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..
Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis
Show overview
Mostly Technical has been publishing since 2023, and across the 3 years since has built a catalogue of 144 episodes. That works out to roughly 180 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.
Episodes typically run an hour to ninety minutes — most land between 1h 6m and 1h 24m — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Technology show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 1 weeks ago, with 26 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2025, with 53 episodes published. Published by Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis.
From the publisher
Hosted by Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis, Mostly Technical is a lively discussion on Laravel, business, and an eclectic mix of related topics.
Latest Episodes
View all 144 episodes137: You Do Have To Care w/ John Drexler & Daniel Coulbourne
136: Big, Audacious Goals
135: Ian's Over AI Coding?!
134: The Edge of Safety
133: Do The Hardest Thing with Jesse Hanley
132: Ian Shipped Outro!
Token Town 001: What is Anthropic Doing?!
131: Crush My Competitors
130: Two Grandmas Roll Up
129: The Bounds of My Pettiness
128: LaraProm
127: Charge It To The Game w/ John Drexler & Daniel Coulbourne
Ep 131126: 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.Sponsored by SavvyCal Appointments, Bento, & Laravel Private Cloud.Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more.(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 120fpsAaron's viral tweet about the astronautNate Silver vs. Nikita Bier on TwitterIan's viral tweet about Claude & OpenClawOpenAI acquires TBPNAaron's course on durable objectsLaravel Cloud MySQLToken Town
Ep 130125: No Turning Back
Ian and Aaron talk about setting a release date (!) for Outro, huge updates to Solo, a new Cloudflare course, exciting news on the real estate front, and so much more.Sponsored by SavvyCal Appointments, Bento, Laravel Private Cloud, IttyBit, and Ray by Spatie.Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more.(00:00) - It's Shill Season (04:02) - Ian's Gotta Ship Outro (15:00) - Superpowers Are So Good (20:15) - Cloudflare Durable Objects Course (31:32) - Cloud Pricing (36:41) - MCP Servers (47:23) - Solo Updates (01:00:18) - Aaron Francis Empire Update Links:ModalSlingshotSuperpowersUConn vs. Duke - Final two minutesProducer DaveCloudflare Durable ObjectsVoid
Ep 129124: Old Man Yells At Cloud
Ian and Aaron talk about choosing between Faster.dev & Solo (which one is more likely to pay off?), the pros and cons of using AI to build bespoke internal apps, youth sports, Project Hail Mary, and so much more.Sponsored by SavvyCal Appointments, Bento, Laravel Private Cloud, IttyBit, and Ray by Spatie.Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more.(00:00) - Kids Sports (05:19) - Building Internal Tools (17:23) - Empire of Scripts (24:41) - Everybody Wants CLI & MCP (29:46) - Solo Will Never Be Done (45:46) - Faster.dev vs. Solo (59:36) - Vibe Coding An App To $10k (01:06:11) - Project Hail Mary Links:Aaron on the baseball fieldProject Hail MaryJason Fried on TwitterLaravel AI SDKLaravel MCPSoloWill KingAaron's video on YouTubeEric Barnes' new venture
Ep 128123: Isolate The Claude
Ian and Aaron talk about more poker adventures, transcoding videos at scale, escaping the permanent underclass, worktrees vs. copy on write, and so much more.Sponsored by SavvyCal Appointments, Bento, Laravel Private Cloud, Laravel Live DK, IttyBit, and Ray by Spatie.Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more.(00:00) - Ian Keeps Winning (10:00) - Transcoding Videos (25:33) - Superpowers (39:40) - A Parade In Boston (47:36) - Run Dangerously (55:20) - Ire of the Worktree Maxi's (01:02:56) - Escape the Permanent Underclass Links:Daniel CoulbourneChris MorrellModalMuxHTTP Live StreamingSuperpowersJason BeggsFast User SwitchingWorktrees
Ep 127122: I Just YOLO'd It
Ian and Aaron 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.Sponsored by SavvyCal Appointments, Bento, Laravel Private Cloud, IttyBit, and Ray by Spatie.Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more.(00:00) - Europe Can't Contain Us (07:04) - Poker Propaganda (12:34) - Laracon EU Recap (17:42) - Good Feedback (23:07) - Big Solo Update (42:03) - What's Next for Solo (01:01:20) - The Worktrees Question (01:10:57) - The Finalized Skill (01:17:28) - Outro & Gopher (01:26:43) - New Deadlines Are Coming (01:31:25) - 2004 Camera Links:SinnersJetBlue MintEncore Boston HarborDaniel CoulbournePete HeslopSoloXtermTyporaFasterOutro
Ep 126121: Let Ian Cook
Ian and Aaron 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.Register today for the Mostly Technical Pre-Party at Laracon EU.Sponsored by SavvyCal Appointments, Bento, Laravel Private Cloud, IttyBit, Ray by Spatie, and Redberry.Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more.(00:00) - Hell Week 3 (12:01) - The Haters Were Right (22:09) - Ian Shipped! (27:09) - Does Aaron Know Who Snoop Is? (32:29) - Cooking On Outro (46:17) - Counselors Update (01:05:28) - The Learning Skill (01:16:47) - It's Nice To Have A Wife (01:19:23) - Gamification of Software Links:OpenCodeXterm.jsWill KingJason BeggsHelpSpotOutroSoloCounselors
Ep 125120: The Counselors
Ian and Aaron discuss Aaron's new AI tool Counselors, something called "Hell Week", what's new with Solo and Outro, and so much more.Register today for the Mostly Technical Pre-Party at Laracon EU.Sponsored by SavvyCal Appointments, Bento, Laravel Private Cloud, IttyBit, Ray by Spatie, and Redberry.Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more.(00:00) - Achieving The Impossible (11:26) - Making Things Easy For Humans (19:53) - Ian's Hyperkey Setup (28:59) - Aaron's Hell Week (44:42) - The Future (51:38) - Outro Is Cooking (58:36) - Valentine's Day & Other Updates (01:09:26) - OpenClaw Links:CounselorsHyperkeyRaycastSpace Cadet KeyboardSoloFaster.devOutro.fmAaron's cardboard box saw
Ep 124119: Anti Slop Vibe
Ian and Aaron talk about the launch of Solo, Aaron's new terminal app for the desktop (!) plus Ian's return to Twitter and so much more.Register today for the Mostly Technical Pre-Party at Laracon EU.Sponsored by SavvyCal Appointments, Bento, Laravel Private Cloud, IttyBit, Ray by Spatie, and Redberry.Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more.(00:00) - Back On Twitter (08:20) - Mute The Super Spreaders (23:51) - HVAC Guys (28:40) - AI.com Ad (32:23) - The Launch of Solo (45:39) - Questions About Solo (56:53) - An Ode To Laravel's Queues (01:00:18) - Even More About Solo (01:06:35) - Behind The Scenes Links:Ian on TwitterIan on BlueskyPeter Steinberger on TwitterAI.com's Super Bowl AdOnions.comSoloMary Perry on TwitterTauriNativePHPBehind the scenes of Aaron's videoMemento Mori