Mostly Technical

By Ian Landsman and Aaron FrancisBusiness Entrepreneurship Technology

Mostly Technical episodes

May 07, 202433: The Secret
Ian & Aaron discuss cheese boards, Aaron's lunch adventure, high performance database consulting, and the Drake vs. Kendrick Lamar beef with special guest Dave Hicking aka Producer Dave.
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(00:00) - Kids Birthday Parties
(03:43) - The Cheese Board
(17:16) - Went To The Burbs
(22:47) - Is Twitter Over?
(33:26) - Aaron's New Video
(41:34) - This Needs To Be Content!
(50:12) - Drake vs. Kendrick Lamar
Links:
Ian's 'Date lunch' tweet
Link to NYT article about "girl dinner"
Grazery
Aaron's signed copy of his SQLite book
Aaron's new video about macros
In Deep Geek on YouTube
Dave Hicking on Twitter
Clock Radio Speakers
Kendrick Lamar - "Meet The Grahams" (YouTube)
Francis and the Lights (YouTube)
1 hr 21 min
April 30, 202432: AI Therapy Connoisseur
Ian & Aaron discuss men's fashion, DHH, location sharing follow-up, AI therapy hot takes, Laravel Octane, upcoming course update, is MySQL over?, non-competes and concierge medicine, hacking Laravel for prefix indexes, PHP x NYC
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Menswear guy
Art but make it sports
DHH Monitor tweet
Aaron's Laravel Octane video
PHP x NYC
1 hr 15 min
April 23, 202431: Fight or Win
Ian & Aaron discuss HelpSpot's future, Aaron reveals his next course, the secret to building courses, the "edge", spouse GPS tracking, the Doordash tax.
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HelpSpot
Try Hard Studios
Location sharing tweet
1 hr 13 min
April 16, 202430: We're Gonna Make It
Ian & Aaron return after a few weeks off to check in on Aaron's new business, his studio, and yes, his healthcare woes.
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(00:00) - Chilipad Fixes All
(01:40) - Eclipse Update
(04:29) - I'm The Top of the Funnel
(16:55) - Healthcare Stuff
(37:35) - Everybody Updates Their Apps Too Fast
(46:26) - Aaron's Office Update
(59:00) - Trading Places
Links:
Hackers Incorporated episode with Aaron Francis
Lemon Squeeze's interview with Aaron Francis
Aaron's video on Cloudflare
Aaron's tweet about healthcare
Continuation of Health Coverage (COBRA)
Justworks
Gusto
S corp vs. C corp vs. LLC
Startup to Last podcast
Less Annoying CRM
LegUp Health
1 hr 12 min
March 27, 202429: Super Epic Crazy with Adam Wathan
Ian and Aaron are joined by Adam Wathan (our first returning guest!) to talk about Aaron's future plans for courses & consulting, Adam's plans for hiring at Tailwind, & a lot more.
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(00:00) - The Interloper
(01:49) - Hiring at Tailwind
(09:00) - Extra Effort Matters
(19:47) - Magic Company Money
(23:02) - Jerry Seinfeld's Voice
(27:45) - Nothing Sexier Than a Database
(43:49) - Taste as a Service
(54:34) - Courses vs. Consulting
(01:07:56) - The Aaron Francis Experience
(01:13:33) - The Master Plan
(01:28:53) - Price of Admission
(01:33:17) - En Route To Mars
Links:
Subscribe to Laracasts! Seriously.
Adam's tweets announcing the Design Engineer & Staff Software Engineer jobs at Tailwind
Adam's tweet about 90% of applicants not following instructions
Test Driven Laravel
Sandwich Video
Kevin Shen's Dream Studio Course on lighting
Jonathan Reinink on Twitter
1 hr 39 min
March 22, 202428: Try Hard Studios
Ian & Aaron discuss Chilipad, the Aaron Francis Studio of Light and Sound, the week of calls, how to properly apply to a job, Shibboleth secret passwords, what's next for Aaron, the background on how Try Hard Studios came to be, and behind the scenes on the creation of their launch video.
