Episodios

  • 42: Push The Button
    Jul 2 2024

    Ian and Aaron check in the results of Aaron's course launch, talk about the new developer position that Ian just posted, dive into the benefits of "scheming time", and so much more.

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    • (00:00) - Hat Guy
    • (02:34) - Launch Update
    • (15:10) - Mailing List Drama
    • (28:54) - Launch Results
    • (48:27) - Scheming Time
    • (52:45) - A Domain Story
    • (57:49) - Ian's Hiring A Dev!

    Links:
    • High Performance SQLite
    • Ian's hat ('Google Dino Cap')
    • Aaron's live stream where he launched the course (Twitter)
    • 'Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable' on Amazon
    • Bento
    • UserScape's job posting: Full-Stack Laravel Developer (applications due by 7/15/24)
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    1 h y 11 m
  • 41: Beginning of the Empire
    Jun 25 2024

    Ian & Aaron discuss the launch of Aaron's new course, a trip to Texas Hill Country, the idea of 'Profit First', and a whole lot more.

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    • (00:00) - The Thumb System
    • (02:18) - Sausage Fest
    • (14:09) - Profit First
    • (22:34) - Launch Week
    • (39:17) - Only So Much Time!
    • (54:28) - Texas Elites
    • (56:30) - Gotta Go Cloudflare

    Links:
    • Siskel & Ebert
    • Texas Hill Country
    • Profit First (Book)
    • John Scalzi blog post about being in it for the money
    • Bento
    • Database School (on YouTube)
    • Kent C. Dodds
    • Fly.io
    • Laravel Octane
    • Cloudflare AI Gateway
    • Cloudflare Workers
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    1 h y 16 m
  • 40: One Big Bet
    Jun 18 2024

    Ian & Aaron discuss Aaron's various small bets, why they're both so tired, the upcoming variety show 👀, & more.

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    • (00:00) - Happy Fathers Day
    • (05:45) - I'm So Tired
    • (19:56) - Toughest Decade
    • (24:33) - Long Form VIdeos
    • (32:13) - Aaron's Big Bet
    • (51:58) - Distribution Empire
    • (59:08) - HVAC Update 🇺🇸

    Links:
    • Aaron's board book
    • Aaron' tweet about drama online
    • Aaron's talk at Laracon Online
    • Elon Musk (book) [Amazon]
    • Arc
    • Brandon Sanderson on YouTube
    • Justin Kan's tweet about second time founders
    • Syntax.fm
    • Sentry's partnering with Laravel


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    1 h y 8 m
  • 39: Mostly HVAC with Dan Myers, CEO of Flair
    Jun 13 2024

    Ian and Aaron are joined by Dan Myers, CEO of Flair, for a very special episode about Aaron's HVAC system, Ian's feelings about batteries, why people like "treats in the feed", and more.

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    • (00:00) - Welcome To The Show
    • (03:08) - Highly Biased But Knowledgable
    • (12:43) - Let's Keep It On Aaron
    • (21:23) - Ian's Ruling
    • (26:48) - Home Assistant Integration
    • (28:47) - Man Of The People
    • (33:46) - Treats In The Feed

    Links:
    • Dan Myers on LinkedIn
    • Flair.co
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    36 m
  • 38: Morning Person
    Jun 11 2024

    Ian & Aaron discuss what's going on with Aaron's course and Ian's feistiness on Twitter before diving into what's going on with Aaron's HVAC system (seriously) and a lot more.

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    • (00:00) - Getting Healthy
    • (08:38) - Babies Are Humans
    • (17:51) - Picking Fights On Twitter
    • (31:07) - The Big Move
    • (38:16) - My Primary Concern Is Batteries
    • (55:54) - Course Update: It's Gonna Be Good
    • (01:06:18) - Are You An Apple Guy?

    Links:
    • Ian's tweet about walking
    • Ian's tweet about his first customer
    • Flair.co
    • Aaron's DHH interview


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    1 h y 11 m
  • 37: S-Tier Software with Taylor Otwell
    Jun 4 2024

    Ian and Aaron are joined this week by Taylor Otwell, founder & CEO of Laravel, to discuss the Laravel vs. JS Twitter wars, new stuff coming down the road from Laravel, writing off Lambos (just kidding), and more.

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    • (00:00) - Living In Peace Time
    • (11:13) - The Last Big PHP Framework
    • (22:20) - Best Way To Get Started
    • (31:35) - New Stuff from Laravel
    • (40:53) - I Love A New Laravel Product!
    • (43:04) - New Hires
    • (47:41) - Growing Laravel
    • (54:56) - Just Make It Up!
    • (01:02:35) - Laracon US Update
    • (01:06:14) - Real Time Tracking
    • (01:08:10) - Lambo Write Off
    • (01:11:36) - I'm The Tastemaker

    Links:
    • Taylor Otwell on Twitter
    • Laracon US 2024
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    1 h y 16 m
  • 36: Business Dad
    May 28 2024

    Ian & Aaron discuss Aaron's DHH interview, Ian's phishing fiasco, and are joined by special guest Sam Rose to talk about high effort content & a lot more.

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    • (00:00) - A Rough Morning
    • (08:26) - It's Crunch Time
    • (13:49) - Aaron Interviewed DHH
    • (29:16) - Try Hard Studios Update
    • (36:09) - Laravel vs. React Video
    • (38:45) - The DHH No Man
    • (48:34) - High Effort Content w/ Sam Rose
    • (01:12:54) - Are You A Neat Man?
    • (01:15:08) - iPhone Tracking
    • (01:17:49) - Beermosa

    Links:
    • Ian's Phishing Email (on Twitter)
    • Aaron's DHH Interview
    • Laravel vs. React (on YouTube)
    • Sam Rose's website
    • An example of Sam's "high effort content" (on Twitter)
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    1 h y 20 m
  • 35: Laravel vs. JavaScript with Dax & Adam Elmore
    May 21 2024

    Ian & Aaron are joined this week by Dax & Adam Elmore to discuss the Laravel vs. JavaScript discourse, selling coffee over the command line, and a lot more.

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    • (00:00) - Grownup Serious Stuff
    • (08:02) - The Meanest Person In The World
    • (10:41) - My Soul Hates New York
    • (14:36) - StatMuse
    • (20:18) - I Like The Health Insurance!
    • (25:03) - Why JavaScript?
    • (40:14) - The Discourse
    • (47:57) - Aaron's Video
    • (50:37) - Coffee From The Terminal
    • (01:05:26) - Terminal x Laracon
    • (01:14:54) - A Full On Course
    • (01:24:04) - Laravel Blend

    Links:
    • Adam on Twitter
    • Dax on Twitter
    • How About Tomorrow (Podcast)
    • Serverless Framework
    • StatMuse
    • Linear
    • Vercel
    • Aaron's video about Laravel + Livewire
    • terminal dot shop on Twitter
    • Billion Dollar Creator (Podcast)
    • terminal x Laracon (Tweet)
    • Adam's course on AWS
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    1 h y 28 m