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33: The Secret

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...

32: AI Therapy Connoisseur

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 conc...

31: Fight or Win

Ian & Aaron discuss HelpSpot's future, Aaron reveals his next course, the secret to building courses, the "edge", spouse GPS tracking, the Doordash tax. Sponsored by L...

30: We're Gonna Make It

Ian & Aaron return after a few weeks off to check in on Aaron's new business, his studio, and yes, his healthcare woes.  Sponsored by Laracasts, Buttondown, LaraJobs, ...

29: Super Epic Crazy with Adam Wathan

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, ...

28: Try Hard Studios

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 ...

27: The Layoff

Ian & Aaron discuss being laid off, what comes next for Aaron, why layoffs always go bad, good free tiers vs. bad free tiers, & more.Sponsored by LaraJobs & Screencast...

26: Indie Tycoon

Ian & Aaron discuss config files in Laravel 11, having ambitious goals, the merits of checking vs. not checking your bag, & more.Sponsored by LaraJobs & Screencasting....

25: Careful, Careful!

Ian & Aaron discuss morning people, PHP/Laravel origin stories, using ChatGPT to write blog posts, Diet Coke vs. Coke Zero, & more.Sponsored by LaraJobs & Screencastin...

24: What's The Good Word?

Ian & Aaron discuss the joy of Diet Coke, Ian's deep dive into DTOs, Inertia vs. Livewire, & more.Sponsored by LaraJobs & Screencasting.com.Sent questions or feedback ...

23: Real Dad Stuff

Ian & Aaron discuss everything from cryotherapy to the ugliness of most B2B apps to Aaron's first time doing meditation and a lot more.Sponsored by LaraJobs & Screenca...

22: My Mind Vise

Ian & Aaron give out their Super Bowl Predictions, recap the first wave of announcements from Laracon EU, & more.Sponsored by LaraJobs & Screencasting.com.Sent questio...

21: Your Glove Situation

Ian & Aaron discuss getting sick, something called 'The Suburban Dad Zone', using gloves to change diapers (!?!), and more.Sponsored by LaraJobs & Screencasting.com.Se...

20: A Man of Culture

Ian & Aaron discuss the Laracon US announcement, going on ski vacations, route model bindings in Laravel, & more.Sponsored by LaraJobs & Screencasting.com.Sent questio...

19: It's Content, Baby!

Ian & Aaron are back(!) to discuss whatever happened with Ian's DB woes, what it's like to parent two sets of twins, the brand new PlanetScale Studio, & more.Sponsored...

18: You Need Tinker Time with Adam Wathan

Ian & Aaron are joined by Adam Wathan, founder of Tailwind, to discuss everything from the upcoming Tailwind Catalyst UI kit to hiring to a hypothetical Tailwind marke...

17: Ecosystem of Cards

Ian & Aaron discuss Laravel Pulse, DHH's upcoming Slack competitor, Rails copying Laravel, & more.Sponsored by LaraJobs & Screencasting.com.Sent questions or feedback ...

16: We Didn't Have JSON In My Day

Ian & Aaron return after a mini break to talk about Aaron's new twin babies, Ian's MySQL 8 upgrade woes, the origin story of Eloquent, and a lot more.Sponsored by Lara...

15: Farming, Threadbois, & Meme Lords with Jeffrey Way

Ian & Aaron are joined by Jeffrey Way to discuss everything from the ethics of retweeting compliments to the pros & cons of hiring people to help you and a *lot* more....

14: Nobody Uses Trucks For That

Ian & Aaron follow up on last week's component conversation, talk about Ian's new truck, debate if Laravel devs get paid less, & more.Sponsored by LaraJobs & Screencas...

13: The SQL Injection Slide with Sam Selikoff

Ian & Aaron are joined by Sam Selikoff to discuss React Server Actions & Server Components, why it's important to have one set of opinions, and yes, the infamous SQL I...

12: All Things Livewire with Caleb Porzio

Ian & Aaron are joined by Caleb Porzio to talk about all things Livewire - how it makes money, the future of Livewire screencasts & components, and a ton more.Sponsore...

11: Your Computer Is Your Sanctuary

Ian & Aaron discuss Aaron's 'This Week, Last Week', Texts.com, the importance of socks, combining React with Livewire, & more.Sponsored by LaraJobs & Screencasting.com...

10: Late Night Bite

Ian & Aaron discuss time zones, tunnels, Aaron's hatred of NYC, static site generators, and more.Sponsored by LaraJobs & Screencasting.com.Sent questions or feedback t...

09: Just Enough Laracons

Ian & Aaron discuss a recent minivan purchase, upcoming Laracons around the world, Taylor Swift vs. Lionel Messi, & more.Oh - and they actually disagreed (!) about som...

08: Galaxy Quadrant Theory

Ian & Aaron discuss the dangers of reading documentation, the "long slow SaaS ramp of death", something that Aaron called "so freaking stupid", and more.Sponsored by L...

07: Forward Only!

Ian & Aaron discuss the launch of Screencasting.com, whether or not babies are "super tough", down migrations in Laravel, and a lot more.Sponsored by LaraJobs & HelloQ...

06: The Week of Aaron

Ian & Aaron discuss Screencasting.com, why Ian can't leave email alone, how and why the internet is a vast place, and much more.Sponsored by LaraJobs & HelloQuery.Sent...

05: He Loves a Manifesto

Ian & Aaron discuss DHH & TypeScript, Once & the success of outrage marketing, Aaron's rules for Twitter, & more.Sponsored by LaraJobs & HelloQuery.Sent questions or f...

04: The Year of Livewire

Ian & Aaron discuss what's new with Screencasting.com & HelloQuery, why LinkedIn might not be terrible, and why 2024 is going to be the year of Livewire.Sponsored by L...

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