Mostly Technical

Ian is joined by John Drexler & Daniel Coulbourne of Thunk to talk about their new app Tidy, what constitutes a moat in the age of AI, why phone spam is the absolute worst, and so much more. Sponsored by SavvyCal Appointments, Bento, & Laravel Private Cloud. Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more. Links:ThunkDaniel CoulbourneJohn DrexlerTidyTalking Businessly Ep 89 w/ Justin JacksonLaravel Road Show: New York CitySilicon Valley clip 'Why would you go after revenue?'Laravel PartnersArango

Ian and Aaron talk about why neither of them shipped this past week, how to surface features in an application, tweets going viral....oh, and they're starting a new podcast. Welcome to Token Town. Sponsored by SavvyCal Appointments, Bento, & Laravel Private Cloud. Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more. Links:Aaron's tweet about getting to 120fpsAaron's viral tweet about the astronautNate Silver vs. Nikita Bier on TwitterIan's viral tweet about Claude & OpenClawOpenAI acquires TBPNAaron's course on durable objectsLaravel Cloud MySQLToken Town

Ian and Aaron talk about setting a release date (!) for Outro, huge updates to Solo, a new Cloudflare course, exciting news on the real estate front, and so much more. Sponsored by SavvyCal Appointments, Bento, Laravel Private Cloud, IttyBit, and Ray by Spatie. Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more. Links:ModalSlingshotSuperpowersUConn vs. Duke - Final two minutesProducer DaveCloudflare Durable ObjectsVoid

Ian and Aaron talk about choosing between Faster.dev & Solo (which one is more likely to pay off?), the pros and cons of using AI to build bespoke internal apps, youth sports, Project Hail Mary, and so much more. Sponsored by SavvyCal Appointments, Bento, Laravel Private Cloud, IttyBit, and Ray by Spatie. Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more. Links:Aaron on the baseball fieldProject Hail MaryJason Fried on TwitterLaravel AI SDKLaravel MCPSoloWill KingAaron's video on YouTubeEric Barnes' new venture

Ian and Aaron talk about more poker adventures, transcoding videos at scale, escaping the permanent underclass, worktrees vs. copy on write, and so much more. Sponsored by SavvyCal Appointments, Bento, Laravel Private Cloud, Laravel Live DK, IttyBit, and Ray by Spatie. Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more. Links:Daniel CoulbourneChris MorrellModalMuxHTTP Live StreamingSuperpowersJason BeggsFast User SwitchingWorktrees

Ian and Aaron discuss their trip to Laracon EU, the all-new Solo, using the AI SDK for Outro, "poker propaganda", Gen-Z Abby's 2004 camera, and so much more. Sponsored by SavvyCal Appointments, Bento, Laravel Private Cloud, IttyBit, and Ray by Spatie. Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more. Links:SinnersJetBlue MintEncore Boston HarborDaniel CoulbournePete HeslopSoloXtermTyporaFasterOutro

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. Sponsored by SavvyCal Appointments, Bento, Laravel Private Cloud, IttyBit, Ray by Spatie, and Redberry. Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more. Links:OpenCodeXterm.jsWill KingJason BeggsHelpSpotOutroSoloCounselors

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. Sponsored by SavvyCal Appointments, Bento, Laravel Private Cloud, IttyBit, Ray by Spatie, and Redberry. Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more. Links:CounselorsHyperkeyRaycastSpace Cadet KeyboardSoloFaster.devOutro.fmAaron's cardboard box saw

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. Sponsored by SavvyCal Appointments, Bento, Laravel Private Cloud, IttyBit, Ray by Spatie, and Redberry. Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more. Links:Ian on TwitterIan on BlueskyPeter Steinberger on TwitterAI.com's Super Bowl AdOnions.comSoloMary Perry on TwitterTauriNativePHPBehind the scenes of Aaron's videoMemento Mori

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. Sponsored by SavvyCal Appointments, Bento, Laravel Private Cloud, IttyBit, Ray by Spatie, and Redberry. Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more. Links:AfrinNyQuilNeti PotCasey Neistat's video on NYC trashLaracon IndiaLaravel Live JapanZoolander - MagnumLaracon EUUnofficial Claude Code MeetupVisakan VeerasamySara DietschyAaron's Desktop AppTauri

