Whiskey Web and Whatnot

Why Most Developers Overcomplicate Everything w/ Aaron Francis

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This week, Robbie and Chuck talk with Aaron Francis about developer education, Laravel vs. Rails, and the evolution of full-stack development. They explore the trade-offs of opinionated frameworks, the practicality of PHP, and why simplicity often wins. Plus, Aaron shares his hot takes on modern web dev trends, and the joys of working from a home-office-that’s-not-home.

In this episode:

  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (01:19) - Meet Aaron Francis
  • (03:28) - Whiskey intro and rating: Green River Distilling Co. Full Proof Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
  • (14:32) - The home office that’s not at home
  • (17:44) - Tailwind vs Vanilla CSS
  • (18:52) - Git Rebase vs Git Merge
  • (21:44) - Let vs Const
  • (25:40) - Rails vs Laravel
  • (33:23) - Challenges of full stack frameworks
  • (48:18) - Aaron’s staycation birthday present
  • (50:38) - Two sets of twins
  • (56:56) - Family vehicles
  • (59:59) - What Aaron would do if not in tech
  • (01:01:20) - Plugs
    • Links
    • Mostly Technical: https://mostlytechnical.com/
    • Laravel: https://laravel.com/
    • SQLite: https://www.sqlite.org/
    • Postgres: https://www.postgresql.org/
    • Rails: https://rubyonrails.org/
    • Screencasting: https://screencasting.com
    • Try Hard Studios: https://tryhardstudios.com/
    • Ryan Reynolds: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Reynolds
    • Green River Distilling: https://greenriverwhiskey.com/
    • Norlan: https://norlanglass.com
    • Tailwind CSS: https://tailwindcss.com/
    • Taylor Otwell: https://x.com/taylorotwell
    • DHH: https://x.com/dhh/
    • Tuple: https://tuple.app/
    • Ben Orenstein: https://x.com/r00k
    • The Car Mom: https://www.youtube.com/@TheCarMom
      • Connect with Aaron
      • Website: https://aaronfrancis.com
      • X / Twitter: https://x.com/aarondfrancis
      • Mastering Postgres: https://masteringpostgres.com/
      • High Performance SQLite: https://highperformancesqlite.com/
      • Screencasting: https://screencasting.com/
        • Connect with Chuck and Robbie
        • Robbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieTheWagner
        • Chuck Carpenter: https://x.com/CharlesWthe3rd
          • Subscribe and stay in touch
          • Website: https://whiskey.fm
          • Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whiskey-web-and-whatnot/id1552776603
          • Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/19jiuHAqzeKnkleQUpZxDf
          • Overcast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1552776603
          • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WhiskeyWebAndWhatnot
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