Mostly Technical

1 hour 3 minutes

139: High On Fable

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?

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(00:00) - Aaron Saved A Life
(05:18) - No Good Comes From A Bounce House
(11:40) - 4th of July Parades
(15:20) - Workspaces In Solo
(24:33) - Should You Still Read The Code?
(40:05) - Aaron's Breakout Tweet
(51:05) - Outro Update

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7 July 2026, 12:00 pm

1 hour 13 minutes

138: Back In The Game

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.

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(00:00) - Mostly Poker
(10:55) - Poker Town?
(13:34) - Outro Update
(20:46) - Solo for Windows (!)
(30:50) - Pricing Advice
(33:52) - Laravel Live UK
(42:58) - Languages Don't Matter
(56:09) - LaraProm Update
(01:04:46) - World Cup

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1 July 2026, 12:00 pm

1 hour 28 minutes

137: You Do Have To Care w/ John Drexler & Daniel Coulbourne

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.

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(00:00) - Introduction to the Thunk Boys
(04:13) - Working on Laravel Forge
(09:22) - What does Daniel do?
(14:30) - Big week for New York
(22:34) - World Cup Social Media
(29:13) - Laravel Live
(36:33) - AI Code Responsibilities
(41:52) - Think Like A PM
(51:08) - Do Old Best Practices Still Apply?
(58:12) - Daniel's Solo Gripes & Asks
(01:20:34) - Tidy
(01:24:02) - Where Is Ian?

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23 June 2026, 12:00 pm

1 hour 15 minutes

136: Big, Audacious Goals

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.

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(00:00) - The Great DJ Debate
(07:58) - Aaron's Going To Laravel Live UK
(14:22) - Ian Raised Prices
(27:26) - Teams & New Solo Pricing
(42:45) - New Frontiers
(56:51) - RIP Fable 5
(01:09:43) - Outro's Sponsorship System

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16 June 2026, 12:00 pm

1 hour 16 minutes

135: Ian's Over AI Coding?!

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.

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(00:00) - Down to the River
(05:33) - Ian's Over AI Coding?!
(13:45) - Aaron's Employee's First Week
(21:42) - Marketing & Content
(27:27) - Ian's Been Busy With Outro
(37:41) - Slash Brag Update
(41:06) - Ian Finally Hired Somebody!
(47:00) - Token Town Update
(55:28) - Horse Business
(01:04:14) - Aaron Went Fishing
(01:13:16) - Kids Sports

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9 June 2026, 12:00 pm

1 hour 10 minutes

134: The Edge of Safety

Ian and Aaron discuss Aaron's new employee, the latest on Outro, a surprise trip to Portland, and more.

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(00:00) - Where Was Ian?
(02:26) - Outro Update
(12:32) - Kelsey Is Gone
(22:11) - Is Cloudflare Up?
(24:53) - Aaron's New Employee
(40:10) - LaraProm Update
(42:14) - A Little Technical
(54:35) - Aaron Went To Portland
(01:06:35) - Slash Brag

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2 June 2026, 12:00 pm

1 hour 21 minutes

133: Do The Hardest Thing with Jesse Hanley

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.

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(00:00) - 5 TB of Data
(11:12) - Laravel Live Japan
(15:46) - Seven Figure Business
(24:32) - Advice for Indie Hackers
(28:57) - Pick Better Problems
(32:50) - Friends of Bento
(42:33) - Heroku to Planetscale
(01:15:02) - What's Next

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26 May 2026, 12:00 pm

1 hour 18 minutes

132: Ian Shipped Outro!

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.

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(00:00) - We Finally Recorded Token Town
(07:43) - Outro Is Live!
(21:43) - Working In Public Is Required
(27:54) - What's Next For Outro
(30:22) - What's New With Solo
(43:59) - Free vs. Paid
(55:20) - First Actual Resume
(01:04:41) - Starting A Movement
(01:12:36) - Everybody Loves Discord

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19 May 2026, 12:00 pm

39 minutes 15 seconds

Token Town 001: What is Anthropic Doing?!

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.