Mostly Technical

By Ian Landsman and Aaron FrancisBusiness Entrepreneurship Technology

Mostly Technical episodes

September 25, 2025Sweet Hang #1: Fever Dream w/ Michele Hansen
Ian and Aaron are joined by Michele Hansen, CEO of Geocodio, for the first in a series of Sweet Hangs to talk about everything from Aaron's upcoming vision quest to beard oils to why you need to interview your customers (and potential customers) and so much more.
Sponsored by: Bento, Bifrost for NativePHP, and Honeybadger
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(00:00) - The Quintessential Laravel Company
(09:19) - Aaron's Vision Quest
(15:41) - Dewy Fresh
(19:52) - Customer Interviews for Outro
(35:34) - What Makes Somebody Switch?
(41:40) - The Missing Link
(48:21) - What's Geocodio Up To?
Links:
Geocodio
Deploy Empathy
Software Social Podcast
TJ Miller on X
Avenue Q
JBTD Timeline
Frontend Mentor
59 min
September 23, 2025100: Bury The Hatchet
Ian and Aaron talk about PlanetScale, launching Aaron's new YouTube channels, traction tables that will change your life, and so much more.
Sponsored by: Bento, Bifrost for NativePHP, and Honeybadger
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(00:00) - Aaron Wanted It All
(05:39) - YouTube Channel Launch
(17:17) - Production Snafus
(27:16) - Recreate The Magic
(30:40) - Revamping MySQL for Developers
(38:50) - Subscription Pricing
(41:02) - Gotta Dream Big
(50:55) - Traction Table Time
Links:
The future of this channel (Aaron's YouTube)
Aaron's interview with PlanetScale CEO Sam Lambert
MySQL for Developers
Aaron's Traction Table
1 hr 1 min
September 16, 202599: Laravel New
Ian and Aaron talk about adventures with TypeScript, huge updates re: Outro & Database School, and revisit exactly what happened with Once.com.
Sponsored by: Bento, Bifrost for NativePHP, and Honeybadger
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(00:00) - Follow Up
(04:44) - Adventures With TypeScript
(12:56) - Introduction to Postgres
(15:11) - Getaway
(18:31) - Update on Outro
(31:08) - Precipice of a Mistake
(38:51) - Railsworld Recap
(50:17) - RIP Once.com
(01:05:02) - This One's For The Girls
Links:
Jason Beggs on Twitter
Reka UI
Focus Lab
Rails World
Bourne Franchise
Campfire
Fizzy Walkthrough
This One's for the Girls
1 hr 12 min
September 09, 202598: Inventing The Wheel
Ian and Aaron dive deep into what's cooking with Database School and discuss everything from upcoming videos to the correct business model to Aaron's wild fly.io setup and a lot more.
Sponsored by: Bento, Bifrost for NativePHP, and Honeybadger
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(00:00) - Outside of Technical
(01:22) - Database School Update
(37:12) - Code Editors In The Browser
(45:45) - When Will This Launch?
(51:38) - Pushing Uphill
(53:47) - The Successful Mindset
(01:07:38) - It Shouldn't Be This Difficult
Links:
Database School
Fly.io
CodeMirror
SingleStore
DuckDB
Jesse Hanley's Tweet
1 hr 18 min
September 02, 202597: Young Forever
Ian and Aaron talk about being in the pocket of big moisturizer, taking Mostly Technical to the next level of domination, Ian's "stable of horses", and so much more.
Sponsored by: Bento and Bifrost for NativePHP
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(00:00) - Aging In Reverse
(05:16) - Nighttime Shower Man
(11:30) - Ian's School of Poker for Women
(16:13) - Outro Update
(26:25) - Level 2 Domination
(54:02) - Becoming A Nerd
Links:
La Roche-Posay
Molly's Game
Joe Rogan Experience (YouTube)
Lex Fridman
New Heights
Database School
Omarchy
1 hr
August 27, 202596: No More Amateur Hour
Ian and Aaron talk about Aaron's mysterious trip to Boise, Ian's investment in Tiny Seed, wire:live, and so much more.
Sponsored by: Bento, Honeybadger, Laravel Nightwatch, Flare by Spatie, and Laracon AU.
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(00:00) - Super Fast & Basically Free
