Mostly Technical

By Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis

Hosted by Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis, Mostly Technical is a lively discussion on Laravel, business, and an eclectic mix of related topics.... more

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The podcast currently has 77 episodes available.

Mostly Technical episodes:

December 06, 202317: Ecosystem of Cards
Ian & Aaron discuss Laravel Pulse, DHH's upcoming Slack competitor, Rails copying Laravel, & more.
Sponsored by LaraJobs & Screencasting.com.
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(00:00) - Helloooooooo
(06:10) - Follow Up
(10:00) - Laravel Pulse
(20:09) - Video is Hot
(35:55) - Ian's Sage Advice
(53:06) - They're Gonna Sell Plenty!
Links:
Justin Jackson's Mostly Technical x Seinfeld mashup video
Omar Kilani on Twitter
Laravel Pulse
The Laravel Podcast episode discussing Laravel Pulse
Doug DeMuro on YouTube
DHH on 'This Week in Startups'
...more
1h 6min
November 30, 202316: We Didn't Have JSON In My Day
Ian & Aaron return after a mini break to talk about Aaron's new twin babies, Ian's MySQL 8 upgrade woes, the origin story of Eloquent, and a lot more.
Sponsored by LaraJobs & Screencasting.com.
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(00:00) - One Week Ago Today
(14:32) - Ian’s MySQL 8 Upgrade Woes 🤒
(26:38) - Capital R Real Business
(45:50) - Some Brief Thoughts on Postgres
(50:59) - My Goal Is To Make Cool Things
(01:02:26) - Aaron’s Not Static Static Setup
(01:14:24) - Eloquent’s Origin Story
(01:19:41) - Laravel Pulse
(01:27:01) - Authentication Grab Bag
(01:34:51) - Shoes Inside The House
(01:40:13) - What’s Your Workout Routine?
Links:
Ian's Balvenie 14
Ian's tweet about CPU Utilization
PlanetScale
DynamoDB
Alex DeBrie - The DynamoDB Book
JSON vs. JSONB in Postgres
Postgres - GIN
Aaron's video about his website setup
Laravel Pulse
DHH's tweet about ONCE's Authentication Concern
...more
1h 47min
November 14, 202315: Farming, Threadbois, & Meme Lords with Jeffrey Way
Ian & Aaron are joined by Jeffrey Way to discuss everything from the ethics of retweeting compliments to the pros & cons of hiring people to help you and a *lot* more.
Sponsored by LaraJobs & Screencasting.com.
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(00:00) - Costco Country
(13:17) - Acceptable Behavior on X/Twitter
(29:25) - Playing The Game Poorly
(36:01) - Pretending To Be Humbled
(46:55) - The Newspaper Was Twitter
(52:55) - Hit Us With Your DHH Take
(59:43) - That’s Ethically Murky To Me
(01:08:56) - Finding the Right People
(01:25:48) - The Word of the Day Is Manipulation
(01:35:48) - Americans Don’t Agree on Anything
(01:39:02) - Everybody Has a Course
(01:46:09) - Laracasts’ Secret Sauce
Links:
Jeffrey's tweet about retweeting compliments
Laracasts
DHH's manifesto aka Once.com
SquaredAway
'PHP literally has the worst dev tooling' tweet
...more
1h 54min
November 07, 202314: Nobody Uses Trucks For That
Ian & Aaron follow up on last week's component conversation, talk about Ian's new truck, debate if Laravel devs get paid less, & more.
Sponsored by LaraJobs & Screencasting.com.
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(00:00) - The Final Take on Components
(08:46) - Component Libraries Are Tempting
(16:42) - Truck Talk 🛻
(30:40) - Kid Update
(41:52) - Do Laravel Devs Get Paid Less?
(50:22) - A Sock Story 🧦
Links:
Adam's Tweet about working on components
Headless UI
Article on the matte black Cybertruck
Rivian R1T
What is one-pedal driving?
Link to Tweet about Laravel jobs paying less
...more
55min
November 03, 202313: The SQL Injection Slide with Sam Selikoff
