Ian and Aaron talk about opinionated frameworks in the era of AI, Aaron's new pivot (!), Ian being right, and so much more.Sponsored by <a href="https://savvycal.com/appointments">SavvyCal Appointments</a> &amp; <a href="https://bentonow.com/">Bento</a>.<a href="https://savvycal.com/appointments"> </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) - Ricotta? Regatta?</li>
<li>(02:46) - Ian Was Right</li>
<li>(10:09) - Laravel vs. Rails</li>
<li>(21:32) - AI Education!</li>
<li>(48:15) - Do You Wanna Win?</li>
</ul> Links:<ul><li><a href="https://laravel.com/docs/12.x/ai">Laravel's AI Docs</a></li><li><a href="https://x.com/taylorotwell/status/2009706915543298337?s=20">Taylor's tweet thread about Laravel's opinions being good for AI</a></li><li><a href="https://www.dbreunig.com/2026/01/08/a-software-library-with-no-code.html">A Software Library With No Code</a></li><li><a href="https://jpcaparas.medium.com/ralph-wiggum-explained-the-claude-code-loop-that-keeps-going-3250dcc30809">Ralph Wiggum, explained</a></li><li><a href="https://world.hey.com/dhh/promoting-ai-agents-3ee04945">DHH - Promoting AI agents</a></li><li><a href="https://tanstack.com">Tanstack</a></li><li><a href="https://nativephp.com">NativePHP</a></li><li><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/its-time-to-147079529?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&amp;utm_source=copyLink&amp;utm_campaign=postshare_creator&amp;utm_content=join_link">Producer Dave's blog post about Billboard</a></li></ul>

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 &lt;p&gt;Ian and Aaron talk about opinionated frameworks in the era of AI, Aaron's new pivot (!), Ian being right, and so much more.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sponsored by &lt;a href="https://savvycal.com/appointments"&gt;SavvyCal Appointments&lt;/a&gt; &amp;amp; &lt;a href="https://bentonow.com/"&gt;Bento&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;a href="https://savvycal.com/appointments"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical?  Head to &lt;a href="https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; to learn more.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;(00:00) - Ricotta? Regatta?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;(02:46) - Ian Was Right&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;(10:09) - Laravel vs. Rails&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;(21:32) - AI Education!&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;(48:15) - Do You Wanna Win?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br&gt;Links:&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://laravel.com/docs/12.x/ai"&gt;Laravel's AI Docs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://x.com/taylorotwell/status/2009706915543298337?s=20"&gt;Taylor's tweet thread about Laravel's opinions being good for AI&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.dbreunig.com/2026/01/08/a-software-library-with-no-code.html"&gt;A Software Library With No Code&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://jpcaparas.medium.com/ralph-wiggum-explained-the-claude-code-loop-that-keeps-going-3250dcc30809"&gt;Ralph Wiggum, explained&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://world.hey.com/dhh/promoting-ai-agents-3ee04945"&gt;DHH - Promoting AI agents&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://tanstack.com"&gt;Tanstack&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://nativephp.com"&gt;NativePHP&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/its-time-to-147079529?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&amp;amp;utm_source=copyLink&amp;amp;utm_campaign=postshare_creator&amp;amp;utm_content=join_link"&gt;Producer Dave's blog post about Billboard&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
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