Is AI and using tech like worktrees helping devs move faster than ever....to nowhere? @ianlandsman.com & @aaronfrancis.com make the case for it this week and why moving fast doesn't mean making better software.

This week @ianlandsman.com and @aaronfrancis.com talk about more poker adventures, transcoding videos at scale, escaping the permanent underclass, worktrees vs. copy on write, and so much more.

🎙️ Just published a new episode of Mostly Technical: 123: Isolate The Claude . Have a listen:

. @aaronfrancis.com wonders how are people using 8 agents in a code base? How can you tell the app works? Where’s all this software that’s being built - why aren’t these people shipping! This week on MT, @ianlandsman.com knows why - it’s fake and made up for attention!

This week @ianlandsman.com and @aaronfrancis.com discuss their trip to Laracon EU, the all-new Solo, using the AI SDK for Outro, "poker propaganda", Gen Z Abby's 2004 camera, and so much more.

🎙️ Just published a new episode of Mostly Technical: 122: I Just YOLO'd It. Have a listen:

This week @aaronfrancis.com is...rewriting Solo from the ground up?!?! Already?! He tells @ianlandsman.com all about it - why hard things are still hard, why he's embarrassed by the version that's been out there, and more.

This week, @ianlandsman.com finally did it. He beat the "doesn't ship allegations". He shipped the new HelpSpot website. And @aaronfrancis.com is loving it!

This week @ianlandsman.com and @aaronfrancis.com discuss Ian shipping (!) the HelpSpot website and cooking on Outro, Aaron's complete overhaul of Solo, why it's nice to have a wife, and so much more.

🎙️ Just published a new episode of Mostly Technical: 121: Let Ian Cook. Have a listen:

. @aaronfrancis.com's not finished with Solo! He heard all the feedback and now he's transforming it into a full-on agentic development environment - and @ianlandsman.com is thrilled.

It's a big week - @aaronfrancis.com did the impossible and passed @ianlandsman.com's five second test with Counselors, his new CLI tool! He's (and I quote) "ascending into the heavens" and Ian's ready to tell everybody why it's a no-brainer to use.

This week @ianlandsman.com and @aaronfrancis.com discuss Aaron's new AI tool Counselors, something called "Hell Week", what's new with Solo and Outro, and so much more.

🎙️ Just published a new episode of Mostly Technical: 120: The Counselors. Have a listen:

This week on MT @aaronfrancis.com is building NativePHP desktop with Laravel, Inertia, and React, and @ianlandsman.com is raving about how great using defer with queues is because you know what? Laravel's queues are so, so clean 🫧

This week @ianlandsman.com and @aaronfrancis.com talk about the launch of Solo, Aaron's new terminal app for the desktop (!) plus Ian's return to Twitter and so much more.

🎙️ Just published a new episode of Mostly Technical: 119: Anti Slop Vibe. Have a listen:

This week on MT, @ianlandsman.com thinks he needs help from @calebporzio.bsky.social with a new Livewire feature but @aaronfrancis.com reminds him to just tell the machine to do it - that’s what the robots are for!

Hang on to your bottle caps - @ianlandsman.com & @aaronfrancis.com are heading to Europe for a pre-party at Laracon EU! luma.com/bxk56v8p?tk=...

This week @ianlandsman.com and @aaronfrancis.com talk about the Mostly Technical Pre-Party at Laracon EU (!), Aaron's new desktop app (!!), sleeping on planes, and so much more.

🎙️ Just published a new episode of Mostly Technical: 118: We’re Going To Europe. Have a listen:

@mostlytechnical.com has Aaron been right all along? youtu.be/9uv-4ddCApw?...

Mostly Technical @mostlytechnical.com. Great banter. @ianlandsman.com and @aaronfrancis.com. Aaron is in the thick of it–2 sets of twins, open source projects, and DevEd startups. Ian runs a successful startup and funnels the profits into horses, poker, and LLM tokens.

This week @ianlandsman.com's got some problems with @ampcode.bsky.social and he's telling @aaronfrancis.com all about it.

This week @ianlandsman.com and @aaronfrancis.com talk about being stuck at home due to the weather, major updates to Outro.fm and Faster.dev, an important update to the Laravel New experience, and more.

