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Mostly Technical

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

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Tomorrow at 8am Eastern 🚀
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This week on Mostly Technical, @aarondfrancis & @ianlandsman talk about React - is it asking too much of developers? 🌶️
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This week on MT, @calebporzio waited until the end of the episode to drop a bombshell on @aarondfrancis : He thinks he wants to event source. 😳 They got him!
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This week on MT, @taylorotwell joins @ianlandsman & @aarondfrancis and previews a few new projects coming soon from the @laravelphp team 👀💥
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This week on Mostly Technical, @aarondfrancis goes into detail with @ianlandsman on how he builds ....and then things get a little spicy 🌶️
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This week on MT, @adamwathan brazenly cracks open an ice cold Coke Zero in front of poor @aarondfrancis while @ianlandsman is just trying to ask a question
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Tomorrow at 8am Eastern. Big week. Huge week.
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On this week's episode of Mostly Technical, @jeffrey_way talks with @aarondfrancis & @ianlandsman about what exactly Twitter is, feeling shame when you promote your work, having a personal brand, & more.
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This week on MT, @aarondfrancis & @calebporzio dive into why Caleb loves Flux () and why it's going to stay lean, clean, and high quality.
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The hat! The reaction! The smile! Episode 42 drops tomorrow at 8am Eastern 🚀
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★ Just published a new episode of Mostly Technical: 37: S-Tier Software with Taylor Otwell. Listen:
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This week on MT, @calebporzio joins @aarondfrancis to talk about an interesting idea for his new project: What if it skipped the beta step entirely and was launched as a 1.0 on day one? 🔥🔥🔥
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This week on Mostly Technical, @aarondfrancis & @ianlandsman ask @adamwathan the most important question of all - what do you *want* to do?
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This week on MT, @calebporzio has a business idea for @aarondfrancis that starts with an important question: Why is Torchlight free? Why does he hate money when Torchlight is so great? Why can't Aaron charge Caleb money?! 💰
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Big shout out to @laracasts for sponsoring the show! We literally wouldn't be where we are without Laracasts. Thanks so much to Jeffrey and the crew there for the support. If you're not already a Laracasts subscriber be sure to check it out, it's the best way to improve your
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This week on Mostly Technical, @aarondfrancis explains to @ianlandsman why he uses gloves to change diapers, and Ian has some bad news for Aaron about what comes after diapers. (Hint: it's more 💩)
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★ Just published a new episode of Mostly Technical: 13: The SQL Injection Slide with Sam Selikoff. Listen:
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★ Just published a new episode of Mostly Technical: 35: Laravel vs. JavaScript with Dax & Adam Elmore. Listen:
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This week on MT @ianlandsman reminisces about the good old days of phpBB which prompts @aarondfrancis to break some important news: He's bringing the forum back 🤘 Plus why Reddit sucks, why you can't trust some user named "Buttcrack72", and more 💥
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This week on MT @ianlandsman & @aarondfrancis talk about a very important issue: Why are they both so tired?! 🥱 Plus: - Why does morning guy always post on social media? - Does anybody care about afternoon guy? It's an action packed two minutes y'all.
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★ Just published a new episode of Mostly Technical: 27: The Layoff
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🚨 Our emergency episode is live! Get the behind the scenes scoop from @aarondfrancis and @ianlandsman on Aaron's new company, Try Hard Studios.
