Mostly Technical Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis

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.
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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' tweetLink to NYT article about "girl dinner"GrazeryAaron's signed copy of his SQLite bookAaron's new video about macrosIn Deep Geek on YouTubeDave Hicking on TwitterClock Radio SpeakersKendrick Lamar - "Meet The Grahams" (YouTube)Francis and the Lights (YouTube)

Ian & Aaron discuss men's fashion, DHH, location sharing follow-up, AI therapy hot takes, Laravel Octane, upcoming course update, is MySQL over?, non-competes and concierge medicine, hacking Laravel for prefix indexes, PHP x NYC
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Menswear guyArt but make it sportsDHH Monitor tweetAaron's Laravel Octane videoPHP x NYC

Ian & Aaron discuss HelpSpot's future, Aaron reveals his next course, the secret to building courses, the "edge", spouse GPS tracking, the Doordash tax.
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HelpSpotTry Hard StudiosLocation sharing tweet

Ian & Aaron return after a few weeks off to check in on Aaron's new business, his studio, and yes, his healthcare woes. 
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(00:00) - Chilipad Fixes All
(01:40) - Eclipse Update
(04:29) - I'm The Top of the Funnel
(16:55) - Healthcare Stuff
(37:35) - Everybody Updates Their Apps Too Fast
(46:26) - Aaron's Office Update
(59:00) - Trading Places
Links:Hackers Incorporated episode with Aaron FrancisLemon Squeeze's interview with Aaron FrancisAaron's video on Cloudflare Aaron's tweet about healthcareContinuation of Health Coverage (COBRA)JustworksGustoS corp vs. C corp vs. LLCStartup to Last podcastLess Annoying CRMLegUp Health

Ian and Aaron are joined by Adam Wathan (our first returning guest!) to talk about Aaron's future plans for courses & consulting, Adam's plans for hiring at Tailwind, & a lot more.
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(00:00) - The Interloper
(01:49) - Hiring at Tailwind
(09:00) - Extra Effort Matters
(19:47) - Magic Company Money
(23:02) - Jerry Seinfeld's Voice
(27:45) - Nothing Sexier Than a Database
(43:49) - Taste as a Service
(54:34) - Courses vs. Consulting
(01:07:56) - The Aaron Francis Experience
(01:13:33) - The Master Plan
(01:28:53) - Price of Admission
(01:33:17) - En Route To Mars
Links:Subscribe to Laracasts! Seriously.Adam's tweets announcing the Design Engineer & Staff Software Engineer jobs at TailwindAdam's tweet about 90% of applicants not following instructionsTest Driven LaravelSandwich VideoKevin Shen's Dream Studio Course on lightingJonathan Reinink on Twitter

Ian & Aaron discuss Chilipad, the Aaron Francis Studio of Light and Sound, the week of calls, how to properly apply to a job, Shibboleth secret passwords, what's next for Aaron, the background on how Try Hard Studios came to be, and behind the scenes on the creation of their launch video.
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Links:
Subscribe to Laracasts! Seriously.ChilipadTry Hard StudiosAaron's what's next tweetTry Hard Studios launch video & YouTube channel