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.

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• (00:00) - The Thumb System
• (02:18) - Sausage Fest
• (14:09) - Profit First
• (22:34) - Launch Week
• (39:17) - Only So Much Time!
• (54:28) - Texas Elites
• (56:30) - Gotta Go Cloudflare

Links:

• Siskel & Ebert
• Texas Hill Country 
• Profit First (Book)
• John Scalzi blog post about being in it for the money
• Bento
• Database School (on YouTube)
• Kent C. Dodds
• Fly.io
• Laravel Octane
• Cloudflare AI Gateway
• Cloudflare Workers

Creators & Guests

Host

Aaron Francis

Educator at @PlanetScale. Into Laravel, MySQL, and building things. Building https://helloquery.com/

Host

Ian Landsman

Founder HelpSpot, LaraJobs, and Laracon Online.

Producer

Dave Hicking

@UserScape Product Manager. Previously at @TightenCo, @BeineckeLibrary, & @uconnlibrary. 1/2 of @CRSPodcast (I'm @doc_beats). 1/3 of @cheese_weather.

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.