Mostly Technical

Ian and Aaron discuss Opus 5.5, Aaron's HomeOS, Ian's token usage, what's new with Aaron's office, and so much more. Sponsored by Svix, Bento, PostShiba, SerpAPI, Laracon AU, and Typesense. Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more. (00:00) - Ian Loves Developers! (05:16) - I Have Become Aaron, Destroyer of Worlds (12:11) - Update on Aaron's Office (22:18) - Orbin & Mogging (26:36) - Update on Jev (31:19) - HomeOS (48:23) - Opus 5.5 (55:48) - The Best Time Ever To Raise Prices Links:Jesse Hanley Claude Design Opus 5.5 RMFG Shapeoko Ian's tweet on his token usage Jev Aaron's tweet about Home OS Tiller Plaid Yodlee Cloudflare Durable Objects Jason Lemkin

Ian and Aaron discuss the arrival of Jev, whether or not people should take microeconomics classes, Aaron's new office, raising prices, and so much more. Sponsored by Svix, Bento, PostShiba, Valorin Security, SerpAPI, Laracon AU, and Typesense. Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more. (00:00) - Solo Parenting (09:00) - Ian's Very Mad About People on Twitter (17:12) - People Should Take Microeconomics (?) (31:04) - Aaron Is Leasing An Office! (45:22) - Jev! (01:04:56) - Should you charge more or less? Links:Torchy's Tacos Papa John's Jon Yongfook's tweet on SaaS moats (retweeted by Aaron) Mintlify Cursor's migration off Sanity (Lee Robinson) Bannerbear X-Carve Shapeoko Jev Codex Jesse Hanley's tweet on raising prices

Ian and Aaron talk about their trip to Vegas, what's cooking with Outro & Solo, Ian's travel woes, something called a Zoox, and so much more. Sponsored by Svix, Bento, PostShiba, Valorin Security, SerpAPI, and Typesense. Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more. (00:00) - A Weak Vocal Constitution (13:55) - CabanaConf Takeaways (21:36) - Build Bento on Bento? (28:18) - Burning Tokens for Solo (35:46) - Fixes for Outro (39:59) - Training a Model (48:30) - What if Solo had a universal agent? (01:00:46) - Ian's Travel Woes (01:07:38) - Aaron Took a Zoox Links:Tailscale Outro Solo 19th Laravel AI SDK Rivian self-driving Aaron's data structures and algorithms prompt Ian's tweet on moving from medium to high on Astra Zoox

Ian and Aaron discuss the release of GPT-6 "Astra", building Solo for Linux, Ian's camera setup, why Outro isn't out yet, and so much more. Sponsored by Svix, Bento, DropInBlog, Valorin Security, and Typesense. Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more. (00:00) - Happy Labor Day (03:02) - Rippin Astra Tokens (17:04) - Solo On Linux? (26:09) - 4000 Photos of Horses (41:04) - What's New With Outro? (49:27) - Aaron's Training a Model (01:00:32) - No More Astra Left (01:09:06) - Vegas, Baby. Vegas. Links:GPT-6 Astra Blender ElevenLabs Aaron's tweet on the fantasy world he's building Aaron's tweet on writing in-depth plans/specs Omarchy Aaron's tweet on Tailscale Ian's tweet with horse photos Amp Orbs Lightroom Eric Barnes' football photos Ian's tweet on the Sony 50-150mm f/2 Viltrox AF 85mm f/2 EVO (Sony E) Sony FE 40mm f/2.5 G Jason Cohen (A Smart Bear) Solo

Ian and Aaron discuss the release of Solo v0.10, Aaron's trip to Boise, Ian's trip to the fair, why Ian's all in on Orbs, and so much more. Sponsored by Bento, DropInBlog, Valorin Security, and Typesense. Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more. (00:00) - Producer Steve Got Married! (07:53) - Aaron's Unifying Theory on Wedding Toasts (17:02) - Ian Went To The Fair (27:30) - Notion? (and Linear) (35:28) - Moats (40:40) - Solo's Huge New Release (55:41) - It's Orbin' Time (01:10:30) - Aaron's Credit Card Strategy (01:24:28) - Book Update Links:Aaron's wedding photo (Steve Tenuto's wedding) Steve Tenuto on X Ian's tweet on moats Solo Aaron's Solo release thread Amp Orbs Matt Stenson on X Amex Gold Card Amex Platinum Card AwardWallet Great Illustrated Classics