Mostly Technical

Hosted by Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis

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Oct 2026

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Hosted by Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis, Mostly Technical is a lively discussion on Laravel, business, and an eclectic mix of related topics.

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October 27, 2026Episode 1621 hr 44 min

155: The PHPocalypse

Ian and Aaron talk about Aaron's talk at Resend Forward, Ian's trip to the World Series, the PHPocalypse, Ian's dream job, and so much more. Sponsored by Svix , Maileroo , Bento , PostShiba , and Typesense . Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more. (00:00) - Hello Brewers Man (09:56) - Aaron's Trip to SF (28:18) - Ian's Dream Job (40:21) - Inside Baseball (43:16) - The PHPocolypse (01:00:17) - Indie Hacker Brainworm (01:03:21) - Found Money (01:14:22) - An Update on Aaron's Book (01:34:39) - Marketing Offsite Links: Brewers go up 2-0 in the World Series Sal Frelick Laravel Founders Panel at Accel Resend Forward Aaron’s talk at Resend Forward Laravel Cloud Accel The Atlantic: “If Anything Happens to This Guy … Everyone Is Screwed” stealmybitcoin.com Brotli CVE-2026-111497 Ruby’s level 10 CVE Aaron’s bound book Fire & Blood by George R. R. Martin

October 20, 2026Episode 1611 hr 33 min

154: Ian Laravel New'd Again!

Ian and Aaron talk about Laravel New'ing....again....and what that means for Outro, plus huge updates coming to Solo, Aaron's generative universe, and more. Sponsored by Svix , Maileroo , Bento , PostShiba , and Typesense . Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more. (00:00) - Ian's Still Sick (03:59) - Laravel New? (19:49) - Pricing for Outro 2.0 (30:38) - More on Outro 2.0 (37:38) - Solo on Linux (42:54) - Headless Solo (50:15) - GUI Chats? (58:57) - Aaron's Generative Universe (01:23:20) - OpenCode Was Hacked Links: Ian’s tweet about laravel new Token Town Outro Solo OpenCode getting hacked Daybreak Blue YubiKey

October 13, 2026Episode 1601 hr 17 min

153: 13 Billion Tokens

Ian and Aaron discuss Ian's trip to NYC to see the Amp crew, Aaron's weekend getaway, fighting online with Jesse Bentley, and craziest of all - should Ian 'Laravel New' Outro? Sponsored by Svix , Bento , PostShiba , Laracon AU , and Typesense . Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more. (00:00) - Rocks In The Stream (16:15) - Orbin In Person (24:54) - Aaron's First Internet Business (40:42) - Giant Buttons (43:49) - Jesse & Ian Are Fighting (52:54) - Operation Double (01:05:23) - 'Laravel New' Outro? (01:11:18) - Resets Links: Broken Bow, Oklahoma Amp & Orbs Ian’s Orbin shirt Daybreak Thesis: 2027 (Every) acct229.com acct2031.com Laravel Cloud CLI Jesse’s tweet on pricing Jason Cohen’s video on raising prices Antoine’s tweet on Fernand cancellations HelpSpot

October 6, 2026Episode 1591 hr 17 min

152: Feel The AGI

Ian and Aaron discuss OpenAI's Dots, Aaron's trip to Denver, working with tests in the AI era, big things coming to Laravel, and a whole lot more. Sponsored by Svix , Bento , PostShiba , SerpAPI , Laracon AU , and Typesense . Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more. (00:00) - America, Coke Zero (07:14) - Aaron Went To Denver (09:58) - Big Things Coming To Laravel (18:46) - The Milwaukee Brewers (26:41) - A Reverse Epiphany (37:15) - Mini Motorways (46:45) - Dot & AI Agents (01:03:14) - Can AI Companies Make Money? (01:09:49) - Tests Links: America Coke Zero video Laravel New video All-In Podcast Rogue Amoeba Laravel News Name.com Milwaukee Brewers Mini Motorways Dot by OpenAI Pest Browser Testing

September 29, 2026Episode 1581 hr 0 min

151: Tokenmogged

Ian and Aaron discuss Opus 5.5, Aaron's HomeOS, Ian's token usage, what's new with Aaron's office, and so much more. Sponsored by Svix , Bento , PostShiba , SerpAPI , Laracon AU , and Typesense . Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more. (00:00) - Ian Loves Developers! (05:16) - I Have Become Aaron, Destroyer of Worlds (12:11) - Update on Aaron's Office (22:18) - Orbin & Mogging (26:36) - Update on Jev (31:19) - HomeOS (48:23) - Opus 5.5 (55:48) - The Best Time Ever To Raise Prices Links: Jesse Hanley Claude Design Opus 5.5 RMFG Shapeoko Ian's tweet on his token usage Jev Aaron's tweet about Home OS Tiller Plaid Yodlee Cloudflare Durable Objects Jason Lemkin