Ian & Aaron are joined by Sam Selikoff to discuss React Server Actions & Server Components, why it's important to have one set of opinions, and yes, the infamous SQL Injection Slide at NextConf.
Sponsored by LaraJobs & Screencasting.com.
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(00:00) - The Most Memed Man on the Internet
(09:06) - High Floor vs. High Ceiling
(19:20) - What the Hell Is Next?
(23:22) - The Third Phase of React
(29:09) - Your App Is Not Unique
(35:23) - Server Actions & Server Components
(51:33) - CallYourMom.Com
(01:00:56) - Fat Models, Skinny Controllers
(01:14:16) - One Set of Opinions
Links:
Sam's talk at NextConf - 'How Next.js is delivering React's vision for the future'
Ember.js
BuildUI
Turbo (formerly Turbolinks)
Next
Next.js Conf 2023
Radix UI
Remotion
'React is a programming language for UIs' (YouTube)
AdonisJS
...more
1h 25min
October 31, 202312: All Things Livewire with Caleb Porzio
Ian & Aaron are joined by Caleb Porzio to talk about all things Livewire - how it makes money, the future of Livewire screencasts & components, and a ton more.
Sponsored by LaraJobs & Screencasting.com.
Sent questions or feedback to [email protected].
Links:
Tailwind Connect 2023
Texts.com has been purchased by Automattic
Caleb's Notes on Work podcast
Ghost
Livewire Partner Program
Livewire Docs
Livewire Screencasts
Caleb introducing Wiretap onstage at Laracon 2023
Alpine.js Components
Make VS Code Awesome
"Watering Holes"
Jack McCade's PPP calculator
shadcn Components
Article on Shadow DOM
...more
2h 12min
October 24, 202311: Your Computer Is Your Sanctuary
Ian & Aaron discuss Aaron's 'This Week, Last Week', Texts.com, the importance of socks, combining React with Livewire, & more.
Sponsored by LaraJobs & Screencasting.com.
Sent questions or feedback to [email protected]
Note: This episode was recorded on Monday, October 23rd before the news of Texts.com being acquired by Automattic was announced.
Links:
This Week, Next Week on YouTube
Caleb Porzio's 'Notes on Work'
PlanetScale on YouTube
Texts.com
Remotion
wire:navigate aka Livewire 3 SPA mode
Maximizers vs. Satisficers (Psychologist World article)
Aaron's Socks (on Amazon)
...more
1h 25min
October 17, 202310: Late Night Bite
Ian & Aaron discuss time zones, tunnels, Aaron's hatred of NYC, static site generators, and more.
Sponsored by LaraJobs & Screencasting.com.
Sent questions or feedback to [email protected]
Links:
Laravel News link to the sole() Query Builder Method
Matt Swanson's tweet about First vs. Only
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (movie)
The Sphere
The Halal Guys
Aaron's tweet about his spreadsheet app
Handsontable
AG Grid
Static
Culdesac Tempe
Aaron's tweet about tunnel videos
...more
1h 5min
October 10, 202309: Just Enough Laracons
Ian & Aaron discuss a recent minivan purchase, upcoming Laracons around the world, Taylor Swift vs. Lionel Messi, & more.
Oh - and they actually disagreed (!) about something.
Sponsored by LaraJobs.
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Links:
2022 Honda Odyssey
CarGurus
Aaron's appearance on the Indie Bites podcast
Arvid Calles on Twitter
Small Bets
Laracon India
Laracon EU
Laracon AU
Laravel News article on sole()
Pico.css
...more
56min
October 03, 202308: Galaxy Quadrant Theory
Ian & Aaron discuss the dangers of reading documentation, the "long slow SaaS ramp of death", something that Aaron called "so freaking stupid", and more.
Sponsored by LaraJobs.
Sent questions or feedback to [email protected]
Links for this week's episode:
The Music Makers (podcast)
The last episode of the Hammerstone podcast
The long, slow, SaaS ramp of death
Taylor's return to the Laravel podcast
Unfinalize
Aaron's tweet about reading the docs
SingleStore Documentation
Tailwind Docs
...more
1h

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