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, Bento, and Laravel Private Cloud. Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more. Links:Yarbo SnowblowerOutroLaracon IndiaLaracon EULaravel AI SDK tweetMatt StensonFaster.devLaravel Boost v2Claude SkillsAmpAmp's Oracle

Ian and Aaron recap their trip to San Francisco to see the first demo of the Laravel AI SDK before going in-depth on the Faster.dev announcement! Sponsored by SavvyCal Appointments, Bento, and Laravel Private Cloud. Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more. Links:The Accountant 2Ben Affleck & Matt Damon on the limits of AIBrowserbaseAmpTartineAaron & Leah YouTube ShortFaster.dev launch video

Ian and Aaron are joined by Taylor Otwell for their first ever in-person episode of Mostly Technical to talk about everything from the Laravel AI SDK to Private Cloud to vibe coding MUD's and so much more. Sponsored by SavvyCal Appointments, Bento, Mastering Laravel, and Laravel Private Cloud. Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more. Links:Multi-user DungeonLaravel SimplifierElevenlabsPrismWelcome to Gas TownSprites.dev

Ian and Aaron talk about opinionated frameworks in the era of AI, Aaron's new pivot (!), Ian being right, and so much more. Sponsored by SavvyCal Appointments & Bento. Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more. Links:Laravel's AI DocsTaylor's tweet thread about Laravel's opinions being good for AIA Software Library With No CodeRalph Wiggum, explainedDHH - Promoting AI agentsTanstackNativePHPProducer Dave's blog post about Billboard

Ian and Aaron are dealing with the liminal space of the holiday season, talking about their upcoming trip to San Francisco to see the Laravel AI SDK demo, and making even more predictions for 2026. Sponsored by SavvyCal Appointments & Bento. Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more. Links:Texas de BrazilDelucca PizzaDemolition ManRicotta Cheese'Notes from the sick ward'SF Meetup: First Look at Laravel AI SDKjetBlue Mint

Ian and Aaron are answering your questions about what's coming in 2026, covering everything from AI shrinking dev teams to Elon becoming a trillionaire and so much more. Sponsored by Bento, Flare, Ittybit, tldraw, OG Kit, Tighten, and Nusii Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more. Links:Aaron Levie's TweetParkinson's LawGroq's deal with NvidiaClaude's 2x Holiday PromotionObsidianPhilip K DickCursor migrated from SanityAir Span 2Stan Smith's

Ian and Aaron talk about Santa (obviously), do you still need an MBA (maybe not so obvious), why Ian isn't burning as many tokens as possible to get Outro out the door, what people are building with the Telegram API, and more. Sponsored by Bento, Flare, Ittybit, tldraw, OG Kit, Tighten, and Nusii Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more. Links:F150 LightningRivian Digital KeyVW Atlas1995 4 RunnerLos Tacos No. 1Bass Pro Shop's Santa's WonderlandCodex 5.2PHPStanAdvent of SQLJeffrey Way's post on building a Telegram BotNutgram

Ian and Aaron discuss how Aaron's orchestrating fly.io boxes for Database School, why sometimes you need to use AI to help AI, and why Costco is truly a great place. Plus an all-time Ian resume rant and so much more. Sponsored by Bento, Flare, Ittybit, tldraw, OG Kit, Tighten, and Nusii Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more. Links:Google ClassroomNorthPark CenterDanbury Railway MuseumMelissa & DougThomas & FriendsAdvent of SQL on Database SchoolCodeRabbitStratechery

Ian and Aaron discuss all things AI this week - from Claude Max to pairing Gemini with Claude to why people want to code but they don't want to sell and so much more. Plus Aaron's secret soccer past and why the game (of getting a job) isn't fair. Sponsored by Bento, Flare, Ittybit, tldraw, OG Kit, Tighten, and Nusii Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more. Links:Claude MaxAaron's tweet about a design tool he builtAlcoveLaravel Wrapped 2025Radix ColorsAmpCodeRabbitPrimeagen - 1 year, no jobHassan Nazari

Ian and Aaron discuss Claude vs. Gemini, *another* Laravel New idea, drama on Thanksgiving, and so much more. Sponsored by Bento, Flare, Ittybit, tldraw, OG Kit, Tighten, and Nusii Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more. Links:Indie Hacker who had his wedding sponsoredMillion Dollar HomepageIntroducing Claude Opus 4.5JMac's 'child-like' $20/month DO box