Mostly Technical

By Ian Landsman and Aaron FrancisBusiness Entrepreneurship Technology

Mostly Technical episodes

July 15, 202591: Up & To The Right
Ian and Aaron discuss haters on the internet, doing more with AI, why Aaron is automating as much as possible with Telegram, and so much more.
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(00:00) - Weekends Are Hard
(09:30) - Haters & Social Media
(21:23) - Scope Explosion
(27:47) - Ultra Think
(42:43) - Course Platform Update
(47:16) - It's Called Marketing
(01:01:12) - Fun With Telegram
Links:
Superman (2025)
BvS
Aaron's tweet about getting on his bad side
Outro.fm
Claude Code Best Practices
Aaron's Newsletter
Aaron chatting with his website through Telegram
Telegram APIs
1 hr 22 min
July 08, 202590: So Overpowered
Ian and Aaron talk about what's going on with Outro, building slip & slides, Aaron's Mac Studio wizardry, and so much more.
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(00:00) - Ian Builds A Slip & Slide
(05:12) - A Long Weekend
(12:30) - A Story About Eric Barnes
(17:07) - Broccoli-headed YouTuber Update
(18:18) - Mac Studio Update
(30:58) - Local LLMs
(34:21) - Ian Needs A Photo Album
(38:58) - All About Outro
Links:
Traegar Grills
Ian's Slip & Slide
Aaron's town parade
Walkway Over The Hudson
Ryan Trahan visits Poughkeepsie
Aaron's tweet about using his Mac Studio for ffmpeg
yt-dlp
Podscan
Transistor
1 hr 11 min
July 01, 202589: Money Mindset
Ian and Aaron talk about what’s new with Outro.fm, why Aaron suddenly has an embarrassment of Mac hardware riches, and what’s new with Aaron after last week’s dramatic episode.
Sponsored by Bento, WorkOS, NativePHP for Mobile, ForwardMX, and Laracon US 2025
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(00:00) - Garage Trouble
(02:54) - Chaos In The Studio
(20:34) - Outro.fm Update
(24:33) - Broccoli-headed YouTuber
(30:54) - Outro.fm Update Take 2
(55:18) - Newsletter Feedback
(01:00:53) - These Guys
(01:04:22) - Aaron Francis Update
Links:
macOS Screen Sharing
CalDigit TS4
Apple Certified Refurbished
Ryan Trahan
Daniel Negreanu
Tony Robbins
Pavel Durov
1 hr 12 min
June 24, 202588: Steve's Leaving Try Hard?!
Ian and Aaron talk about Ian’s new side project….which already has a domain name (!?!) before digging deep into an even bigger bombshell: Steve is leaving Try Hard?
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(00:00) - Ian's Side Project
(30:27) - The Reveal
(39:34) - The Business Side
(52:57) - Setting Sail...
(01:03:22) - Digging Into The Past
(01:24:04) - What's Next for Screencasting
(01:28:26) - Digital Land
(01:40:18) - Solo Lunches
Links:
The Rewatchables
Buffer
Transistor.fm
Outro.fm
Producer Steve aka Steve Tenuto on Twitter
Turso
1 hr 45 min
June 17, 202587: No Sparkle Buttons
Ian and Aaron talk about UI Kits in the era of AI, dreams of being at Laracon, Aaron’s next steps, Ian’s mysterious side project, and more.
Sponsored by Bento, WorkOS, NativePHP for Mobile, ForwardMX, and Laracon US 2025
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(00:00) - Father's Day
(10:49) - The New Focus
(16:53) - UI Kits in the AI Era
(23:12) - A Tailwind UI Story
(35:51) - What's Next For Try Hard
(42:32) - Dreams of Laracon
(45:13) - Ian's Tinkering
(57:38) - What Time Is It?
Links:
Barnes & Noble
Glauber Costa on X
The Panel (podcast)
HelpSpot
Instrumental Components
1 hr 3 min
June 10, 202586: Focus Hard
Ian and Aaron talk about Ian’s new love of Codex, what happened after “panic mode”, Aaron’s weekend with the guys, and more.
Sponsored by Bento, WorkOS, NativePHP for Mobile, ForwardMX, and Laracon US 2025
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(00:00) - Table Captaining
(11:49) - Ads Work!
(13:42) - Panic Mode Update
(27:48) - Make It Recurring
(35:12) - Irons In The Fire
(42:20) - Ian ❤️ Codex
(54:58) - Aaron's Weekend With Humanity
(01:07:01) - The Ultimate Satisficer
Links:
The Bedford by Martha Stewart
Justin Jackson's Bluesky post about ads working
OpenAI's Codex
Texas Hill Country
1 hr 11 min
June 03, 202585: Screencasting.com Launch Failure
Ian and Aaron talk about the disastrous Screencasting.com launch and what’s next for Aaron, Steve, and Try Hard.
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(00:00) - AI Aaron Follow Up
(02:51) - Existential Crisis Mode
(24:35) - A Concept of a Plan
(42:25) - What's The Prescription?
(54:12) - Other Ideas
(01:01:06) - A Callback
Links:
https://screencasting.com/
SparkToro
Jason Beggs
1 hr 7 min
May 27, 202584: Fabricated Hype
Ian and Aaron discuss the need for an AI Newsletter, being beamed up to the mothership, web components, and more.
Sponsored by Bento, WorkOS, NativePHP for Mobile, and Laracon US 2025
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(00:00) - Cushy W-2's
(03:29) - New Madness
(15:28) - Aaron's Very Good Tweet
(22:50) - AI Newsletter
(33:40) - A Theory About The World
(39:28) - A Love Letter To....Rails?
(48:05) - Weekend Breakfast
(56:49) - A New Practice
Links:
Introducing Claude 4
Junie, by JetBrains
Windsurf
Josh Pigford on X
Aaron's tweet about AI
Producer Dave's tweet about joining Laravel
Ian Landsman & Andrey Butov's Bootstrapped.fm
Adam's tweet about his love letter to Rails
Instrumental Components
Paula's Runway Cafe
1 hr 8 min
May 20, 202583: Use Your Brain
Ian and Aaron discuss a certain viral tweet about Livewire, the benefits of being a regular, Aaron's video about Cloudflare, & more.
Sponsored by Bento, WorkOS, NativePHP for Mobile, and Laracon US 2025
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(00:00) - Ian's New Toy
(02:40) - Weekend Update
(16:37) - Being a Regular
(29:09) - The Viral Livewire Tweet
(46:46) - Aaron's Cloudflare Interview
(52:26) - Affiliates
Links:
Tickrmeter
WSOP bracelet
Branick Weix's tweet about devs positioning themselves as Livewire devs
Notes on Work: The war of making something
Aaron's video w/ Josh Howard of Cloudflare
1 hr 7 min
May 13, 202582: Peak Bubbly
Ian and Aaron talk about getting feisty on Twitter, a possible AI bubble, NativePHP, an awesome game idea for Laracon, and more.
Sponsored by Bento, WorkOS, NativePHP for Mobile, and Laracon US 2025
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(00:00) - 93 Degrees
(06:39) - Aaron Gets Feisty
(18:19) - AI Bubble?
(24:56) - Vector Follow Up
(35:26) - Party Follow Up
(41:38) - Native PHP Revenue
(48:58) - Aaron's Platform Overhaul
Links:
Low Energy Jeb
Aaron's reply to the quote tweet criticizing DHH
Open AI - Vector embeddings
Drew Clements on Bluesky
NativePHP post re: gross sales
58 min