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Links:
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Chilipad
Try Hard Studios
Aaron's what's next tweet
Try Hard Studios launch video & YouTube channel
1 hr 7 min
March 12, 202427: The Layoff
Ian & Aaron discuss being laid off, what comes next for Aaron, why layoffs always go bad, good free tiers vs. bad free tiers, & more.
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(00:00) - We Don't Have Bosses
(06:51) - Dune Part 2 Side Tangent
(14:19) - The Main Character
(26:13) - These Things Always Go Bad
(32:44) - Free Tiers
(42:50) - Have You Heard About Cloudflare?
(48:32) - Thoughts on Content Marketing
(56:34) - Face of the Organization
(01:01:48) - The Future
(01:15:18) - The Future, Continued
(01:27:31) - I'm Hot & Rich Now!
(01:34:14) - Aaron Francis Studio of Light & Sound
(01:37:33) - Follow Up & An Interesting Idea
Links:
"...@ianlandsman, who is a gifted takesman" (on Twitter)
Aaron got laid off
Aaron Francis Studio of Light and Sound
Alamo Drafthouse
Studio Movie Grill
Aaron's tweet about seeing Dune 2
PlanetScale forever (blog post)
PlanetScale's schema recommendations
Laracon US - tickets still available!
Primeagen's breakdown of the PlanetScale layoffs (on YouTube)
The Ramsey Show
Car Talk
Mike and the Mad Dog
Aaron's tweet about a call in radio show
1 hr 43 min
March 05, 202426: Indie Tycoon
Ian & Aaron discuss config files in Laravel 11, having ambitious goals, the merits of checking vs. not checking your bag, & more.
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(00:00) - Open Some Emails, Kiss Some Babies
(08:49) - Follow Up
(20:31) - Even More Follow Up
(26:08) - Checked vs. No Checked Bag
(35:28) - Aaron's Ambitious Goal
(45:16) - Not Thinking Big Enough
(52:39) - Config Files in Laravel 11
(56:02) - Ian DoorDashed Chipotle
(01:00:49) - Diet Coke Upate
Links:
Mailo on the App Store
Chilipad
Mary (@sifrious) on Twitter
Ian's Chipotle order (on Twitter)
1 hr 7 min
February 27, 202425: Careful, Careful!
Ian & Aaron discuss morning people, PHP/Laravel origin stories, using ChatGPT to write blog posts, Diet Coke vs. Coke Zero, & more.
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(00:00) - Morning Guy
(07:39) - Reachability Crisis
(11:15) - You Need One More Set
(17:21) - Follow Up
(26:32) - PHP/Laravel Origin Story
(33:09) - Aaron Bought a Chilipad
(40:15) - Do Literally Anything
(01:03:36) - Vices
Links:
Ian's drinking cheap wine (on Twitter)
Aaron's tweet about getting paid for his kids
Cometeer coffee
Zevia soda
Yii framework
Chilipad
Aaron's blog post: Do literally anything
Aura Frames
Zyn
1 hr 12 min
February 21, 202424: What's The Good Word?
Ian & Aaron discuss the joy of Diet Coke, Ian's deep dive into DTOs, Inertia vs. Livewire, & more.
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(00:00) - Totally Zonked
(04:46) - Little A
(09:31) - Feedback
(18:38) - Even More Feedback
(29:29) - Laracon US Tickets
(30:52) - Blade + Livewire
(35:41) - Inertia vs. Livewire
(45:54) - Deep into DTOs
(55:40) - The Sleep Is Not Great
Links:
Aaron's dad nap (on Twitter)
Taking Cara Babies
New York Times Dialect Quiz (Gift Link)
Linear
Architect/plotter/outliner vs. Gardener
HelpSpot On-Premise
Podline.fm
Podscan.fm
Geocodio
Laracon US 2024
Livewire: Blade Components Screencast
Taylor's friendly reminder re: Inertia vs. Livewire (on Twitter)
maryUI
1 hr 6 min