Mostly Technical

121: Let Ian Cook

Ian and Aaron discuss Ian shipping (!) the HelpSpot website and cooking on Outro, Aaron's complete overhaul of Solo, why it's nice to have a wife, and so much more. Register today for the Mostly Technical Pre-Party at Laracon EU [https://luma.com/bxk56v8p]. Sponsored by SavvyCal Appointments [https://savvycal.com/appointments], Bento [https://bentonow.com/], Laravel Private Cloud [https://cloud.laravel.com/enterprise], IttyBit [https://ittybit.com/], Ray by Spatie [https://myray.app/], and Redberry [https://redberry.international/laravel-development]. https://savvycal.com/appointments Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical?  Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor [https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor] to learn more. * (00:00) - Hell Week 3 * (12:01) - The Haters Were Right * (22:09) - Ian Shipped! * (27:09) - Does Aaron Know Who Snoop Is? * (32:29) - Cooking On Outro * (46:17) - Counselors Update * (01:05:28) - The Learning Skill * (01:16:47) - It's Nice To Have A Wife * (01:19:23) - Gamification of Software Links: * OpenCode [https://opencode.ai] * Xterm.js [https://xtermjs.org] * Will King [https://x.com/willking] * Jason Beggs [https://jasonlbeggs.com] * HelpSpot [https://www.helpspot.com] * Outro [https://outro.fm] * Solo [https://github.com/soloterm/solo] * Counselors [https://github.com/aarondfrancis/counselors]

120: The Counselors

Ian and Aaron discuss Aaron's new AI tool Counselors, something called "Hell Week", what's new with Solo and Outro, and so much more. Register today for the Mostly Technical Pre-Party at Laracon EU [https://luma.com/bxk56v8p]. Sponsored by SavvyCal Appointments [https://savvycal.com/appointments], Bento [https://bentonow.com/], Laravel Private Cloud [https://cloud.laravel.com/enterprise], IttyBit [https://ittybit.com/], Ray by Spatie [https://myray.app/], and Redberry [https://redberry.international/laravel-development]. https://savvycal.com/appointments Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical?  Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor [https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor] to learn more. * (00:00) - Achieving The Impossible * (11:26) - Making Things Easy For Humans * (19:53) - Ian's Hyperkey Setup * (28:59) - Aaron's Hell Week * (44:42) - The Future * (51:38) - Outro Is Cooking * (58:36) - Valentine's Day & Other Updates * (01:09:26) - OpenClaw Links: * Counselors [https://github.com/aarondfrancis/counselors] * Hyperkey [https://hyperkey.app] * Raycast [https://www.raycast.com] * Space Cadet Keyboard [https://emacsredux.com/blog/2022/06/01/the-space-cadet-keyboard/] * Solo [https://github.com/soloterm/solo] * Faster.dev [https://faster.dev] * Outro.fm [https://outro.fm] * Aaron's cardboard box saw [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FDB8BS79?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title]

119: Anti Slop Vibe

Ian and Aaron talk about the launch of Solo, Aaron's new terminal app for the desktop (!) plus Ian's return to Twitter and so much more. Register today for the Mostly Technical Pre-Party at Laracon EU [https://luma.com/bxk56v8p]. Sponsored by SavvyCal Appointments [https://savvycal.com/appointments], Bento [https://bentonow.com/], Laravel Private Cloud [https://cloud.laravel.com/enterprise], IttyBit [https://ittybit.com/], Ray by Spatie [https://myray.app/], and Redberry [https://redberry.international/laravel-development]. https://savvycal.com/appointments Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical?  Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor [https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor] to learn more. * (00:00) - Back On Twitter * (08:20) - Mute The Super Spreaders * (23:51) - HVAC Guys * (28:40) - AI.com Ad * (32:23) - The Launch of Solo * (45:39) - Questions About Solo * (56:53) - An Ode To Laravel's Queues * (01:00:18) - Even More About Solo * (01:06:35) - Behind The Scenes Links: * Ian on Twitter [https://x.com/IanLandsman] * Ian on Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/ianlandsman.com] * Peter Steinberger on Twitter [https://x.com/steipete] * AI.com's Super Bowl Ad [https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/ai-dot-com-super-bowl-ad-drove-massive-traffic-and-then-it-crashed] * Onions.com [https://www.onions.com] * Solo [https://soloterm.com] * Mary Perry on Twitter [https://x.com/sifrious] * Tauri [https://v2.tauri.app] * NativePHP [https://nativephp.com] * Behind the scenes of Aaron's video [https://x.com/aarondfrancis/status/2020130303705022656?s=20] * Memento Mori [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memento_mori]

