Mostly Technical

Ian and Aaron talk about the disastrous Screencasting.com launch and what’s next for Aaron, Steve, and Try Hard. Sponsored by Bento [https://bentonow.com/], WorkOS [https://workos.com/], ForwardMX [https://forwardmx.net], and Laracon US 2025 [https://lrvl.co/mostly] Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical?  Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor [https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor] to learn more. * (00:00) - AI Aaron Follow Up * (02:51) - Existential Crisis Mode * (24:35) - A Concept of a Plan * (42:25) - What's The Prescription? * (54:12) - Other Ideas * (01:01:06) - A Callback Links: * https://screencasting.com/ [https://screencasting.com/] * SparkToro [https://sparktoro.com] * Jason Beggs [https://x.com/jasonlbeggs/]

Ian and Aaron discuss the need for an AI Newsletter, being beamed up to the mothership, web components, and more. Sponsored by Bento [https://bentonow.com/], WorkOS [https://workos.com/], NativePHP for Mobile [https://nativephp.com/mobile], and Laracon US 2025 [https://lrvl.co/mostly] Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical?  Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor [https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor] to learn more. * (00:00) - Cushy W-2's * (03:29) - New Madness * (15:28) - Aaron's Very Good Tweet * (22:50) - AI Newsletter * (33:40) - A Theory About The World * (39:28) - A Love Letter To....Rails? * (48:05) - Weekend Breakfast * (56:49) - A New Practice Links: * Introducing Claude 4 [https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-4] * Junie, by JetBrains [https://www.jetbrains.com/junie/] * Windsurf [https://windsurf.com/editor] * Josh Pigford on X [https://x.com/Shpigford] * Aaron's tweet about AI [https://x.com/aarondfrancis/status/1926753304471547926] * Producer Dave's tweet about joining Laravel [https://x.com/dhicking/status/1925946176559366484] * Ian Landsman & Andrey Butov's Bootstrapped.fm [https://bootstrapped.fm/episodes/c89aaf01] * Adam's tweet about his love letter to Rails [https://x.com/adamwathan/status/1925977029394022913] * Instrumental Components  [https://instrumental.dev] * Paula's Runway Cafe [https://www.paulasrunwaycafe.com]

Ian and Aaron discuss a certain viral tweet about Livewire, the benefits of being a regular, Aaron's video about Cloudflare, & more. Sponsored by Bento [https://bentonow.com/], WorkOS [https://workos.com/], NativePHP for Mobile [https://nativephp.com/mobile], and Laracon US 2025 [https://lrvl.co/mostly] Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical?  Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor [https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor] to learn more. * (00:00) - Ian's New Toy * (02:40) - Weekend Update * (16:37) - Being a Regular * (29:09) - The Viral Livewire Tweet * (46:46) - Aaron's Cloudflare Interview * (52:26) - Affiliates Links: * Tickrmeter [https://tickrmeter.com] * WSOP bracelet [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Series_of_Poker_bracelet] * Branick Weix's tweet about devs positioning themselves as Livewire devs [https://x.com/branickweix/status/1923106125739626725] * Notes on Work: The war of making something [https://notesonwork.transistor.fm/episodes/the-war-of-making-something] * Aaron's video w/ Josh Howard of Cloudflare [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5-741uQPVU]

Ian and Aaron talk about getting feisty on Twitter, a possible AI bubble, NativePHP, an awesome game idea for Laracon, and more. Sponsored by Bento [https://bentonow.com/], WorkOS [https://workos.com/], NativePHP for Mobile [https://nativephp.com/mobile], and Laracon US 2025 [https://lrvl.co/mostly] Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical?  Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor [https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor] to learn more. * (00:00) - 93 Degrees * (06:39) - Aaron Gets Feisty * (18:19) - AI Bubble? * (24:56) - Vector Follow Up * (35:26) - Party Follow Up * (41:38) - Native PHP Revenue * (48:58) - Aaron's Platform Overhaul Links: * Low Energy Jeb [https://www.vox.com/2015/9/4/9258037/low-energy-trump-bush] * Aaron's reply to the quote tweet criticizing DHH [https://x.com/aarondfrancis/status/1920837317238911010] * Open AI - Vector embeddings [https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/embeddings#page-top] * Drew Clements on Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/drewclem.bsky.social] * NativePHP post re: gross sales [https://x.com/simonhamp/status/1920109048021549070]

Ian and Aaron give updates on the Mostly Technical Party & what's new with Try Hard Studios before talking a little bit about politics (tariffs!), using AI, and more. Sponsored by Bento [https://bentonow.com/], WorkOS [https://workos.com/], Native PHP for Mobile [https://nativephp.com/mobile], and Laracon US 2025 [https://lrvl.co/mostly] Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical?  Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor [https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor] to learn more. * (00:00) - Hanging In There * (06:53) - Twin Dad Meetup Update * (15:28) - Mostly Technical Party Update * (24:27) - Try Hard Studios Update * (31:28) - Mini Package * (37:04) - AI Pricing * (46:38) - Aaron's Hobby Horse * (55:23) - A Little Politics Segment * (01:10:44) - Course Update * (01:17:29) - HelpSpot Update Links: * Thunderbolts* [https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/thunderbolts] * A Minecraft Movie [https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3566834/&ved=2ahUKEwiQ4eLW_IyNAxUcKVkFHc7bPFMQFnoECF8QAQ&usg=AOvVaw0HyFJ5uK8h2yJB1fRrjye_] * Mostly Technical Laracon Pre-Party! [https://lu.ma/d9cdjjcw] * Givebutter [https://givebutter.com/] * Aaron's newsletter [https://aaronfrancis.com/newsletter] * Windsurf [https://windsurf.com/editor] * Junie [https://www.jetbrains.com/junie/] * Warp [https://www.warp.dev] * ElevenLabs [https://elevenlabs.io] * Trump orders tariffs on movies [https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/trump-announces-100-tariff-movies-produced-outside-us-2025-05-04/]