Ian and Aaron discuss all things related to AI, Ian's new thing he built, a Rails course, and more.

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• (00:00) - Sleep Talk
• (04:00) - Ian Built Something
• (17:05) - Let's Talk AI
• (44:45) - There's A New Superman?!
• (51:22) - Aaron's Going To Amsterdam
• (56:24) - Rails Course!

• How to drink tea (Notes on Work)
• Mike and the Mad Dog
• ChatGPT Pro
• Windsurf Editor
• Official Laravel VS Code Extension
• DeepSeek
• Boston Dynamics Robots
• I, Robot
• Robot & Frank
• Superman Official Teaser Trailer
• High Leverage Rails announcement

Ian and Aaron discuss the importance of seeing your friends in person, why Blade needs to be as fast as possible, weapons grade social media, conferences, and a lot more.

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• (00:00) - What's The Good Word?
• (11:36) - Southern Hospitality
• (17:24) - Degens
• (20:02) - The Blade Czar
• (28:52) - NativePHP on iOS
• (36:05) - Aaron’s Laracon EU Update
• (45:13) - Conferences
• (56:06) - I’m Not A TikTok Man
• (59:26) - PHP Has Never Been Cool

• New York Paycheck Calculator (with info on NYC's separate income tax)
• Dagger Components for Laravel Blade
• Simon Hamp's newsletter re: NativePHP
• Laracon EU
• Jake Bennett's talk about State Machines at Laracon US 2023
• Tony Lea on X
• ShipFast

Ian & Aaron talk about Aaron's upcoming JS library, a new course idea, "AI Aaron Francis", Disney Adults, and a lot more.

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• (00:00) - Body Talk
• (05:18) - Ready For 2025
• (19:20) - Long Plays
• (28:10) - New Course Idea
• (34:26) - Twenty Years of Grinding
• (39:22) - It's Actually Marketing
• (56:18) - About 30% Done
• (01:02:53) - The Panel

• Year In Review
• Laracon EU
• Caleb's post on GitHub sponsorship
• Bootstrapped Web
• Notes on Work episode about the date picker (January 12th, 2025)
• The Panel

Ian has a Christmas present for Aaron; the guys look back on 2024 and forward to 2025. Finally, they break down MT ad revenue for 2024 and set a goal for 2025. 

• Gravity Falls
• Disclosure
• Solo
• Cowgirls with Cameras podcast

Ian and Aaron discuss Aaron's TUI app, what it's like being a founder over 40, "the drones", and so much more.

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• (00:00) - Founders Over Forty
• (10:54) - It's Gonna Be Bad
• (15:25) - Watch Guy
• (22:41) - TUI Is A Silly Word
• (38:03) - Try Hard Empire Update
• (58:46) - Ian Found A Budgeting App!
• (01:07:29) - Advertising Platform
• (01:12:39) - What Time Is It?
• (01:18:58) - The Drones

• Justin Jackson - What's Happening With Founders Over 40
• Tim Ferriss Show
• Joe Tannenbaum on Bluesky
• Termsky
• Laravel Prompts
• Terminal Coffee
• ANSI Escape Code
• Udemy
• Monarch
• Thunk
• Chris Rock's Filmography
• Ken Wheeler on X
• D.B. Cooper

Ian and Aaron talk about everything from Interstellar to the Late Night Wars of the 90s to speaking at conferences to maybe the greatest question of the week: what do you want to do when you retire?

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• (00:00) - Let's Not Talk About Bluesky
• (05:54) - Pay Homage / Respect
• (11:40) - Playing Some Poker
• (23:50) - What Do You Want To Do When You Retie
• (34:35) - HelpSpot BackOffice
• (46:38) - Interstellar
• (53:28) - Commit Your Code
• (01:08:35) - I Don't Wittle
• (01:13:00) - Expand & Contract

• Late Night with David Letterman
• The Late Shift
• Triumph the Insult Comic Dog
• Ian's Bluesky post about poker
• WinStar Casino
• HelpSpot
• Authorize.net
• Notes on Work
• Interstellar
• Ben Holmen on Bluesky
• Commit Your Code Conference
• Yum! Brands

Ian and Aaron go in-depth on Aaron's highly anticipated arrival on Bluesky - what's good, what's bad, and why he doesn't like when people tell him he's using it wrong.  Plus an update on ads, a big garage idea, and more.

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• (00:00) - Time Was Infinite
• (09:02) - The Blue Ocean of Bluesky
• (44:12) - Early Movers
• (01:01:43) - Texas Basement Boys
• (01:24:14) - A Different Idea For Ads

• Pot-Limit Omaha - A Beginners Guide
• Papa Murphy's Pizza
• Aaron Francis on Bluesky
• Car Elevator
• Car Turntable (CarTurner)
• Thunk

Ian and Aaron discuss feedback on ads for the podcast, what the heck Ian does every day, updates on the Try Hard empire, & so much more.

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• (00:00) - Vibes From The People
• (09:03) - What Does Ian Even Do
• (23:59) - Fitting In Side Projects
• (34:11) - Sales Update
• (38:04) - Bootstrapper Syndrome
• (41:14) - Extra Heaviness
• (46:51) - Guest Instructor
• (58:57) - Laravel Cloud
• (01:05:54) - UserScape & Sons

• Brian Casel on Bluesky
• LaraJobs Affiliate Program
• TinyMCE
• Day One
• Dependabot
• Toggl
• Owl.so
• Chris Fidao on Bluesky
• Laravel Cloud
• Nightwatch

Ian and Aaron are back this week to discuss Aaron's adventures with the terminal, Ian's ideas for the future of Mostly Technical, a trip to Boise, and so much more.

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• (00:00) - Airing of the Grievances
• (09:24) - Terminal TUI Thing
• (22:08) - Trip to Boise
• (34:41) - Try Hard Update
• (44:08) - SQL Course
• (49:11) - Let's Get Meta
• (01:13:53) - Surgery Update
• (01:17:32) - Markdown Meh
• (01:21:14) - Where’s All The Good Software?!
• (01:25:43) - Busy Monday

• Copilot Money
• Laravel Prompts
• Chewie, a package that helps you build TUIs.
• Solo, a package to run multiple commands at once
• Multi-Armed Bandit Testing
• Clickhouse database
• Bear.app

Ian is joined by Caleb Porzio and we talk about recent consumer product acquisitions, a dive deep into Flux's multi-select and more advanced components like charts, and we do a Business Dad corner about hiring.

* Joel Spolsky on how to find great developers (A little dated, but still good)

A special bonus episode from a post-show Tiermaker. We were doing this for video so sorry in advance if it's not totally clear on audio. You can watch on Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8IIvZtrrzs