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 you want to do when you retire?Sponsored by <a href="https://larajobs.com/">LaraJobs</a>, <a href="https://screencasting.com/">Screencasting.com</a>, and <a href="https://www.coderabbit.ai">CodeRabbit</a>Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical?  Head to <a href="https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor">https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor</a> to learn more.<ul><li>(00:00) - Let's Not Talk About Bluesky</li>
<li>(05:54) - Pay Homage / Respect</li>
<li>(11:40) - Playing Some Poker</li>
<li>(23:50) - What Do You Want To Do When You Retie</li>
<li>(34:35) - HelpSpot BackOffice</li>
<li>(46:38) - Interstellar</li>
<li>(53:28) - Commit Your Code</li>
<li>(01:08:35) - I Don't Wittle</li>
<li>(01:13:00) - Expand &amp; Contract</li>
</ul> Links:<ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_Night_with_David_Letterman">Late Night with David Letterman</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Late_Shift_(film)">The Late Shift</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triumph_the_Insult_Comic_Dog">Triumph the Insult Comic Dog</a></li><li><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/ianlandsman.com/post/3lcodhgk2hk2n">Ian's Bluesky post about poker</a></li><li><a href="https://www.winstar.com">WinStar Casino</a></li><li><a href="https://www.helpspot.com">HelpSpot</a></li><li><a href="https://www.authorize.net">Authorize.net</a></li><li><a href="https://notesonwork.transistor.fm">Notes on Work</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstellar_(film)">Interstellar</a></li><li><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/benholmen.com">Ben Holmen on Bluesky</a></li><li><a href="https://www.commityourcode.com">Commit Your Code Conference</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yum!_Brands">Yum! Brands</a></li></ul>

<description>
 &lt;p&gt;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 you want to do when you retire?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sponsored by &lt;a href="https://larajobs.com/"&gt;LaraJobs&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://screencasting.com/"&gt;Screencasting.com&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href="https://www.coderabbit.ai"&gt;CodeRabbit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical?  Head to &lt;a href="https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor"&gt;https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor&lt;/a&gt; to learn more.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;(00:00) - Let's Not Talk About Bluesky&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;(05:54) - Pay Homage / Respect&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;(11:40) - Playing Some Poker&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;(23:50) - What Do You Want To Do When You Retie&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;(34:35) - HelpSpot BackOffice&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;(46:38) - Interstellar&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;(53:28) - Commit Your Code&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;(01:08:35) - I Don't Wittle&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;(01:13:00) - Expand &amp;amp; Contract&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br&gt;Links:&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_Night_with_David_Letterman"&gt;Late Night with David Letterman&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Late_Shift_(film)"&gt;The Late Shift&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triumph_the_Insult_Comic_Dog"&gt;Triumph the Insult Comic Dog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://bsky.app/profile/ianlandsman.com/post/3lcodhgk2hk2n"&gt;Ian's Bluesky post about poker&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.winstar.com"&gt;WinStar Casino&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.helpspot.com"&gt;HelpSpot&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.authorize.net"&gt;Authorize.net&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://notesonwork.transistor.fm"&gt;Notes on Work&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstellar_(film)"&gt;Interstellar&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://bsky.app/profile/benholmen.com"&gt;Ben Holmen on Bluesky&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.commityourcode.com"&gt;Commit Your Code Conference&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yum!_Brands"&gt;Yum! Brands&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
 </description>

62: Doing Too Much

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.  Plus an update on ads, a big garage idea, and more.Sponsored by <a href="https://larajobs.com/">LaraJobs</a>, <a href="https://screencasting.com/">Screencasting.com</a>, <a href="https://l.rw.rw/mostly_technical">Mailtrap</a>, and <a href="https://www.mailcoach.app/">Mailcoach</a>.  Use code MOSTLYTECHNICAL to get 3 free months when signing up for MailCoach.Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical?  Head to <a href="https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor">https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor</a> to learn more.<ul><li>(00:00) - Time Was Infinite</li>
<li>(09:02) - The Blue Ocean of Bluesky</li>
<li>(44:12) - Early Movers</li>
<li>(01:01:43) - Texas Basement Boys</li>
<li>(01:24:14) - A Different Idea For Ads</li>
</ul> Links:<ul><li><a href="https://triton-series.com/pot-limit-omaha-a-beginners-guide/">Pot-Limit Omaha - A Beginners Guide</a></li><li><a href="https://www.papamurphys.com">Papa Murphy's Pizza</a></li><li><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/aaronfrancis.com">Aaron Francis on Bluesky</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_elevator">Car Elevator</a></li><li><a href="https://www.carturner.com/residential-use">Car Turntable (CarTurner)</a></li><li><a href="https://thunk.dev">Thunk</a></li></ul>