118: We’re Going To Europe

Ian and Aaron talk about the Mostly Technical Pre-Party at Laracon EU (!), Aaron's new desktop app (!!), sleeping on planes, and so much more. Register today for the Mostly Technical Pre-Party at Laracon EU [https://luma.com/bxk56v8p]. Sponsored by SavvyCal Appointments [https://savvycal.com/appointments], Bento [https://bentonow.com/], Laravel Private Cloud [https://cloud.laravel.com/enterprise], IttyBit [https://ittybit.com], Ray by Spatie [https://myray.app], and Redberry [https://redberry.international/laravel-development]. https://savvycal.com/appointments Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical?  Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor [https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor] to learn more. * (00:00) - Burn The Candle at Three Ends * (06:12) - We Got Some Feedback * (12:31) - Laracon India & AI SDK * (17:49) - Tell The Machine To Do It * (25:10) - Boost & Skills * (29:55) - The Big Announcement * (38:25) - Business Class Stage of the Castle * (43:25) - Sleeping On Planes * (49:33) - Unofficial Claude Code Meetup * (01:00:09) - Aaron's Desktop App Links: * Afrin [https://www.afrin.com] * NyQuil [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NyQuil] * Neti Pot [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasal_irrigation] * Casey Neistat's video on NYC trash [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uv-4ddCApw] * Laracon India [https://laracon.in] * Laravel Live Japan [https://laravellive.jp/en] * Zoolander - Magnum [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gx9O6q0pDAU] * Laracon EU [https://laracon.eu] * Unofficial Claude Code Meetup [https://x.com/aarondfrancis/status/2017729932630040966?s=20] * Visakan Veerasamy [https://x.com/visakanv] * Sara Dietschy [https://x.com/saradietschy] * Aaron's Desktop App [https://x.com/aarondfrancis/status/2018098935810666588?s=20] * Tauri [https://v2.tauri.app]

117: The AI Is Out There

Ian and Aaron talk about being stuck at home due to the weather, major updates to Outro.fm and Faster.dev, an important update to the Laravel New experience, and more. Sponsored by SavvyCal Appointments [https://savvycal.com/appointments], Bento [https://bentonow.com/], and Laravel Private Cloud [https://cloud.laravel.com/enterprise]. https://savvycal.com/appointments Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical?  Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor [https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor] to learn more. * (00:00) - No True Texas? * (05:42) - Plow Problems * (13:57) - Outro & HelpSpot Update * (23:44) - Promotions * (26:38) - Laravel AI SDK * (31:27) - Faster.dev Update * (44:49) - Ian's Got Problems With Amp * (58:30) - Laravel New Gradient Links: * Yarbo Snowblower [https://www.yarbo.com/products/snow-blower-robot?srsltid=AfmBOop06-8rXRLYESjXM4pGHZR9rszZTbZDVftocwWQdO_v8jgk9xpD] * Outro [https://outro.fm] * Laracon India [https://laracon.in] * Laracon EU [https://laracon.eu] * Laravel AI SDK tweet [https://x.com/laravelphp/status/2016562257053044894?s=20] * Matt Stenson [https://mattstenson.com] * Faster.dev [https://faster.dev] * Laravel Boost v2 [https://x.com/laravelphp/status/2016207417886048537?s=20] * Claude Skills [https://code.claude.com/docs/en/skills] * Amp [https://ampcode.com] * Amp's Oracle [https://ampcode.com/news/oracle]