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.

Nice discussion on @mostlytechnical.com about how @aaronfrancis.com and @ianlandsman.com are using AI in their programming: youtu.be/P-fKp3eS5CA?...

This week @ianlandsman.com and @aaronfrancis.com discuss how Aaron's orchestrating fly.io boxes for Database School, why sometimes you need to use AI to help AI, and why Costco is truly a great place. Plus an all-time Ian resume rant and so much more.

🎙️ Just published a new episode of Mostly Technical: 111: Hearts & Minds. Have a listen:

This week on MT, @ianlandsman.com talks to @aaronfrancis.com about why he thinks AI is leading bootstrappers & indie hackers astray - building fast was never the problem, the problem is building the wrong thing or not knowing how to sell the right thing!

This week on MT, @ianlandsman.com and @aaronfrancis.com ask a very important question that people looking for a job need to answer: “Do you want to be mad, or do you want to win?”

This week @ianlandsman.com and @aaronfrancis.com discuss all things AI this week - from Claude Max to pairing Gemini with Claude to why people want to code but they don't want to sell and so much more. Plus Aaron's secret soccer past and why the game (of getting a job) isn't fair.

🎙️ Just published a new episode of Mostly Technical: 110: The Big Boy Plan. Have a listen:

Trial Defender! 🧑‍⚖️ This week on MT, @ianlandsman.com talks to @aaronfrancis.com about his next great idea...but he doesn't know if he should Laravel New or not 😬

It's the 'Winter of AI'! This week @aaronfrancis.com talks to @ianlandsman.com about why Claude 4.5 is so good, why he's having so much using it with open source, and more.

This week @ianlandsman.com & @aaronfrancis.com discuss Claude vs. Gemini, *another* Laravel New idea, drama on Thanksgiving, and so much more.

🎙️ Just published a new episode of Mostly Technical: 109: AI Bro. Have a listen:

This week it's all about the launch of databaseschool.com - and @aaronfrancis.com tells @ianlandsman.com how he built it with Gemini 3. Aaron used to be lukewarm on AI, but now? He's getting a lot closer to thinking it's going to change his life.

It's a big week - @ianlandsman.com and @aaronfrancis.com talk about the launch of Database School! They go over the branding, everything he did the morning of the launch, building the site with Gemini, and so much more. Plus the world championship of….bagels?

🎙️ Just published a new episode of Mostly Technical: 108: Database School Launch 🚀. Have a listen:

I'm talking about liquid!

This week @johnonolan.bsky.social joined us for a Sweet Hang and he's got big news for @ianlandsman.com & @aaronfrancis.com: This week he Laravel New'd....twice! 🚀

We're back with another Sweet Hang! @ianlandsman.com & @aaronfrancis.com are joined by @johnonolan.bsky.social for a delightfully unhinged conversation about double Laravel New'ing, side projects for your side projects, mastering Claude Code, & more.

🎙️ Just published a new episode of Mostly Technical: Sweet Hang #3: Matching Tattoos w/ John O'Nolan. Have a listen:

This week on MT @aaronfrancis.com finally lets his kids have some screen time & @ianlandsman.com can't believe he's not letting the kids be on their own! When Ian's dad was a little kid in the Bronx he roamed free from sun up to sun down! (Walked uphill to school both ways, etc.)

107: A Ruthless Capitalist @ianlandsman.com and @aaronfrancis.com discuss screen time for kids, the impending launch of Database School, why Ian acquired Bootstrapped.fm, and more.

🤑 Greed Is Good 🤑 This week @aaronfrancis.com's got his head in the business game and @ianlandsman.com thinks it’s time for “New Aaron” to watch Wall Street, buy a three piece suit, and internalize Gordon Gekko’s advice.

This week on Mostly Technical - @ianlandsman.com's hiring! He talks to @aaronfrancis.com about what he's looking for and how people can apply. And please, for the love of god - don't submit a generic, AI-generated resume or cover letter 🤦‍♂️

Alright, @ianlandsman.com's wife requested there be a horse in this @mostlytechnical.com cartoon video, so I cut a new (shorter) version with some new scenes. 😄 #laravel new youtu.be/5JaQIOvYrfg

This week @ianlandsman.com and @aaronfrancis.com talk about 20 years of HelpSpot, Aaron's big week on Twitter, and....talk about burying the lede....Aaron's got ARR! Subscription revenue! It's happening!

🎙️ Just published a new episode of Mostly Technical: 106: We've Got ARR!. Have a listen:

This week @ianlandsman.com talks to @aaronfrancis.com about how Livewire 4 is so good, there's only one thing he could do with Outro.fm. `laravel new` Never Ship! Laravel New Forever! 🤣