<description>
 &lt;p&gt;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.  Plus an update on ads, a big garage idea, and more.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sponsored by &lt;a href="https://larajobs.com/"&gt;LaraJobs&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://screencasting.com/"&gt;Screencasting.com&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://l.rw.rw/mostly_technical"&gt;Mailtrap&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href="https://www.mailcoach.app/"&gt;Mailcoach&lt;/a&gt;.  Use code MOSTLYTECHNICAL to get 3 free months when signing up for MailCoach.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical?  Head to &lt;a href="https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor"&gt;https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor&lt;/a&gt; to learn more.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;(00:00) - Time Was Infinite&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;(09:02) - The Blue Ocean of Bluesky&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;(44:12) - Early Movers&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;(01:01:43) - Texas Basement Boys&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;(01:24:14) - A Different Idea For Ads&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br&gt;Links:&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://triton-series.com/pot-limit-omaha-a-beginners-guide/"&gt;Pot-Limit Omaha - A Beginners Guide&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.papamurphys.com"&gt;Papa Murphy's Pizza&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://bsky.app/profile/aaronfrancis.com"&gt;Aaron Francis on Bluesky&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_elevator"&gt;Car Elevator&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.carturner.com/residential-use"&gt;Car Turntable (CarTurner)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://thunk.dev"&gt;Thunk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
 </description>

61: Chasing Vanity

Ian and Aaron discuss feedback on ads for the podcast, what the heck Ian does every day, updates on the Try Hard empire, &amp; so much more.Sponsored by <a href="https://l.rw.rw/mostly_technical">Mailtrap</a>, <a href="https://larajobs.com/">LaraJobs</a>, &amp; <a href="https://screencasting.com/">Screencasting.com</a>.Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical?  Head to <a href="https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor">https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor</a> to learn more.<ul><li>(00:00) - Vibes From The People</li>
<li>(09:03) - What Does Ian Even Do</li>
<li>(23:59) - Fitting In Side Projects</li>
<li>(34:11) - Sales Update</li>
<li>(38:04) - Bootstrapper Syndrome</li>
<li>(41:14) - Extra Heaviness</li>
<li>(46:51) - Guest Instructor</li>
<li>(58:57) - Laravel Cloud</li>
<li>(01:05:54) - UserScape &amp; Sons</li>
</ul> Links:<ul><li><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/briancasel.com">Brian Casel on Bluesky</a></li><li><a href="https://larajobs.com/affiliates">LaraJobs Affiliate Program</a></li><li><a href="https://www.tiny.cloud">TinyMCE</a></li><li><a href="https://dayoneapp.com">Day One</a></li><li><a href="https://github.com/dependabot">Dependabot</a></li><li><a href="https://toggl.com">Toggl</a></li><li><a href="https://owl.so">Owl.so</a></li><li><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/fideloper.dev">Chris Fidao on Bluesky</a></li><li><a href="https://cloud.laravel.com">Laravel Cloud</a></li><li><a href="https://nightwatch.laravel.com">Nightwatch</a></li></ul>

