126: Scope Explosion

Ian and Aaron talk about why neither of them shipped this past week, how to surface features in an application, tweets going viral....oh, and they're starting a new podcast.  Welcome to Token Town.

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• (00:00) - Ian Didn't Ship
• (06:33) - Aaron Didn't Ship
• (11:48) - Solo & MCP
• (21:16) - Surfacing Features
• (32:45) - Is AI Hype Dying Down?
• (37:42) - Viral Tweets
• (50:29) - Filter Out vs. Filter In
• (01:01:07) - Claude vs. OpenClaw
• (01:15:29) - Durable Objects & Databases
• (01:27:04) - Welcome to Token Town

Links:

• Aaron's tweet about getting to 120fps
• Aaron's viral tweet about the astronaut
• Nate Silver vs. Nikita Bier on Twitter
• Ian's viral tweet about Claude & OpenClaw
• OpenAI acquires TBPN
• Aaron's course on durable objects
• Laravel Cloud MySQL
• Token Town

Creators and Guests

Host

Aaron Francis

Founder of Solo. Sincere poster. No cynicism. Dad to two sets of twins!

Host

Ian Landsman

Founder HelpSpot, LaraJobs, and Outro.fm

Producer

Dave Hicking

Agency Partnerships at @laravelphp

What is Mostly Technical?

Hosted by Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis, Mostly Technical is a lively discussion on Laravel, business, and an eclectic mix of related topics.