Mostly Technical

Ian and Aaron talk about saving a kid's life (!), Solo's big update, and an emerging controversy - do you still need to read the code? Sponsored by Bento & DropInBlog . Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical?  Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more. Going to Laracon?  Sign up for the Mostly Technical Pre-Party ! (00:00) - Aaron Saved A Life (05:18) - No Good Comes From A...

Ian and Aaron discuss Ian's misadventures with poker, a huge update for Solo (Windows!), why Aaron thinks languages don't matter but frameworks & ecosystems do, and so much more. Sponsored by Laracon AU , Honeybadger , Bento , Vask , and DropInBlog . Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical?  Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more. Going to Laracon?  Sign up for the Mostly...

Aaron is joined by John & Daniel of Thunk to talk about why you should think like a PM, what they want to see from Solo, trash cans in New York, "footy", and a whole lot more. Sponsored by Laracon AU , Honeybadger , Bento , Vask , and DropInBlog . Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical?  Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more. Going to Laracon?  Sign up for the Mostly Tec...

Ian and Aaron discuss why HelpSpot raised prices, what Aaron's building for teams with Solo, the short-lived reign of Fable 5, pros & cons of DJ's, and so much more. Sponsored by Laracon AU , Honeybadger , Bento , Vask , and DropInBlog . Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical?  Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more. Going to Laracon?  Sign up for the Mostly Technical Pre...

Ian and Aaron discuss hiring new employees, Ian claiming he's over AI coding, huge updates to Outro, going big or going home on Token Town, and more. Sponsored by Laracon AU , Honeybadger , Bento , Vask , and DropInBlog . Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical?  Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more. Going to Laracon?  Sign up for the Mostly Technical Pre-Party ! (00:00) - D...

Ian and Aaron discuss Aaron's new employee, the latest on Outro, a surprise trip to Portland, and more. Sponsored by Laracon AU , Honeybadger , Bento , Vask , and DropInBlog . Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical?  Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more. Going to Laracon?  Sign up for the Mostly Technical Pre-Party ! (00:00) - Where Was Ian? (02:26) - Outro Update (12:32) -...

Aaron is joined this week by Jesse Hanley, founder of Bento, to talk about building a seven figure business, why he feels less stress now than he did when he started, migrating from Heroku to Planetscale, and more. Sponsored by InterNACHI , Honeybadger , Bento , Vask , and NativePHP Ultra Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical?  Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more. Going t...

Ian and Aaron discuss finally recording Token Town, Ian finally shipping Outro, the benefits of working in public, what's coming next to Solo, and more. Sponsored by InterNACHI , Honeybadger , Bento , Vask , and NativePHP Ultra Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical?  Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more. Going to Laracon?  Sign up for the Mostly Technical Pre-Party ! (00:0...

In the first-ever episode of Token Town Aaron & Ian break down pricing changes for Claude -p and the Agent SDK, a temporary 50% increase to Claude's limits, leaps in hacking ability, and more. Sponsored by Bento . Links: Claude pricing changes 'Anthropic beats OpenAI on business adoption' Claude Code weekly limits are 50% higher Solo Amp Superpowers Mythos & cybersecurity

Ian and Aaron talk about what's cooking with Solo, why Aaron's hiring his first full-time employee, Ian's frustrations with moving the team to Codex, and a feel good AI story. Sponsored by InterNACHI , Honeybadger , Bento , Vask , and NativePHP Ultra Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical?  Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more. Going to Laracon?  Sign up for the Mostly Tech...

Ian and Aaron discuss the most harrowing experience of Aaron's life (complete with the funniest ad transition in Mostly Technical history), talk about Ian's trip to the Laravel Roadshow in NYC, and dive into what's cooking with Solo. Sponsored by InterNACHI , Honeybadger , Bento , Vask , and NativePHP Ultra Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical?  Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to...

Ian and Aaron discuss how Aaron wants to destroy (?) Solo's competitors (!), using AI to find security holes in your app, delaying Token Town until May, and more. Sponsored by SavvyCal Appointments , Bento , & Laravel Private Cloud . Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical?  Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more. (00:00) - The AI Apocalypse (11:18) - Delayed (Again) (15:0...

Ian and Aaron discuss Solo finally being ready & why its MCP capabilities are so intriguing, LaraProm (?!) at Laracon US (!), Ian's conundrum corner, and more. Sponsored by SavvyCal Appointments , Bento , & Laravel Private Cloud . Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical?  Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more. (00:00) - Vacation Is Awesome (11:40) - Thunk Boys Follow...

