Mostly Technical

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

1 hour 22 minutes

144: First Week as VP

Ian and Aaron discuss Aaron's first week as VP of Marketing & Community at Laravel, why he's writing manifestos in Notion, Ian's huge week with AI coding, and an update on Nachogate.

Plus Ian's live from a cabana, ending Token Town (RIP to a real one), and so much more.

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

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(00:00) - Live from a cabana
(03:26) - The End of Token Town
(10:39) - Aaron's First Week
(28:03) - A few manifestos
(44:24) - 1:1's
(53:40) - Ian's Mega AI Coding Week
(01:10:21) - Nachogate Update
(01:12:43) - Aaron's Studio Update
(01:18:25) - The next Illustrated Classics

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11 August 2026, 12:00 pm

1 hour 6 minutes

143: Rice On Your Nachos

Ian and Aaron are back for a second episode this week to talk about more LaraProm & Laracon follow up, why Ian will never ship Outro (kidding), and.....adding rice to your nachos?

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

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(00:00) - Aaron's First Real Day
(04:38) - LaraProm -> Laracon
(23:05) - Never Ship
(37:33) - Nachos With Rice
(47:06) - First Class Is Better
(53:29) - Aaron's Sewing Machine
(01:02:47) - Shower Wine Follow Up

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5 August 2026, 1:42 pm

1 hour 23 minutes

142: Aaron's a VP at Laravel?!

Ian and Aaron are back after Laracon US to talk about....Aaron's new job as VP of Marketing & Community at Laravel?!

Plus a recap of LaraProm, something called "shower wine", and more.

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

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(00:00) - We're back, baby
(01:26) - VP of Marketing & Community
(14:15) - What prepared Aaron for this position?
(27:31) - Grand Unifying Theory of Laravel Marketing
(50:21) - What's next for Try Hard?
(55:28) - Shower wine (?)
(01:04:06) - The future of MT
(01:16:11) - LaraProm

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4 August 2026, 12:00 pm

1 hour 17 minutes

141: The Era of Sol

Ian and Aaron discuss letting Sol Ultra rip for over 2 days straight, Aaron's new side project, problems with macOS, trying to price AI usage in apps, and more.