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This week on MT, @aarondfrancis reveals his scandalous history with phishing, @ianlandsman admits he was once an accomplice, and both wonder if a podcast conversation is covered by attorney-client privilege 🧑‍⚖️
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6 months
The Plan
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11 months
Thanks for the amazing support everyone! We never expected the podcast to take off this fast ❤️ We've got lots more cool stuff planned 🚀
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If you’re at Laracon and want a Mostly Technical sticker, find Producer Dave ( @dhicking ) (We’ve got @laraveljobs stickers too)
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This week on MT, @aarondfrancis pitched the idea of @flair in his house to an incredulous @ianlandsman who was very, very worried about batteries 🔋
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Tomorrow at 8am Eastern 🚀
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This week on MT, @ianlandsman can't believe that @aarondfrancis made light AND dark mode videos for his new course (?!) and the two talk about why a little remarkability is never a bad thing 💥
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★ Just published a new episode of Mostly Technical: 15: Farming, Threadbois, & Meme Lords with Jeffrey Way. Listen:
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★ Just published a new episode of Mostly Technical: 18: You Need Tinker Time with Adam Wathan. Listen:
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25,000+ downloads for our first 25 episodes - thanks to everybody who’s listened, shared, and yelled back at the podcast every time you wish you could chime in on the conversation 📣
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This week on MT, @aarondfrancis has a scorching hot take: everybody's updating their Laravel apps too quickly! @ianlandsman then agrees (!) and uncorks an even spicier take 🌶️
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In a delightfully ridiculous clip from this week's episode, @taylorotwell reveals his dream retirement plan, @ianlandsman wants to be a movie producer (?), and @aarondfrancis 's ready to be a Rick Rubin of something.
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They're all good episodes, but this week's episode is *very* good. Tomorrow at 8am Eastern 🤝
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. @ianlandsman is still not feeling great but we've got a special guest joining @aarondfrancis on this week's show 👀 Tune in at 8am Eastern tomorrow to find out who our mystery guest is....or you can drop your guesses below in the replies! 🔍🕵️
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Every new venture needs a Master Plan™️ This week on MT @ianlandsman & @adamwathan help @aarondfrancis figure out the master plan and try to answer an important question - what do the first two months look like?
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This week on MT, @aarondfrancis decides he wants to be more 'Indie Tycoon' than 'Indie Hacker' before @ianlandsman blows his mind & pitches him on a potentially lucrative line of business 💰
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★ Just published a new episode of Mostly Technical: 12: All Things Livewire with Caleb Porzio. Listen:
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This week on MT, @ianlandsman tells @aarondfrancis that he's in a bit of a panic. He's got an idea (he's also got an idea about ideas) but not enough time to do anything about it! But what if....what if he found somebody to partner with?
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This week on Mostly Technical, @aarondfrancis talks to @ianlandsman about his discovery that the youths are seemingly okay with tracking each other on their phones?!? 📱🗺️
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This week on MT, @ianlandsman , @aarondfrancis , & @taylorotwell talk about why @laravelphp has the best community in software development right now before Ian shocks the world and praises (!) DHH (!!) 🤯
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This week on MT, @ianlandsman asked @aarondfrancis about the future and what comes next, so of course Aaron turned the tables on Ian and asked what he thought Aaron *should* do. If you were advising Aaron right now, what would you suggest he do next?
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Producer Dave is on vacation so the show will be a few days late, but it's on the way. The wait will be worth it........
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This week on MT, @DCoulbourne pitches @aarondfrancis on why he needs a "poker arc" 🃏 & @calebporzio talks about trying hard™️ is Aaron's IP.
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This week on MT, @ianlandsman recaps @aarondfrancis 's run as the main character on Twitter in the aftermath of being laid off & Aaron talks about how it felt to receive such an outpouring of support ❤️
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Who says tweets can't last forever? This week on Mostly Technical @ianlandsman & @aarondfrancis talk about @LaserTweets before Ian does a surprise unboxing of an "instant classic" @tfadell tweet 📦
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On this week's episode, @calebporzio talks with @ianlandsman & @aarondfrancis about the guilt he sometimes feels when he reaches out to his email list and wonders if he's providing enough value to justify reaching out.
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In our latest episode @ianlandsman & @aarondfrancis ponder exactly this question - why isn't somebody in the Rails community cloning what's happening in Laravel & make some serious cash?!
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On @MostlyTechPod there is a discussion about "Why not just clone everything in Laravel to Rails and make $$$" My thoughts: - Structurally Rails is not operated by a company like Laravel Inc so there are fewer "blessed" first-party components, it's the wild west - Rails is
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This week on MT @aarondfrancis & @ianlandsman tackle a fantastic question from a listener: what's the best identifier to use with Laravel & databases? (Believe it or not, Aaron & Ian had some thoughts)
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This week on Mostly Technical, @aarondfrancis reveals that he's Big Livewire now, @ianlandsman celebrates, & the two discuss when to use Inertia vs. why they default to using @LaravelLivewire more and more ⚡️
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This week on Mostly Technical, @aarondfrancis talks to @ianlandsman about the all new @PlanetScale Studios! It's an....apartment?! 🏠 With access to a gym? 🏋️ And a pool??? 🏊
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I'm down with this @calebporzio Landsman impression 🐐
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This week on MT, @Ianlandsman surprises @aarondfrancis with an idea: What if they did a contest to let people apply to have them invest in their apps? 💰 Aaron, needless to say, loves this idea.