Ian is joined by John Drexler & Daniel Coulbourne of Thunk to talk about their new app Tidy, what constitutes a moat in the age of AI, why phone spam is the absolute worst, and so much more. Sponsored by SavvyCal Appointments , Bento , & Laravel Private Cloud . Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical?  Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more. (00:00) - Bottomless Pits (...

Ian and Aaron talk about why neither of them shipped this past week, how to surface features in an application, tweets going viral....oh, and they're starting a new podcast.  Welcome to Token Town. Sponsored by SavvyCal Appointments , Bento , & Laravel Private Cloud . Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical?  Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more. (00:00) - Ian Didn't Shi...

Ian and Aaron talk about setting a release date (!) for Outro, huge updates to Solo, a new Cloudflare course, exciting news on the real estate front, and so much more. Sponsored by SavvyCal Appointments , Bento , Laravel Private Cloud , IttyBit , and Ray by Spatie . Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical?  Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more. (00:00) - It's Shill Season (0...

Ian and Aaron talk about choosing between Faster.dev & Solo (which one is more likely to pay off?), the pros and cons of using AI to build bespoke internal apps, youth sports, Project Hail Mary, and so much more. Sponsored by SavvyCal Appointments , Bento , Laravel Private Cloud , IttyBit , and Ray by Spatie . Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical?  Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/spon...

Ian and Aaron talk about more poker adventures, transcoding videos at scale, escaping the permanent underclass, worktrees vs. copy on write, and so much more. Sponsored by SavvyCal Appointments , Bento , Laravel Private Cloud , Laravel Live DK , IttyBit , and Ray by Spatie . Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical?  Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more. (00:00) - Ian Keeps W...

Ian and Aaron discuss their trip to Laracon EU, the all-new Solo, using the AI SDK for Outro, "poker propaganda", Gen-Z Abby's 2004 camera, and so much more. Sponsored by SavvyCal Appointments , Bento , Laravel Private Cloud , IttyBit , and Ray by Spatie . Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical?  Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more. (00:00) - Europe Can't Contain Us (07:04...

Ian and Aaron discuss Ian shipping (!) the HelpSpot website and cooking on Outro, Aaron's complete overhaul of Solo, why it's nice to have a wife, and so much more. Register today for the Mostly Technical Pre-Party at Laracon EU . Sponsored by SavvyCal Appointments , Bento , Laravel Private Cloud , IttyBit , Ray by Spatie , and Redberry . Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical?  Head to https:/...

Ian and Aaron discuss Aaron's new AI tool Counselors, something called "Hell Week", what's new with Solo and Outro, and so much more. Register today for the Mostly Technical Pre-Party at Laracon EU . Sponsored by SavvyCal Appointments , Bento , Laravel Private Cloud , IttyBit , Ray by Spatie , and Redberry . Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical?  Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to...

Ian and Aaron talk about the launch of Solo, Aaron's new terminal app for the desktop (!) plus Ian's return to Twitter and so much more. Register today for the Mostly Technical Pre-Party at Laracon EU . Sponsored by SavvyCal Appointments , Bento , Laravel Private Cloud , IttyBit , Ray by Spatie , and Redberry . Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical?  Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor...

Ian and Aaron talk about the Mostly Technical Pre-Party at Laracon EU (!), Aaron's new desktop app (!!), sleeping on planes, and so much more. Register today for the Mostly Technical Pre-Party at Laracon EU . Sponsored by SavvyCal Appointments , Bento , Laravel Private Cloud , IttyBit , Ray by Spatie , and Redberry . Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical?  Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/s...

Ian and Aaron talk about being stuck at home due to the weather, major updates to Outro.fm and Faster.dev, an important update to the Laravel New experience, and more. Sponsored by SavvyCal Appointments , Bento , and Laravel Private Cloud . Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical?  Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more. (00:00) - No True Texas? (05:42) - Plow Problems (13:57)...

Ian and Aaron recap their trip to San Francisco to see the first demo of the Laravel AI SDK before going in-depth on the Faster.dev announcement! Sponsored by SavvyCal Appointments , Bento , and Laravel Private Cloud . Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical?  Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more. (00:00) - Aaron Watched A Movie! (02:28) - Last Week In San Francisco (17:20)...