Ian & Aaron discuss cheese boards, Aaron's lunch adventure, high performance database consulting, and the Drake vs. Kendrick Lamar beef with special guest Dave Hicking aka Producer Dave.

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• (00:00) - Kids Birthday Parties
• (03:43) - The Cheese Board
• (17:16) - Went To The Burbs
• (22:47) - Is Twitter Over?
• (33:26) - Aaron's New Video
• (41:34) - This Needs To Be Content!
• (50:12) - Drake vs. Kendrick Lamar

• Ian's 'Date lunch' tweet
• Link to NYT article about "girl dinner"
• Grazery
• Aaron's signed copy of his SQLite book
• Aaron's new video about macros
• In Deep Geek on YouTube
• Dave Hicking on Twitter
• Clock Radio Speakers
• Kendrick Lamar - "Meet The Grahams" (YouTube)
• Francis and the Lights (YouTube)

Ian & Aaron discuss men's fashion, DHH, location sharing follow-up, AI therapy hot takes, Laravel Octane, upcoming course update, is MySQL over?, non-competes and concierge medicine, hacking Laravel for prefix indexes, PHP x NYC

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• Menswear guy
• Art but make it sports
• DHH Monitor tweet
• Aaron's Laravel Octane video
• PHP x NYC

Ian & Aaron discuss HelpSpot's future, Aaron reveals his next course, the secret to building courses, the "edge", spouse GPS tracking, the Doordash tax.

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• HelpSpot
• Try Hard Studios
• Location sharing tweet

Ian & Aaron return after a few weeks off to check in on Aaron's new business, his studio, and yes, his healthcare woes. 

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• (00:00) - Chilipad Fixes All
• (01:40) - Eclipse Update
• (04:29) - I'm The Top of the Funnel
• (16:55) - Healthcare Stuff
• (37:35) - Everybody Updates Their Apps Too Fast
• (46:26) - Aaron's Office Update
• (59:00) - Trading Places

• Hackers Incorporated episode with Aaron Francis
• Lemon Squeeze's interview with Aaron Francis
• Aaron's video on Cloudflare 
• Aaron's tweet about healthcare
• Continuation of Health Coverage (COBRA)
• Justworks
• Gusto
• S corp vs. C corp vs. LLC
• Startup to Last podcast
• Less Annoying CRM
• LegUp Health

Ian and Aaron are joined by Adam Wathan (our first returning guest!) to talk about Aaron's future plans for courses & consulting, Adam's plans for hiring at Tailwind, & a lot more.

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• (00:00) - The Interloper
• (01:49) - Hiring at Tailwind
• (09:00) - Extra Effort Matters
• (19:47) - Magic Company Money
• (23:02) - Jerry Seinfeld's Voice
• (27:45) - Nothing Sexier Than a Database
• (43:49) - Taste as a Service
• (54:34) - Courses vs. Consulting
• (01:07:56) - The Aaron Francis Experience
• (01:13:33) - The Master Plan
• (01:28:53) - Price of Admission
• (01:33:17) - En Route To Mars

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• Adam's tweets announcing the Design Engineer & Staff Software Engineer jobs at Tailwind
• Adam's tweet about 90% of applicants not following instructions
• Test Driven Laravel
• Sandwich Video
• Kevin Shen's Dream Studio Course on lighting
• Jonathan Reinink on Twitter

Ian & Aaron discuss Chilipad, the Aaron Francis Studio of Light and Sound, the week of calls, how to properly apply to a job, Shibboleth secret passwords, what's next for Aaron, the background on how Try Hard Studios came to be, and behind the scenes on the creation of their launch video.

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• Chilipad
• Try Hard Studios
• Aaron's what's next tweet
• Try Hard Studios launch video & YouTube channel

Ian & Aaron discuss being laid off, what comes next for Aaron, why layoffs always go bad, good free tiers vs. bad free tiers, & more.

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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

• "...@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 

Ian & Aaron discuss config files in Laravel 11, having ambitious goals, the merits of checking vs. not checking your bag, & more.

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• (00:00) - Open Some Emails, Kiss Some Babies
• (08:49) - Follow Up
• (20:31) - Even More Follow Up
• (26:08) - Checked vs. No Checked Bag
• (35:28) - Aaron's Ambitious Goal
• (45:16) - Not Thinking Big Enough
• (52:39) - Config Files in Laravel 11
• (56:02) - Ian DoorDashed Chipotle
• (01:00:49) - Diet Coke Upate

• Mailo on the App Store
• Chilipad
• Mary (@sifrious) on Twitter
• Ian's Chipotle order (on Twitter)

Ian & Aaron discuss morning people, PHP/Laravel origin stories, using ChatGPT to write blog posts, Diet Coke vs. Coke Zero, & more.

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• (00:00) - Morning Guy
• (07:39) - Reachability Crisis
• (11:15) - You Need One More Set
• (17:21) - Follow Up
• (26:32) - PHP/Laravel Origin Story
• (33:09) - Aaron Bought a Chilipad
• (40:15) - Do Literally Anything
• (01:03:36) - Vices

• Ian's drinking cheap wine (on Twitter)
• Aaron's tweet about getting paid for his kids
• Cometeer coffee
• Zevia soda
• Yii framework
• Chilipad
• Aaron's blog post: Do literally anything 
• Aura Frames
• Zyn

Ian & Aaron discuss the joy of Diet Coke, Ian's deep dive into DTOs, Inertia vs. Livewire, & more.

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• (00:00) - Totally Zonked
• (04:46) - Little A
• (09:31) - Feedback
• (18:38) - Even More Feedback
• (29:29) - Laracon US Tickets
• (30:52) - Blade + Livewire
• (35:41) - Inertia vs. Livewire
• (45:54) - Deep into DTOs
• (55:40) - The Sleep Is Not Great

• Aaron's dad nap (on Twitter)
• Taking Cara Babies
• New York Times Dialect Quiz (Gift Link)
• Linear
• Architect/plotter/outliner vs. Gardener
• HelpSpot On-Premise
• Podline.fm
• Podscan.fm
• Geocodio
• Laracon US 2024
• Livewire: Blade Components Screencast
• Taylor's friendly reminder re: Inertia vs. Livewire (on Twitter)
• maryUI

Ian & Aaron discuss everything from cryotherapy to the ugliness of most B2B apps to Aaron's first time doing meditation and a lot more.

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• (00:00) - Super Bowl Update
• (03:05) - PlanetScale Pricing Update
• (05:21) - A Valuable Idea
• (09:28) - Ian's Invisalign
• (17:44) - Adorable Dad Stories
• (25:23) - What Do You Need A Writer For?
• (32:17) - ONCE / Campfire Update
• (41:56) - Beautiful Failures
• (46:54) - Meditation, Cryotherapy, & Cupcakes
• (01:00:30) - Screencasting.com Update

• How many people watched the Super Bowl? (CBS)
• Who shot J.R.?
• PlanetScale Pricing Page
• Invisalign
• Ian on the 'Build Your SaaS' podcast - "Is ONCE enough?"
• Cryotherapy (Wikipedia)