Mostly Technical
Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis
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61: Chasing Vanity
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12/03/24 • 90 min
Ian and Aaron go in-depth on Aaron's highly anticipated arrival on Bluesky - what's good, what's bad, and why he doesn't like when people tell him he's using it wrong. Plus an update on ads, a big garage idea, and more.
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- (00:00) - Time Was Infinite
- (09:02) - The Blue Ocean of Bluesky
- (44:12) - Early Movers
- (01:01:43) - Texas Basement Boys
- (01:24:14) - A Different Idea For Ads
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34: It's All Vibes
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05/14/24 • 75 min
Ian & Aaron discuss Aaron's new SQLite course, identifiers in Laravel, New York City, and last but not least - socks.
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- (00:00) - The F Word
- (09:17) - New York City (Taylor's Version)
- (14:30) - Dallas Dallas
- (22:18) - Aaron's SQLite Course
- (33:35) - Highlighting Technique
- (45:52) - SQLite Big Shots
- (48:06) - Identifiers in Laravel
- (01:00:46) - The Role of Taste
- (01:08:51) - Truly Unruly Number of Socks 🧦
Links:
- Taylor's tweet about New York City
- Announcement video for High Performance SQLite
- https://highperformancesqlite.com/
- SQLite Docs
- Hacker News Algolia search
- Sebastian's question about identifiers
- iPad "Crush!" ad
- Reversed iPad ad
- Rick Rubin (Wiki)
- Rick Rubin - The Creative Act (Book)
- Rick Rubin says "I know nothing about music"
- Wes Bos
- Wes Bos's socks
38: Morning Person
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06/11/24 • 70 min
Ian & Aaron discuss what's going on with Aaron's course and Ian's feistiness on Twitter before diving into what's going on with Aaron's HVAC system (seriously) and a lot more.
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- (00:00) - Getting Healthy
- (08:38) - Babies Are Humans
- (17:51) - Picking Fights On Twitter
- (31:07) - The Big Move
- (38:16) - My Primary Concern Is Batteries
- (55:54) - Course Update: It's Gonna Be Good
- (01:06:18) - Are You An Apple Guy?
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39: Mostly HVAC with Dan Myers, CEO of Flair
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06/13/24 • 35 min
Ian and Aaron are joined by Dan Myers, CEO of Flair, for a very special episode about Aaron's HVAC system, Ian's feelings about batteries, why people like "treats in the feed", and more.
Sponsored by LaraJobs & Screencasting.com.
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- (00:00) - Welcome To The Show
- (03:08) - Highly Biased But Knowledgable
- (12:43) - Let's Keep It On Aaron
- (21:23) - Ian's Ruling
- (26:48) - Home Assistant Integration
- (28:47) - Man Of The People
- (33:46) - Treats In The Feed
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27: The Layoff
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03/12/24 • 102 min
Ian & Aaron discuss being laid off, what comes next for Aaron, why layoffs always go bad, good free tiers vs. bad free tiers, & more.
Sponsored by LaraJobs & Screencasting.com.
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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
50: Paid In Respect
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09/18/24 • 91 min
Ian is back (!) with Aaron to check in about what happened to Ian's gallbladder, Aaron's announcement video, dreaming big, and so much more.
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- (00:00) - They Failed Again
- (11:28) - The Show Must Go On
- (15:36) - A Different Kind of Plumbing
- (24:36) - Laracon Vibes
- (35:13) - The Big $57 Million Announcement
- (46:51) - MrBeast is Gordon Gekko
- (56:10) - Dream A Little Bit Bigger
- (01:12:52) - Low Hanging Fruit
- (01:19:25) - Sinatra Baby!
Links:
- Mailcoach
- Ian's tweet about his gallbladder surgery report
- Laparoscopic surgery & gas
- Seinfeld Junior Mint clip
- InterNACHI
- David Hill on Twitter
- Laravel Investment Announcement
- Aaron interviews Taylor about the investment
- Gordon Gekko
- 'How to succeed in MrBeast Production'
- Ian's thread about the document
- Mastering Postgres announcement video
05: He Loves a Manifesto
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09/13/23 • 67 min
Ian & Aaron discuss DHH & TypeScript, Once & the success of outrage marketing, Aaron's rules for Twitter, & more.
Sponsored by LaraJobs & HelloQuery.
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Links for this week's episode:
- https://aaronfrancis.com/shedquarters
- https://once.com
- https://world.hey.com/dhh/turbo-8-is-dropping-typescript-70165c01
- https://github.com/hotwired/turbo-rails
- https://37signals.com/podcast/pick-a-fight/
- https://basecamp.com
- Ian discovered the joy of recycle()
- https://www.youtube.com/c/planetscale
- https://www.youtube.com/@aarondfrancis
- Aaron's rules for Twitter
- Transistor.fm
19: It's Content, Baby!
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01/11/24 • 71 min
Ian & Aaron are back(!) to discuss whatever happened with Ian's DB woes, what it's like to parent two sets of twins, the brand new PlanetScale Studio, & more.
Sponsored by LaraJobs & Screencasting.com.
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- (00:00) - From Zero To 6 Weeks
- (10:10) - Model Should Be Strict
- (18:53) - Don’t Muck Around With Select
- (23:35) - Gotta Have a Morph Map
- (27:45) - Huge Fan of the Enums
- (32:46) - Shedquarters?
- (38:46) - I’ve Got an Apartment Now!
- (51:17) - Aaron’s Static Site Package
- (54:39) - Update on Ian’s DB Woes
- (58:03) - Taking a Page From DHH
- (01:00:47) - Ian Gives Some Feedback
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31: Fight or Win
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04/23/24 • 72 min
Ian & Aaron discuss HelpSpot's future, Aaron reveals his next course, the secret to building courses, the "edge", spouse GPS tracking, the Doordash tax.
Sponsored by Laracasts, Buttondown, LaraJobs, & Screencasting.com.
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58: The Multi-Select with Caleb Porzio
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11/11/24 • 164 min
Ian is joined by Caleb Porzio and we talk about recent consumer product acquisitions, a dive deep into Flux's multi-select and more advanced components like charts, and we do a Business Dad corner about hiring.
Joel Spolsky on how to find great developers (A little dated, but still good)
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How many episodes does Mostly Technical have?
Mostly Technical currently has 63 episodes available.
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The podcast is about Coding, Entrepreneurship, Saas, Php, Software, Podcasts, Technology and Business.
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The average episode length on Mostly Technical is 78 minutes.
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Episodes of Mostly Technical are typically released every 7 days.
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The first episode of Mostly Technical was released on Aug 9, 2023.
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