Mostly Technical

By Ian Landsman and Aaron FrancisBusiness Entrepreneurship Technology

Mostly Technical episodes

July 09, 202443: Just Do Stuff
Ian & Aaron talk about Ian's adventures with hiring (and Ian unveils a blisteringly hot take), how Aaron's course performance, why Aaron needs a stage name (maybe), and a lot more.
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(00:00) - The Long Weekend
(04:51) - Tired Because You're Hiring
(15:26) - A Controversial Topic
(30:24) - We're Still Doing Numbers
(42:46) - Email Update
(55:26) - Stage Name
(56:53) - Life Automation
(01:19:29) - One Last Thing
Links:
Vegas Vacation (IMDB)
Beach Boys - "Kokomo" (YouTube)
What's new in MySQL 9
YNAB
1 hr 23 min
July 02, 202442: Push The Button
Ian and Aaron check in the results of Aaron's course launch, talk about the new developer position that Ian just posted, dive into the benefits of "scheming time", and so much more.
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(00:00) - Hat Guy
(02:34) - Launch Update
(15:10) - Mailing List Drama
(28:54) - Launch Results
(48:27) - Scheming Time
(52:45) - A Domain Story
(57:49) - Ian's Hiring A Dev!
Links:
High Performance SQLite
Ian's hat ('Google Dino Cap')
Aaron's live stream where he launched the course (Twitter)
'Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable' on Amazon
Bento
UserScape's job posting: Full-Stack Laravel Developer (applications due by 7/15/24)
1 hr 11 min
June 25, 202441: Beginning of the Empire
Ian & Aaron discuss the launch of Aaron's new course, a trip to Texas Hill Country, the idea of 'Profit First', and a whole lot more.
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(00:00) - The Thumb System
(02:18) - Sausage Fest
(14:09) - Profit First
(22:34) - Launch Week
(39:17) - Only So Much Time!
(54:28) - Texas Elites
(56:30) - Gotta Go Cloudflare
Links:
Siskel & Ebert
Texas Hill Country
Profit First (Book)
John Scalzi blog post about being in it for the money
Bento
Database School (on YouTube)
Kent C. Dodds
Fly.io
Laravel Octane
Cloudflare AI Gateway
Cloudflare Workers
1 hr 16 min
June 18, 202440: One Big Bet
Ian & Aaron discuss Aaron's various small bets, why they're both so tired, the upcoming variety show 👀, & more.
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(00:00) - Happy Fathers Day
(05:45) - I'm So Tired
(19:56) - Toughest Decade
(24:33) - Long Form VIdeos
(32:13) - Aaron's Big Bet
(51:58) - Distribution Empire
(59:08) - HVAC Update 🇺🇸
Links:
Aaron's board book
Aaron' tweet about drama online
Aaron's talk at Laracon Online
Elon Musk (book) [Amazon]
Arc
Brandon Sanderson on YouTube
Justin Kan's tweet about second time founders
Syntax.fm
Sentry's partnering with Laravel
1 hr 8 min
June 13, 202439: Mostly HVAC with Dan Myers, CEO of Flair
Ian and Aaron are joined by Dan Myers, CEO of Flair, for a very special episode about Aaron's HVAC system, Ian's feelings about batteries, why people like "treats in the feed", and more.
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(00:00) - Welcome To The Show
(03:08) - Highly Biased But Knowledgable
(12:43) - Let's Keep It On Aaron
(21:23) - Ian's Ruling
(26:48) - Home Assistant Integration
(28:47) - Man Of The People
(33:46) - Treats In The Feed
Links:
Dan Myers on LinkedIn
Flair.co
36 min
June 11, 202438: Morning Person
Ian & Aaron discuss what's going on with Aaron's course and Ian's feistiness on Twitter before diving into what's going on with Aaron's HVAC system (seriously) and a lot more.
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(00:00) - Getting Healthy