(06:58) - Aaron Flew To Boise
(19:12) - First Class
(26:27) - A New Routine
(36:51) - Planning for the 100th Episode
(38:58) - TinySeed
(44:46) - The Boost
(55:02) - Fake Date Follow up
(01:04:22) - Aaron's Adventures in Hiring
(01:12:19) - Wire:live
Links:
Heat
Snowpiercer
"I'm talking about liquid"
Rounders
TinySeed
Laravel Boost
'The Vegas Loop is Getting Progressively More Stupid'
Announcement tweet for Wire:live
1 hr 25 min
August 19, 202595: Face Man of the Empire
Ian and Aaron discuss sleep, what's next for Database School, the "Fake Date", and so much more.
Sponsored by: Bento, Honeybadger, Laravel Nightwatch, Flare by Spatie, and Laracon AU.
Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more.
(00:00) - So Freakin Tired
(08:26) - On The Horizon
(16:37) - Aaron's Business Journey
(23:55) - The Death March
(39:16) - A Thought Exercise
(44:56) - Follow Up
(46:31) - Ian's AI Adventure
(57:19) - The Fake Date
Links:
Eight Sleep
Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
Database School
Aaron's looking for some help with research!
Rands' article on AI
1 hr 13 min
August 12, 202594: Full Sleazy Lock In
Ian and Aaron discuss pricing for Outro.fm, what kind of sponsors Aaron should have on Database School, trips vs. vacations, GPT-5, and so much more.
Sponsored by: Bento, Honeybadger, Laravel Nightwatch, Flare by Spatie, and Laracon AU.
Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more.
(00:00) - Trip vs. Vacation
(05:46) - First Real School
(12:23) - An Update on Satisficing
(14:00) - Polls in Outro.fm
(23:11) - Outro.fm Pricing
(42:44) - GPT-5
(59:10) - Sponsors for Database School?
(01:09:40) - Ian's Getting Organized
(01:23:15) - LifeOS Update
Links:
AWD vs. 4WD
Call Screening in iOS 26
Parkinson's Law
Justin Jackson on Bluesky
Tatami - email monitoring & alerting
GPT-5 is here
Sam Altman's tweet showing the Death Star
NotebookLM
Bear.app
Database School
Obsidian
Notion Calendar
1 hr 28 min
August 06, 202593: Laracon US Recap
Ian and Aaron recap everything that happened during Laracon US 2025 - the Mostly Technical parties, highlights from the conference, the "longest night in a decade", and so much more. Oh, and Aaron also MC'd another conference?!
Sponsored by: Bento, Honeybadger, Laravel Nightwatch, and Flare by Spatie.
Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more.
(00:00) - Where Is Ian?
(02:59) - Travel Issues + Golf
(10:11) - MT Parties!
(20:28) - The Hot Take Game
(36:11) - Future Laracon Ideas
(40:03) - Aaron On Stage
(56:04) - Laracon Highlights
(01:08:41) - The Longest Night In A Decade
(01:27:02) - Big Sky Dev Con
Links:
Laracon US
Eric Barnes on Twitter
Sam Lewis on Twitter
Luke Towers on Twitter
Marcus Moore on Bsky
Josh Cirre on Twitter
Taylor Desseyn (Torc) on Twitter
Laracon AU
Hot Take Arena
Hank Taylor on Twitter
Samantha Sappenfield on Twitter
Abby Gilson on Twitter
Aaron's talk notes
Aaron & Ian closing out Laracon
Mary Perry on Twitter
Thiery Laverdure on Bsky
Chris Sev on Twitter
John O'Nolan on Twitter
Keith Damiani on Twitter
Pete Heslop on Bsky
Big Sky Dev Con
HTMX on Twitter
community.laravel.com
1 hr 36 min
July 22, 202592: Hot Takes!
Ian and Aaron discuss timezones, visiting the rodeo, the Hot Takes Game, and so much more.
Sponsored by: Bento, ForwardMX, Laravel Nightwatch, and Flare by Spatie.
Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more.
(00:00) - Mile High Windy City
(04:10) - Aaron Francis, Texan
(11:02) - Follow Ups
(22:13) - Dangerous Professionals
(38:35) - A Side Tangent About Support
(44:54) - Outro.fm Update
(01:05:21) - The Hot Takes Game
(01:15:02) - One Week To Laracon
Links:
Mesquite (TX) Championship Rodeo
Saratoga (NY) Race Track
Stephen Rees-Carter
Patrick McKenzie (@patio11) on Twitter
Podscan.fm
Drew Clements on Bsky
Hot Take Arena
1 hr 25 min