Aaron Francis
Co-founder https://t.co/iQBe3dPhc1.Sincere poster. No cynicism. Dad to two sets of twins! 🖥️ https://t.co/wIdhAlsrlX 📹 https://t.co/hM9ogEIevT🎤 @MostlyTechPod
Appears in 63 Episodes
63: Unreliable Narrator
Ian and Aaron discuss Aaron's TUI app, what it's like being a founder over 40, "the drones", and so much more.Sponsored by LaraJobs, Screencasting.com, and CodeRabbitI...
62: Doing Too Much
Ian and Aaron talk about everything from Interstellar to the Late Night Wars of the 90s to speaking at conferences to maybe the greatest question of the week: what do ...
61: Chasing Vanity
Ian and Aaron go in-depth on Aaron's highly anticipated arrival on Bluesky - what's good, what's bad, and why he doesn't like when people tell him he's using it wrong....
60: The To-Done List
Ian and Aaron discuss feedback on ads for the podcast, what the heck Ian does every day, updates on the Try Hard empire, & so much more.Sponsored by Mailtrap, LaraJobs...
59: Definitely For Profit
Ian and Aaron are back this week to discuss Aaron's adventures with the terminal, Ian's ideas for the future of Mostly Technical, a trip to Boise, and so much more.Spo...
58: The Multi-Select with Caleb Porzio
Ian is joined by Caleb Porzio and we talk about recent consumer product acquisitions, a dive deep into Flux's multi-select and more advanced components like charts, an...
57 - Bonus: HBO Show Tiermaker!
A special bonus episode from a post-show Tiermaker. We were doing this for video so sorry in advance if it's not totally clear on audio. You can watch on Youtube here:...
57: 10,000 Pennies
Ian's joined by Matt Swanson while Aaron is out ✂️. We cover the forgotten victims of the Wordpress drama like Gravatar and Day One, if a bootstrapper should be happy ...
56: Tier Maker
Ian and Aaron discuss Aaron's trip to San Francisco, Bluesky vs. Twitter, and why Ian's not doing his secret side project plus our tier rankings for...pizza toppings?!...
55: Try Hard Empire
Ian and Aaron discuss updates on Aaron's house, the Try Hard Factory, his course launch, and so much more.Sponsored by LaraJobs & Screencasting.com.Interested in spons...
54: Create A Spectacle
Ian and Aaron discuss everything from Aaron's dream for a Try Hard Factory to Ian being unimpressed with SpaceX rockets to the biggest question of all - what do you wa...
53: Talking About Liquid
Ian and Aaron reunite to talk about bad design, WordPress drama, Aaron's secret physical product, why you want to be liquid, and more.Sponsored by LaraJobs, Screencast...
51: Launching Flux (Live) with Caleb Porzio
Ian and Aaron are joined this week by Caleb Porzio (friend of the show) on our very first live stream in honor of Flux, which Caleb literally launches live on the podc...
50: Paid In Respect
Ian is back (!) with Aaron to check in about what happened to Ian's gallbladder, Aaron's announcement video, dreaming big, and so much more.Sponsored by LaraJobs, Scre...
49: Stay Lean, Stay Clean with Caleb Porzio
Aaron is joined this week once again by Caleb Porzio to discuss everything that happened at Laracon (including a basketball game?!) before diving deep into Flux, the o...
48: Mostly NPTM with Caleb Porzio & Daniel Coulbourne
Aaron is joined this week by Caleb Porzio (back-to-back weeks!) and Daniel Coulbourne (first-time guest!) to dive deep into prep for Laracon, text editors, something c...
47: Jank Free With Caleb Porzio
Aaron is joined this week by special guest Caleb Porzio (filling in for Ian) to talk about everything from solo parenting to Caleb's new project to rejuvenating Torchl...
46: Aaron Francis, Inc.
Ian and Aaron check in about everything from tacos in NY to Twitter vs. Threads plus how Aaron found his next Linda, Aaron's new video series, & more.Sponsored by Lara...
45: The Contest
Ian and Aaron talk about the investment that got away, why Try Hard is a media company, bringing back the forum, and an incredible idea for a new contest.Sponsored by ...
44: Idea About Ideas
Ian and Aaron talk about Ian's new idea that's got him frazzled and on tilt, Aaron's sales milestone, the game Factorio, and a lot more.Sponsored by LaraJobs & Screenc...
43: Just Do Stuff
Ian & Aaron talk about Ian's adventures with hiring (and Ian unveils a blisteringly hot take), how Aaron's course performance, why Aaron needs a stage name (maybe), an...
42: Push The Button
Ian and Aaron check in the results of Aaron's course launch, talk about the new developer position that Ian just posted, dive into the benefits of "scheming time", and...
41: Beginning of the Empire
Ian & Aaron discuss the launch of Aaron's new course, a trip to Texas Hill Country, the idea of 'Profit First', and a whole lot more.Sponsored by LaraJobs & Screencast...
40: One Big Bet
Ian & Aaron discuss Aaron's various small bets, why they're both so tired, the upcoming variety show 👀, & more.Sponsored by LaraJobs & Screencasting.com.Interested in ...
39: Mostly HVAC with Dan Myers, CEO of Flair
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 t...
38: Morning Person
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 l...
37: S-Tier Software with Taylor Otwell
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,...
36: Business Dad
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.Sponsored by ...
35: Laravel vs. JavaScript with Dax & Adam Elmore
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.Sponsored b...
34: It's All Vibes
Ian & Aaron discuss Aaron's new SQLite course, identifiers in Laravel, New York City, and last but not least - socks.Sponsored by LaraJobs & Screencasting.com.Interest...