Mostly Technical

1 hour 33 minutes

154: Ian Laravel New'd Again!

Ian and Aaron talk about Laravel New'ing....again....and what that means for Outro, plus huge updates coming to Solo, Aaron's generative universe, and more.

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(00:00) - Ian's Still Sick
(03:59) - Laravel New?
(19:49) - Pricing for Outro 2.0
(30:38) - More on Outro 2.0
(37:38) - Solo on Linux
(42:54) - Headless Solo
(50:15) - GUI Chats?
(58:57) - Aaron's Generative Universe
(01:23:20) - OpenCode Was Hacked

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20 October 2026, 12:00 pm

1 hour 17 minutes

153: 13 Billion Tokens

Ian and Aaron discuss Ian's trip to NYC to see the Amp crew, Aaron's weekend getaway, fighting online with Jesse Bentley, and craziest of all - should Ian 'Laravel New' Outro?

Sponsored by Svix, Bento, PostShiba, Laracon AU, and Typesense.

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(00:00) - Rocks In The Stream
(16:15) - Orbin In Person
(24:54) - Aaron's First Internet Business
(40:42) - Giant Buttons
(43:49) - Jesse & Ian Are Fighting
(52:54) - Operation Double
(01:05:23) - 'Laravel New' Outro?
(01:11:18) - Resets

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13 October 2026, 12:00 pm

1 hour 17 minutes

152: Feel The AGI

Ian and Aaron discuss OpenAI's Dots, Aaron's trip to Denver, working with tests in the AI era, big things coming to Laravel, and a whole lot more.

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(00:00) - America, Coke Zero
(07:14) - Aaron Went To Denver
(09:58) - Big Things Coming To Laravel
(18:46) - The Milwaukee Brewers
(26:41) - A Reverse Epiphany
(37:15) - Mini Motorways
(46:45) - Dot & AI Agents
(01:03:14) - Can AI Companies Make Money?
(01:09:49) - Tests

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6 October 2026, 12:00 pm

1 hour 41 seconds

151: Tokenmogged

Ian and Aaron discuss Opus 5.5, Aaron's HomeOS, Ian's token usage, what's new with Aaron's office, and so much more.

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(00:00) - Ian Loves Developers!
(05:16) - I Have Become Aaron, Destroyer of Worlds
(12:11) - Update on Aaron's Office
(22:18) - Orbin & Mogging
(26:36) - Update on Jev
(31:19) - HomeOS
(48:23) - Opus 5.5
(55:48) - The Best Time Ever To Raise Prices

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29 September 2026, 12:00 pm

1 hour 16 minutes

150: Everybody Loves Jev

Ian and Aaron discuss the arrival of Jev, whether or not people should take microeconomics classes, Aaron's new office, raising prices, and so much more.

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(00:00) - Solo Parenting
(09:00) - Ian's Very Mad About People on Twitter
(17:12) - People Should Take Microeconomics (?)
(31:04) - Aaron Is Leasing An Office!
(45:22) - Jev!
(01:04:56) - Should you charge more or less?

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22 September 2026, 12:00 pm

1 hour 16 minutes

149: I Am The Harness

Ian and Aaron talk about their trip to Vegas, what's cooking with Outro & Solo, Ian's travel woes, something called a Zoox, and so much more.

Sponsored by Svix, Bento, PostShiba, Valorin Security, SerpAPI, and Typesense.

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(00:00) - A Weak Vocal Constitution
(13:55) - CabanaConf Takeaways
(21:36) - Build Bento on Bento?
(28:18) - Burning Tokens for Solo
(35:46) - Fixes for Outro
(39:59) - Training a Model
(48:30) - What if Solo had a universal agent?
(01:00:46) - Ian's Travel Woes
(01:07:38) - Aaron Took a Zoox

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16 September 2026, 12:00 pm

1 hour 13 minutes

148: AI Psychosis Day

Ian and Aaron discuss the release of GPT-6 "Astra", building Solo for Linux, Ian's camera setup, why Outro isn't out yet, and so much more.

Sponsored by Svix, Bento, DropInBlog, Valorin Security, and Typesense.

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(00:00) - Happy Labor Day
(03:02) - Rippin Astra Tokens
(17:04) - Solo On Linux?
(26:09) - 4000 Photos of Horses
(41:04) - What's New With Outro?
(49:27) - Aaron's Training a Model
(01:00:32) - No More Astra Left
(01:09:06) - Vegas, Baby. Vegas.

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8 September 2026, 12:00 pm

1 hour 27 minutes

147: It's Orbin' Time

Ian and Aaron discuss the release of Solo v0.10, Aaron's trip to Boise, Ian's trip to the fair, why Ian's all in on Orbs, and so much more.

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(00:00) - Producer Steve Got Married!
(07:53) - Aaron's Unifying Theory on Wedding Toasts
(17:02) - Ian Went To The Fair
(27:30) - Notion? (and Linear)
(35:28) - Moats
(40:40) - Solo's Huge New Release
(55:41) - It's Orbin' Time
(01:10:30) - Aaron's Credit Card Strategy
(01:24:28) - Book Update

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1 September 2026, 12:00 pm

1 hour 32 minutes

146: Do Things & Tell People

Ian and Aaron discuss Aaron's trip to Copenhagen for Laravel Live DK, meeting DHH, having "the hell trip home", using AI to beat Air Canada's bureaucracy, and so much more.

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(00:00) - Back In the Land of the Free
(01:52) - Happy Anniversary!
(04:22) - Aaron's First Intl Biz Class Flight
(12:04) - Laravel Live DK
(22:05) - Aaron's Talk & Meeting DHH
(32:58) - DHH & Taylor's Fireside Chat
(42:27) - The Spoon Is An Airplane
(56:22) - The Hell Trip Home
(01:17:41) - Scheming With Codex
(01:27:34) - A Quick Controversy

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25 August 2026, 12:00 pm

1 hour 49 minutes

Sweet Hang #5: My Psychosis Moment w/ Jesse Hanley

Ian is joined by Jesse Hanley, founder of Bento, to discuss everything from Grok Bot to finding your ideal customer to the future of knowledge work and so much more.

Sponsored by Bento, DropInBlog, Valorin Security, and Svix.

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(00:00) - Settle All Family Business
(02:04) - Grok's Bot
(12:43) - AI & Knowledge Work
(35:17) - How much can one person automate?
(46:42) - Will normies use bots?
(59:29) - Jesse's videos
(01:12:17) - Growing Revenue
(01:20:11) - Finding your ideal customer
(01:33:56) - Cameras
(01:41:51) - Life in Japan

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19 August 2026, 9:00 am

1 hour 10 minutes

145: Marketing As Engineering

Ian & Aaron discuss what's coming to Solo, how Aaron's running marketing at Laravel, why Ian swears by a cabana, and so much more.

Sponsored by Bento, DropInBlog, Valorin Security, and Svix.

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(00:00) - Cabana Life
(12:44) - Using Linear for Marketing
(22:57) - Who's agent should you use?
(33:02) - Marketing = Engineering?
(45:37) - Aaron's hit tweet
(56:42) - Solo Updates
(01:04:27) - Laravel Live Denmark

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18 August 2026, 12:00 pm