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This week on Mostly Technical, @ianlandsman & @aarondfrancis dive into @Adib_Hanna 's tweet on salaries for PHP/Laravel devs.
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PHP/Laravel is probably the most enjoyable language/Framework to work with, but it’s also the least paying. Ever since I switched to Go/Node my salary almost doubled.
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This week on MT, @thdxr & @adamdotdev talk to @ianlandsman & @aarondfrancis about @terminaldotshop at Laracon👀 before Ian unveils his SSH middleman empire "plan" 💸
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★ Just published a new episode of Mostly Technical: 48: Mostly NPTM with Caleb Porzio & Daniel Coulbourne. Listen:
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This week @aarondfrancis is joined by special guest @calebporzio (filling in for @ianlandsman ) to talk about everything from solo parenting to Caleb's new project to rejuvenating Torchlight and a lot more.
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This week on Mostly Technical @ianlandsman pitches @aarondfrancis (jokingly?) on a "pure vengeance" plan and Aaron decides he's going to enter his hot & rich era.
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We just hit 1k subscribers on YouTube! Thanks to everybody for subscribing, liking, & commenting 🙌
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@MostlyTechPod @aarondfrancis @ianlandsman Just noticed we guys hit 1k subscribers on yt. Congrats!
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On this week's episode @ianlandsman , @aarondfrancis , & @jeffrey_way go deep and talk about how we're hardwired to defend our "tribe", how that's translated to how we behave online, the idea of shared enemies and shared goods, & more.
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This week on Mostly Technical @calebporzio talks to @ianlandsman & @aarondfrancis about how he's feeling three months after the launch of Livewire 3.
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This week on Mostly Technical @ianlandsman talks to @aarondfrancis about his final take on component libraries after last week's chat with @calebporzio and how he's living on the absolute bleeding edge 🔥
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Mostly Technical has reached 50,000 Downloads! Thanks to everybody who’s been listening, sharing, and subscribing to episodes - we really appreciate it. Next up - 100k 🚀
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★ Just published a new episode of Mostly Technical: 29: Super Epic Crazy with Adam Wathan. Listen:
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This week on Mostly Technical @ianlandsman & @aarondfrancis talk about (amongst other things) Lift for Laravel, a package from @wendell_adriel , and they have lots of thoughts and ✨ feelings ✨ about attributes. To hear the full conversation, head over to
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This week on MT, @ianlandsman shared a very valuable idea for a SaaS with @aarondfrancis , the whole world, and (very specifically) @mijustin 🧠🚀
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This week on Mostly Technical, @aarondfrancis gives us an update about his soda consumption, @ianlandsman admits the truth about being a morning person, and neither is particularly happy about it ☹️
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This week @ianlandsman & @aarondfrancis are back discussing men's fashion, DHH, location sharing follow-up, AI therapy hot takes, Laravel Octane, upcoming course update, is MySQL over?, non-competes and concierge medicine, hacking Laravel for prefix indexes, PHP x NYC Thanks to
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This week @aarondfrancis is joined once again by @calebporzio to discuss everything that happened at @LaraconUS (including a basketball game?!) before diving deep into Flux, the online reaction to the price, and what comes next.
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This week on Mostly Technical, @aarondfrancis & @ianlandsman unveil the "Suburban Dad Scale" of how you're doing.
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This week on MT @ianlandsman pitches @aarondfrancis on the idea of hiring somebody to help with marketing and the two of them dream about what's possible 💭 If this sounds like you or somebody you know, listen to the end of the clip for info on how to get in touch with Aaron 🤝
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Say hello to Hat Guy 👋🧢 @aarondfrancis asks @ianlandsman all about his new 🦖 hat, which unfortunately has a fatal flaw (despite how freaking cool it looks)
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This week on MT, @thdxr & @adamdotdev get a front-row seat to the most pressing question of our time: Who's right about New York City - @ianlandsman or @aarondfrancis ?
