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Mostly Technical

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis

Hosted by Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis, Mostly Technical is a lively discussion on Laravel, business, and an eclectic mix of related topics..

1 hour 35 minutes

126: Scope Explosion
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.
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- (00:00) - Ian Didn't Ship
- (06:33) - Aaron Didn't Ship
- (11:48) - Solo & MCP
- (21:16) - Surfacing Features
- (32:45) - Is AI Hype Dying Down?
- (37:42) - Viral Tweets
- (50:29) - Filter Out vs. Filter In
- (01:01:07) - Claude vs. OpenClaw
- (01:15:29) - Durable Objects & Databases
- (01:27:04) - Welcome to Token Town
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7 April 2026, 12:00 pm
1 hour 12 minutes

125: No Turning Back
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.
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- (00:00) - It's Shill Season
- (04:02) - Ian's Gotta Ship Outro
- (15:00) - Superpowers Are So Good
- (20:15) - Cloudflare Durable Objects Course
- (31:32) - Cloud Pricing
- (36:41) - MCP Servers
- (47:23) - Solo Updates
- (01:00:18) - Aaron Francis Empire Update
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31 March 2026, 12:00 pm
1 hour 15 minutes

124: Old Man Yells At Cloud
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.

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- (00:00) - Kids Sports
- (05:19) - Building Internal Tools
- (17:23) - Empire of Scripts
- (24:41) - Everybody Wants CLI & MCP
- (29:46) - Solo Will Never Be Done
- (45:46) - Faster.dev vs. Solo
- (59:36) - Vibe Coding An App To $10k
- (01:06:11) - Project Hail Mary
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24 March 2026, 12:00 pm
1 hour 11 minutes

123: Isolate The Claude
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.
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- (00:00) - Ian Keeps Winning
- (10:00) - Transcoding Videos
- (25:33) - Superpowers
- (39:40) - A Parade In Boston
- (47:36) - Run Dangerously
- (55:20) - Ire of the Worktree Maxi's
- (01:02:56) - Escape the Permanent Underclass
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18 March 2026, 12:00 pm
1 hour 37 minutes

122: I Just YOLO'd It
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.
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- (00:00) - Europe Can't Contain Us
- (07:04) - Poker Propaganda
- (12:34) - Laracon EU Recap
- (17:42) - Good Feedback
- (23:07) - Big Solo Update
- (42:03) - What's Next for Solo
- (01:01:20) - The Worktrees Question
- (01:10:57) - The Finalized Skill
- (01:17:28) - Outro & Gopher
- (01:26:43) - New Deadlines Are Coming
- (01:31:25) - 2004 Camera
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10 March 2026, 12:00 pm
1 hour 22 minutes

121: Let Ian Cook
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.
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- (00:00) - Hell Week 3
- (12:01) - The Haters Were Right
- (22:09) - Ian Shipped!
- (27:09) - Does Aaron Know Who Snoop Is?
- (32:29) - Cooking On Outro
- (46:17) - Counselors Update
- (01:05:28) - The Learning Skill
- (01:16:47) - It's Nice To Have A Wife
- (01:19:23) - Gamification of Software
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24 February 2026, 1:00 pm
1 hour 15 minutes

120: The Counselors
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.

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- (00:00) - Achieving The Impossible
- (11:26) - Making Things Easy For Humans
- (19:53) - Ian's Hyperkey Setup
- (28:59) - Aaron's Hell Week
- (44:42) - The Future
- (51:38) - Outro Is Cooking
- (58:36) - Valentine's Day & Other Updates
- (01:09:26) - OpenClaw
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17 February 2026, 1:00 pm
1 hour 25 minutes

119: Anti Slop Vibe
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.

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- (00:00) - Back On Twitter
- (08:20) - Mute The Super Spreaders
- (23:51) - HVAC Guys
- (28:40) - AI.com Ad
- (32:23) - The Launch of Solo
- (45:39) - Questions About Solo
- (56:53) - An Ode To Laravel's Queues
- (01:00:18) - Even More About Solo
- (01:06:35) - Behind The Scenes
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10 February 2026, 1:00 pm
1 hour 11 minutes

118: We’re Going To Europe
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.

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- (00:00) - Burn The Candle at Three Ends
- (06:12) - We Got Some Feedback
- (12:31) - Laracon India & AI SDK
- (17:49) - Tell The Machine To Do It
- (25:10) - Boost & Skills
- (29:55) - The Big Announcement
- (38:25) - Business Class Stage of the Castle
- (43:25) - Sleeping On Planes
- (49:33) - Unofficial Claude Code Meetup
- (01:00:09) - Aaron's Desktop App
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3 February 2026, 1:00 pm
59 minutes 53 seconds

117: The AI Is Out There
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.
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- (00:00) - No True Texas?
- (05:42) - Plow Problems
- (13:57) - Outro & HelpSpot Update
- (23:44) - Promotions
- (26:38) - Laravel AI SDK
- (31:27) - Faster.dev Update
- (44:49) - Ian's Got Problems With Amp
- (58:30) - Laravel New Gradient
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29 January 2026, 1:00 pm
1 hour 6 minutes

116: Inside The Token Factory
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!
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- (00:00) - Aaron Watched A Movie!
- (02:28) - Last Week In San Francisco
- (17:20) - Laravel AI SDK Announcement
- (26:23) - Who Listens To Podcasts?
- (31:17) - Announcing Faster.dev
- (49:49) - Logo Design
- (57:08) - Aaron's Stripe Video
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20 January 2026, 1:00 pm
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