September 22, 2026Episode 1571 hr 16 min

150: Everybody Loves Jev

Ian and Aaron discuss the arrival of Jev, whether or not people should take microeconomics classes, Aaron's new office, raising prices, and so much more. Sponsored by Svix , Bento , PostShiba , Valorin Security , SerpAPI , Laracon AU , and Typesense . Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more. (00:00) - Solo Parenting (09:00) - Ian's Very Mad About People on Twitter (17:12) - People Should Take Microeconomics (?) (31:04) - Aaron Is Leasing An Office! (45:22) - Jev! (01:04:56) - Should you charge more or less? Links: Torchy's Tacos Papa John's Jon Yongfook's tweet on SaaS moats (retweeted by Aaron) Mintlify Cursor's migration off Sanity (Lee Robinson) Bannerbear X-Carve Shapeoko Jev Codex Jesse Hanley's tweet on raising prices

September 16, 2026Episode 1561 hr 16 min

149: I Am The Harness

Ian and Aaron talk about their trip to Vegas, what's cooking with Outro & Solo, Ian's travel woes, something called a Zoox, and so much more. Sponsored by Svix , Bento , PostShiba , Valorin Security , SerpAPI , and Typesense . Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more. (00:00) - A Weak Vocal Constitution (13:55) - CabanaConf Takeaways (21:36) - Build Bento on Bento? (28:18) - Burning Tokens for Solo (35:46) - Fixes for Outro (39:59) - Training a Model (48:30) - What if Solo had a universal agent? (01:00:46) - Ian's Travel Woes (01:07:38) - Aaron Took a Zoox Links: Tailscale Outro Solo 19th Laravel AI SDK Rivian self-driving Aaron's data structures and algorithms prompt Ian's tweet on moving from medium to high on Astra Zoox

September 8, 2026Episode 1551 hr 13 min

148: AI Psychosis Day

Ian and Aaron discuss the release of GPT-6 "Astra", building Solo for Linux, Ian's camera setup, why Outro isn't out yet, and so much more. Sponsored by Svix , Bento , DropInBlog , Valorin Security , and Typesense . Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more. (00:00) - Happy Labor Day (03:02) - Rippin Astra Tokens (17:04) - Solo On Linux? (26:09) - 4000 Photos of Horses (41:04) - What's New With Outro? (49:27) - Aaron's Training a Model (01:00:32) - No More Astra Left (01:09:06) - Vegas, Baby. Vegas. Links: GPT-6 Astra Blender ElevenLabs Aaron's tweet on the fantasy world he's building Aaron's tweet on writing in-depth plans/specs Omarchy Aaron's tweet on Tailscale Ian's tweet with horse photos Amp Orbs Lightroom Eric Barnes' football photos Ian's tweet on the Sony 50-150mm f/2 Viltrox AF 85mm f/2 EVO (Sony E) Sony FE 40mm f/2.5 G Jason Cohen (A Smart Bear) Solo

September 1, 2026Episode 1541 hr 27 min

147: It's Orbin' Time

Ian and Aaron discuss the release of Solo v0.10, Aaron's trip to Boise, Ian's trip to the fair, why Ian's all in on Orbs, and so much more. Sponsored by Bento , DropInBlog , Valorin Security , and Typesense . Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more. (00:00) - Producer Steve Got Married! (07:53) - Aaron's Unifying Theory on Wedding Toasts (17:02) - Ian Went To The Fair (27:30) - Notion? (and Linear) (35:28) - Moats (40:40) - Solo's Huge New Release (55:41) - It's Orbin' Time (01:10:30) - Aaron's Credit Card Strategy (01:24:28) - Book Update Links: Aaron's wedding photo (Steve Tenuto's wedding) Steve Tenuto on X Ian's tweet on moats Solo Aaron's Solo release thread Amp Orbs Matt Stenson on X Amex Gold Card Amex Platinum Card AwardWallet Great Illustrated Classics

August 25, 2026Episode 1531 hr 32 min

146: Do Things & Tell People

Ian and Aaron discuss Aaron's trip to Copenhagen for Laravel Live DK, meeting DHH, having "the hell trip home", using AI to beat Air Canada's bureaucracy, and so much more. Sponsored by Bento , DropInBlog , Valorin Security , and Svix . Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more. (00:00) - Back In the Land of the Free (01:52) - Happy Anniversary! (04:22) - Aaron's First Intl Biz Class Flight (12:04) - Laravel Live DK (22:05) - Aaron's Talk & Meeting DHH (32:58) - DHH & Taylor's Fireside Chat (42:27) - The Spoon Is An Airplane (56:22) - The Hell Trip Home (01:17:41) - Scheming With Codex (01:27:34) - A Quick Controversy Links: Abigail Otwell's airport photo (Aaron in line behind Taylor & Abigail) Laravel Live DK DHH on Twitter/X Omacom Foundation launches with $8 million (Omarchy blog) Geocodio Tom Crary on Twitter/X Taylor's video of Aaron trying caviar Flighty (iOS app) Ian's tweet of the chairs Aaron slept on

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