Free With Caleb Porzio
Aaron is joined this week by special guest Caleb Porzio (filling in for Ian) to talk about everything from solo parenting to Caleb's new project to rejuvenating Torchlight and a lot more.
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(00:00) - Low Energy Jeb
(06:06) - Time on Twitter (Isn’t Profitable)
(11:34) - The Thunk Boys
(18:18) - An Essential Piece
(26:01) - Caleb’s Solo Empire
(29:36) - 9 Months of Darkness
(31:41) - Two Weeks to Laracon
(42:00) - Why Do You Hate Money
(50:57) - Torchlight Also
(01:05:39) - Riddle Me This
(01:23:04) - I Think I Want To Event Source
Links:
An argument for logging off - Aaron Francis
Thunk
John Rudolph Drexler on Twitter
Jason Beggs
Caleb's tweet about flux
Livewire Partner Program
Anystack
Torchlight
Astro
GetDown
No Plans To Merge
Caleb Porzio
1 hr 27 min
July 30, 202446: Aaron Francis, Inc.
Ian and Aaron check in about everything from tacos in NY to Twitter vs. Threads plus how Aaron found his next Linda, Aaron's new video series, & more.
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(00:00) - Ian's Trying Obsidian
(14:23) - Life OS Update
(18:55) - MT ❤️ NY
(28:17) - Your Next Linda
(39:55) - Poppin Off
(47:04) - Twitter vs. Threads
(58:37) - Two Elons
(01:07:56) - Los Tacos No. 1
Links:
The PARA Method
Obsidian.md
follow your stupid dreams. (YouTube)
Kelsey Petrich on Twitter
Aaron's first 'Poppin Off' video
Ian's tweet about Los Tacos No. 1
Bomb Pop popsicle
1 hr 18 min
July 23, 202445: The Contest
Ian and Aaron talk about the investment that got away, why Try Hard is a media company, bringing back the forum, and an incredible idea for a new contest.
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(00:00) - Kubera
(03:01) - Do It For The Content
(08:24) - Idea For The Show
(14:59) - Yo Dude! Pick Me!
(24:38) - A Media Company
(34:53) - Yo Dawg Me
(42:20) - 25 Seat License
(48:31) - Mentally You're In A Wednesday
(54:22) - Bringing Back The Forum
Links:
Kubera
ConvertKit
Laravel Shift
Doug DeMuro (YouTube)
Startups for the Rest of Us Episode 160
Business of Software
MicroConf
Patio11 (Twitter)
The most infamous forum thread (Bodybuilding.com Forum)
Discourse
1 hr 7 min
July 16, 202444: Idea About Ideas
Ian and Aaron talk about Ian's new idea that's got him frazzled and on tilt, Aaron's sales milestone, the game Factorio, and a lot more.
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(00:00) - I'm Very Tilted
(13:19) - Know A Guy
(19:31) - Course Update
(34:09) - Do As I Say, Not As I Do
(49:58) - Factorio
(53:02) - A Mostly Technical Interview
Links:
Aaron's tweet about 100k
Jason Beggs on Twitter
Mary Perry on Twitter
Factorio
1 hr 6 min