(08:38) - Babies Are Humans
(17:51) - Picking Fights On Twitter
(31:07) - The Big Move
(38:16) - My Primary Concern Is Batteries
(55:54) - Course Update: It's Gonna Be Good
(01:06:18) - Are You An Apple Guy?
Links:
Ian's tweet about walking
Ian's tweet about his first customer
Flair.co
Aaron's DHH interview
1 hr 11 min
June 04, 202437: S-Tier Software with Taylor Otwell
Ian and Aaron are joined this week by Taylor Otwell, founder & CEO of Laravel, to discuss the Laravel vs. JS Twitter wars, new stuff coming down the road from Laravel, writing off Lambos (just kidding), and more.
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(00:00) - Living In Peace Time
(11:13) - The Last Big PHP Framework
(22:20) - Best Way To Get Started
(31:35) - New Stuff from Laravel
(40:53) - I Love A New Laravel Product!
(43:04) - New Hires
(47:41) - Growing Laravel
(54:56) - Just Make It Up!
(01:02:35) - Laracon US Update
(01:06:14) - Real Time Tracking
(01:08:10) - Lambo Write Off
(01:11:36) - I'm The Tastemaker
Links:
Taylor Otwell on Twitter
Laracon US 2024
1 hr 17 min
May 28, 202436: Business Dad
Ian & Aaron discuss Aaron's DHH interview, Ian's phishing fiasco, and are joined by special guest Sam Rose to talk about high effort content & a lot more.
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(00:00) - A Rough Morning
(08:26) - It's Crunch Time
(13:49) - Aaron Interviewed DHH
(29:16) - Try Hard Studios Update
(36:09) - Laravel vs. React Video
(38:45) - The DHH No Man
(48:34) - High Effort Content w/ Sam Rose
(01:12:54) - Are You A Neat Man?
(01:15:08) - iPhone Tracking
(01:17:49) - Beermosa
Links:
Ian's Phishing Email (on Twitter)
Aaron's DHH Interview
Laravel vs. React (on YouTube)
Sam Rose's website
An example of Sam's "high effort content" (on Twitter)
1 hr 20 min
May 21, 202435: Laravel vs. JavaScript with Dax & Adam Elmore
Ian & Aaron are joined this week by Dax & Adam Elmore to discuss the Laravel vs. JavaScript discourse, selling coffee over the command line, and a lot more.
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(00:00) - Grownup Serious Stuff
(08:02) - The Meanest Person In The World
(10:41) - My Soul Hates New York
(14:36) - StatMuse
(20:18) - I Like The Health Insurance!
(25:03) - Why JavaScript?
(40:14) - The Discourse
(47:57) - Aaron's Video
(50:37) - Coffee From The Terminal
(01:05:26) - Terminal x Laracon
(01:14:54) - A Full On Course
(01:24:04) - Laravel Blend
Links:
Adam on Twitter
Dax on Twitter
How About Tomorrow (Podcast)
Serverless Framework
StatMuse
Linear
Vercel
Aaron's video about Laravel + Livewire
terminal dot shop on Twitter
Billion Dollar Creator (Podcast)
terminal x Laracon (Tweet)
Adam's course on AWS
1 hr 29 min
May 14, 202434: It's All Vibes
Ian & Aaron discuss Aaron's new SQLite course, identifiers in Laravel, New York City, and last but not least - socks.
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(00:00) - The F Word
(09:17) - New York City (Taylor's Version)
(14:30) - Dallas Dallas
(22:18) - Aaron's SQLite Course
(33:35) - Highlighting Technique
(45:52) - SQLite Big Shots
(48:06) - Identifiers in Laravel
(01:00:46) - The Role of Taste
(01:08:51) - Truly Unruly Number of Socks 🧦
Links:
Taylor's tweet about New York City
Announcement video for High Performance SQLite
https://highperformancesqlite.com/
SQLite Docs
Hacker News Algolia search
Sebastian's question about identifiers
iPad "Crush!" ad
Reversed iPad ad
Rick Rubin (Wiki)
Rick Rubin - The Creative Act (Book)
Rick Rubin says "I know nothing about music"
Wes Bos
Wes Bos's socks
1 hr 16 min