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This week on MT, @ianlandsman tells @aarondfrancis about how he fell victim to not just any old phishing attack , but the phishing attack of his dreams 🥰
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This week on MT, @aarondfrancis tells @ianlandsman all about making his first hire at Try Hard Studios - who he hired, how a cold DM (!) led to them getting hired, what they'll be doing, & more ✨
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Big news over here at Mostly Technical HQ - we just passed 20,000 downloads! Thanks to everybody for listening & watching - we really appreciate it 🙌
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In Episode 04 of Mostly Technical, @aarondfrancis talks about the rewards (potentially unlimited upside) and, frankly, the risks (potential embarrassment) of sharing what you're working on before it's finished.
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What a week 🔥
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★ Just published a new episode of Mostly Technical: 47: Jack Free With Caleb Porzio. Listen:
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★ Just published a new episode of Mostly Technical: 49: Stay Lean, Stay Clean with Caleb Porzio. Listen:
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On the latest episode of Mostly Technical, @ianlandsman makes the case for why using @LaravelLivewire is now the default when writing a @laravelphp app 🌶️
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Is it the first one? The only one? What does first mean? Who even knows! @ianlandsman & @aarondfrancis try to figure out exactly what First & Sole mean and everything goes completely off the rails 🛤️
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This week @ianlandsman & @aarondfrancis asked @calebporzio to come on the show to talk about something extremely important: Sock Strategy 🧦🧠 (Seriously).
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This week on MT @samwhoo drops by to chat with @ianlandsman & @aarondfrancis , so of course the "business dad" had to give him some advice (which caused Sam to admit he's "crushingly British" 🇬🇧)
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This week on MT, @ianlandsman pitches @aarondfrancis on a bonkers (but intriguing) idea: Does Aaron need a stage name? And if he does, why is it Todd?
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This week on Mostly Technical @ianlandsman & @aarondfrancis are back with an important 🧦 update, inspired by @wesbos 's "truly unruly number of socks'
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★ Just published a new episode of Mostly Technical: 46: Aaron Francis, Inc. Listen:
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★ Just published a new episode of Mostly Technical: 38: Morning Person. Listen:
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This week on Mostly Technical, @aarondfrancis workshops a take on Drake vs. Kendrick Lamar with @ianlandsman & special guest @dhicking , and yes, it involves the Fast & Furious franchise.
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We are so back 👏 This week on MT @ianlandsman & @aarondfrancis break down the decision to leave config files in Laravel 11, and they are *loving* it 💞
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Can using down migrations in #Laravel get you.....fired? @ianlandsman makes the case to @aarondfrancis on this week's episode 🌶️
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This week on Mostly Technical, @aarondfrancis encourages @ianlandsman to take the gloves off 🥊 about the "just do stuff" mentality and why it's important when you're applying for jobs.
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1 year
On this week's episode @ianlandsman & @aarondfrancis shared their thoughts on the "final" controversy that's got everybody talking 🍿
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This week @aarondfrancis & @ianlandsman discuss the latest surefire Mostly Technical idea: an actual help desk you can send to people. It might end up being a little desk - we're still working out the logistics.
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★ Just published a new episode of Mostly Technical: 19: It's Content, Baby! Listen:
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★ Just published a new episode of Mostly Technical: 43: Just Do Stuff. Listen:
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This week on MT, @ianlandsman reveals to @aarondfrancis how he solved his db woes (who knew table_open_cache was so important!) & talks about his plans for using @SingleStoreDB on his super secret* project 👀 *It's not a secret at all, he literally talks about it in this video.
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This week on Mostly Technical, @ianlandsman asks @aarondfrancis an important question about New York City: how do you take a picture of love? 📷💕 (Yes, this is just as bonkers as you're imagining)
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This week on MT, @ianlandsman asks @aarondfrancis to take us behind the scenes of his latest 'watch me code' style video 💻 and reveal some secrets 🤫 about how he made that type of video so damn watchable.
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