<description>
 &lt;p&gt;Ian and Aaron discuss feedback on ads for the podcast, what the heck Ian does every day, updates on the Try Hard empire, &amp;amp; so much more.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sponsored by &lt;a href="https://l.rw.rw/mostly_technical"&gt;Mailtrap&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://larajobs.com/"&gt;LaraJobs&lt;/a&gt;, &amp;amp; &lt;a href="https://screencasting.com/"&gt;Screencasting.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical?  Head to &lt;a href="https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor"&gt;https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor&lt;/a&gt; to learn more.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;(00:00) - Vibes From The People&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;(09:03) - What Does Ian Even Do&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;(23:59) - Fitting In Side Projects&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;(34:11) - Sales Update&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;(38:04) - Bootstrapper Syndrome&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;(41:14) - Extra Heaviness&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;(46:51) - Guest Instructor&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;(58:57) - Laravel Cloud&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;(01:05:54) - UserScape &amp;amp; Sons&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br&gt;Links:&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://bsky.app/profile/briancasel.com"&gt;Brian Casel on Bluesky&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://larajobs.com/affiliates"&gt;LaraJobs Affiliate Program&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.tiny.cloud"&gt;TinyMCE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://dayoneapp.com"&gt;Day One&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://github.com/dependabot"&gt;Dependabot&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://toggl.com"&gt;Toggl&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://owl.so"&gt;Owl.so&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://bsky.app/profile/fideloper.dev"&gt;Chris Fidao on Bluesky&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://cloud.laravel.com"&gt;Laravel Cloud&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://nightwatch.laravel.com"&gt;Nightwatch&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
 </description>

60: The To-Done List

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.Sponsored by <a href="https://larajobs.com/">LaraJobs</a> &amp; <a href="https://screencasting.com/">Screencasting.com</a>.Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical?  Head to <a href="https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor">https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor</a> to learn more.<ul><li>(00:00) - Airing of the Grievances</li>
<li>(09:24) - Terminal TUI Thing</li>
<li>(22:08) - Trip to Boise</li>
<li>(34:41) - Try Hard Update</li>
<li>(44:08) - SQL Course</li>
<li>(49:11) - Let's Get Meta</li>
<li>(01:13:53) - Surgery Update</li>
<li>(01:17:32) - Markdown Meh</li>
<li>(01:21:14) - Where’s All The Good Software?!</li>
<li>(01:25:43) - Busy Monday</li>
</ul> Links:<ul><li><a href="https://copilot.money">Copilot Money</a></li><li><a href="https://laravel.com/docs/11.x/prompts">Laravel Prompts</a></li><li><a href="https://github.com/joetannenbaum/chewie">Chewie, a package that helps you build TUIs.</a></li><li><a href="https://github.com/aarondfrancis/solo">Solo, a package to run multiple commands at once</a></li><li><a href="https://vwo.com/blog/multi-armed-bandit-algorithm/">Multi-Armed Bandit Testing</a></li><li><a href="https://clickhouse.com">Clickhouse database</a></li><li><a href="https://bear.app">Bear.app</a></li></ul>

<description>
 &lt;p&gt;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.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sponsored by &lt;a href="https://larajobs.com/"&gt;LaraJobs&lt;/a&gt; &amp;amp; &lt;a href="https://screencasting.com/"&gt;Screencasting.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical?  Head to &lt;a href="https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor"&gt;https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor&lt;/a&gt; to learn more.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;(00:00) - Airing of the Grievances&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;(09:24) - Terminal TUI Thing&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;(22:08) - Trip to Boise&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;(34:41) - Try Hard Update&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;(44:08) - SQL Course&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;(49:11) - Let's Get Meta&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;(01:13:53) - Surgery Update&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;(01:17:32) - Markdown Meh&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;(01:21:14) - Where’s All The Good Software?!&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;(01:25:43) - Busy Monday&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br&gt;Links:&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://copilot.money"&gt;Copilot Money&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://laravel.com/docs/11.x/prompts"&gt;Laravel Prompts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://github.com/joetannenbaum/chewie"&gt;Chewie, a package that helps you build TUIs.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://github.com/aarondfrancis/solo"&gt;Solo, a package to run multiple commands at once&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://vwo.com/blog/multi-armed-bandit-algorithm/"&gt;Multi-Armed Bandit Testing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://clickhouse.com"&gt;Clickhouse database&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://bear.app"&gt;Bear.app&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
 </description>

59: Definitely For Profit

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, and we do a Business Dad corner about hiring.* <a href="https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2006/09/06/finding-great-developers-2/">Joel Spolsky on how to find great developers</a> (A little dated, but still good)

<description>
 &lt;p&gt;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, and we do a Business Dad corner about hiring.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;* &lt;a href="https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2006/09/06/finding-great-developers-2/"&gt;Joel Spolsky on how to find great developers&lt;/a&gt; (A little dated, but still good)&lt;/p&gt;
 </description>

58: The Multi-Select with Caleb Porzio

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