Aaron is joined this week by Caleb Porzio (back-to-back weeks!) and Daniel Coulbourne (first-time guest!) to dive deep into prep for Laracon, text editors, something called the "side eye verify", Aaron's recent blog post, and a whole lot more.

Sponsored by LaraJobs & Screencasting.com.

Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more.

• (00:00) - I Was A Reply Guy
• (04:59) - Power Broker / King Maker
• (11:10) - Torchlight Update
• (16:38) - Editor Talk
• (28:02) - Eeking Out
• (35:58) - Cancelled Plans
• (37:56) - Give Credit Where It's Due
• (40:10) - The Circles Were Good
• (51:12) - He Did It Again
• (54:40) - This One's On You
• (01:04:36) - Mafioso Wisdom
• (01:08:06) - A Little Bit Of Laracon
• (01:21:36) - Well Gang...
• (01:22:32) - Gross-Squeamish
• (01:29:27) - Event Sourcing Will Save Me

• No Plans To Merge
• Caleb Porzio on Twitter
• Daniel Coulbourne on Twitter
• Producer Dave (Dave Hicking) on Twitter
• Torchlight
• Textmate for macOS
• Zed
• Emmet
• Cursor
• Supermaven
• Make VS Code Awesome
• Josh Cirre on Twitter
• Matt Stauffer on Twitter
• Five-Minute Geek Show Episode 95: Credit where credit's due
• Excalidraw
• Aaron Francis - An argument for logging off
• CNBC - The Profit
• Texas Card House
• Terminal Coffee
• Osmosis Jones on IMDB
• 'Combating Jargon' in the Verbs documentation

Aaron is joined this week by special guest Caleb Porzio (filling in for Ian) to talk about everything from solo parenting to Caleb's new project to rejuvenating Torchlight and a lot more.

Sponsored by LaraJobs & Screencasting.com.

Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more.

• (00:00) - Low Energy Jeb
• (06:06) - Time on Twitter (Isn’t Profitable)
• (11:34) - The Thunk Boys
• (18:18) - An Essential Piece
• (26:01) - Caleb’s Solo Empire
• (29:36) - 9 Months of Darkness
• (31:41) - Two Weeks to Laracon
• (42:00) - Why Do You Hate Money
• (50:57) - Torchlight Also
• (01:05:39) - Riddle Me This
• (01:23:04) - I Think I Want To Event Source

• An argument for logging off - Aaron Francis
• Thunk
• John Rudolph Drexler on Twitter
• Jason Beggs
• Caleb's tweet about flux
• Livewire Partner Program
• Anystack
• Torchlight
• Astro
• GetDown
• No Plans To Merge
• Caleb Porzio

Ian and Aaron check in about everything from tacos in NY to Twitter vs. Threads plus how Aaron found his next Linda, Aaron's new video series, & more.

Sponsored by LaraJobs & Screencasting.com.

Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more.

• (00:00) - Ian's Trying Obsidian
• (14:23) - Life OS Update
• (18:55) - MT ❤️ NY
• (28:17) - Your Next Linda
• (39:55) - Poppin Off
• (47:04) - Twitter vs. Threads
• (58:37) - Two Elons
• (01:07:56) - Los Tacos No. 1

• The PARA Method
• Obsidian.md
• follow your stupid dreams. (YouTube)
• Kelsey Petrich on Twitter
• Aaron's first 'Poppin Off' video
• Ian's tweet about Los Tacos No. 1
• Bomb Pop popsicle

Ian and Aaron talk about the investment that got away, why Try Hard is a media company, bringing back the forum, and an incredible idea for a new contest.

Sponsored by LaraJobs & Screencasting.com.

Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more.

• (00:00) - Kubera
• (03:01) - Do It For The Content
• (08:24) - Idea For The Show
• (14:59) - Yo Dude! Pick Me!
• (24:38) - A Media Company
• (34:53) - Yo Dawg Me
• (42:20) - 25 Seat License
• (48:31) - Mentally You're In A Wednesday
• (54:22) - Bringing Back The Forum

• Kubera
• ConvertKit
• Laravel Shift
• Doug DeMuro (YouTube)
• Startups for the Rest of Us Episode 160
• Business of Software
• MicroConf
• Patio11 (Twitter)
• The most infamous forum thread (Bodybuilding.com Forum)
• Discourse

Ian and Aaron talk about Ian's new idea that's got him frazzled and on tilt, Aaron's sales milestone, the game Factorio, and a lot more.

Sponsored by LaraJobs & Screencasting.com.

Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more.

• (00:00) - I'm Very Tilted
• (13:19) - Know A Guy
• (19:31) - Course Update
• (34:09) - Do As I Say, Not As I Do
• (49:58) - Factorio
• (53:02) - A Mostly Technical Interview

• Aaron's tweet about 100k
• Jason Beggs on Twitter
• Mary Perry on Twitter
• Factorio

Ian & Aaron talk about Ian's adventures with hiring (and Ian unveils a blisteringly hot take), how Aaron's course performance, why Aaron needs a stage name (maybe), and a lot more.

Sponsored by LaraJobs & Screencasting.com.

Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more.

• (00:00) - The Long Weekend
• (04:51) - Tired Because You're Hiring
• (15:26) - A Controversial Topic
• (30:24) - We're Still Doing Numbers
• (42:46) - Email Update
• (55:26) - Stage Name
• (56:53) - Life Automation
• (01:19:29) - One Last Thing

• Vegas Vacation (IMDB)
• Beach Boys - "Kokomo" (YouTube)
• What's new in MySQL 9
• YNAB

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.

Sponsored by LaraJobs & Screencasting.com.

Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more.

• (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!

• 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)

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.

Sponsored by LaraJobs & Screencasting.com.

Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more.

• (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

• 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