• 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 hr and 8 mins
  • 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.

    Sponsored by LaraJobs & Screencasting.com.

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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 mins
  • 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 hr and 11 mins
  • 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.

    Sponsored by LaraJobs & Screencasting.com.

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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 hr and 16 mins
  • 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 hr and 20 mins
  • 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 hr and 28 mins
  • 34: It's All Vibes
    May 14 2024

    Ian & Aaron discuss Aaron's new SQLite course, identifiers in Laravel, New York City, and last but not least - socks.

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    • (00:00) - The F Word
    • (09:17) - New York City (Taylor's Version)
    • (14:30) - Dallas Dallas
    • (22:18) - Aaron's SQLite Course
    • (33:35) - Highlighting Technique
    • (45:52) - SQLite Big Shots
    • (48:06) - Identifiers in Laravel
    • (01:00:46) - The Role of Taste
    • (01:08:51) - Truly Unruly Number of Socks 🧦

    Links:
    • Taylor's tweet about New York City
    • Announcement video for High Performance SQLite
    • https://highperformancesqlite.com/
    • SQLite Docs
    • Hacker News Algolia search
    • Sebastian's question about identifiers
    • iPad "Crush!" ad
    • Reversed iPad ad
    • Rick Rubin (Wiki)
    • Rick Rubin - The Creative Act (Book)
    • Rick Rubin says "I know nothing about music"
    • Wes Bos
    • Wes Bos's socks
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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • 33: The Secret
    May 7 2024

    Ian & Aaron discuss cheese boards, Aaron's lunch adventure, high performance database consulting, and the Drake vs. Kendrick Lamar beef with special guest Dave Hicking aka Producer Dave.

    Sponsored by Buttondown, LaraJobs, & Screencasting.com.

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    • (00:00) - Kids Birthday Parties
    • (03:43) - The Cheese Board
    • (17:16) - Went To The Burbs
    • (22:47) - Is Twitter Over?
    • (33:26) - Aaron's New Video
    • (41:34) - This Needs To Be Content!
    • (50:12) - Drake vs. Kendrick Lamar

    Links:
    • Ian's 'Date lunch' tweet
    • Link to NYT article about "girl dinner"
    • Grazery
    • Aaron's signed copy of his SQLite book
    • Aaron's new video about macros
    • In Deep Geek on YouTube
    • Dave Hicking on Twitter
    • Clock Radio Speakers
    • Kendrick Lamar - "Meet The Grahams" (YouTube)
    • Francis and the Lights (YouTube)


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    1 hr and 20 mins