🎙️ Just published a new episode of Mostly Technical: 117: The AI Is Out There. Have a listen:

This week @ianlandsman.com & @aaronfrancis.com recap what they saw in the @taylorotwell.bsky.social Laravel AI SDK demo last week and why they're excited about the Agent class. You can build stuff faster with AI - but what should you be building? That's the question that matters.

Ian and Aaron recap their trip to San Francisco to see the first demo of the Laravel AI SDK before going in-depth on the Faster.dev announcement!

🎙️ Just published a new episode of Mostly Technical: 116: Inside The Token Factory. Have a listen:

This week @taylorotwell.bsky.social joined @ianlandsman.com & @aaronfrancis.com to talk about a project he's vibe coding....and it's an old school MUD server? Written in Bun?!

This week @ianlandsman.com & @aaronfrancis.com are joined by @taylorotwell.bsky.social to talk about his latest project: The @laravel.com AI SDK 🤖

Sweet Hang #4: Laravel AI SDK w/ Taylor Otwell @ianlandsman.com and @aaronfrancis.com are joined by @taylorotwell.bsky.social to talk about everything from the @laravel.com AI SDK to Private Cloud to vibe coding MUD's and so much more.

🎙️ Just published a new episode of Mostly Technical: Sweet Hang #4: Laravel AI SDK w/ Taylor Otwell. Have a listen:

This week on MT, @aaronfrancis.com talks to @ianlandsman.com about his upcoming move to AI education!

This week @ianlandsman.com and @aaronfrancis.com talk about opinionated frameworks in the era of AI, Aaron's new pivot (!), Ian being right, and so much more.

🎙️ Just published a new episode of Mostly Technical: 115: Do You Wanna Win?. Have a listen:

Next week @ianlandsman.com & @aaronfrancis.com are heading to SF for the @laravel.com AI event...and they'll be recording next week's episode with special guest @taylorotwell.bsky.social while they're in town 🔥

This week on MT, @ianlandsman.com & @aaronfrancis.com are diving into the future of Laravel & PHP vs. Javascript and/or Python, especially in the era of AI coding 👀 Guess what? They're still pretty bullish on Laravel.

This week @ianlandsman.com and @aaronfrancis.com are dealing with the liminal space of the holiday season, talking about their upcoming trip to San Francisco to see the @laravel.com AI SDK demo, and making even more predictions for 2026.

🎙️ Just published a new episode of Mostly Technical: 114: Fight Fire With Fire. Have a listen:

Guess who's got a personal productivity system? @ianlandsman.com - and he's telling @aaronfrancis.com all about it. It turns out that Claude is indeed very good at working with Markdown 👀

This week @aaronfrancis.com & @ianlandsman.com talk about what software development will look like at the end of 2026 thanks to AI. Is it going away? No. Is it going to change? Absolutely. Are you going to spend less time writing code? Almost certainly 👀

🎙️ Just published a new episode of Mostly Technical: 113: 2026 Predictions. Have a listen:

'Marty Supreme' is the most @mostlytechnical.com movie in recent memory. An all-time NYC hustler/striver movie with off-the-charts 'you can just do things' energy.

This week on MT, @ianlandsman.com’s so AI-pilled he thinks that every night, before you go to bed, you should be kicking off a deep research task for AI to do while you sleep. At the very minimum! It’s time to think businessy! Just don’t go get an MBA (according to @aaronfrancis.com)!

This week on MT, @aaronfrancis.com's AI lifestyle is so all consuming, he's falling asleep in bed while AI agents are working on his behalf. And you know what? @ianlandsman.com is inspired!

This week @ianlandsman.com and @aaronfrancis.com talk about Santa (obviously), do you still need an MBA (maybe not so obvious), why Ian isn't burning as many tokens as possible to get Outro out the door, what people are building with the Telegram API, and more.

🎙️ Just published a new episode of Mostly Technical: 112: Token Machine. Have a listen:

This week @aaronfrancis.com goes in-depth with @ianlandsman.com about how he built the 'Playground' functionality for Database School using @laravel.com & @fly.io 🤯

[email protected]'s heard all of the criticisms about his opinions on resumes and cover letters, so he decided to go undercover and do the unthinkable: He applied to open jobs at Apple & Google to see if he's right. Turns out? Ian still thinks he's right. And @aaronfrancis.com agrees.