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150: Everybody Loves Jev Sep 22, 2026

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Ian and Aaron discuss the arrival of Jev, whether or not people should take microeconomics classes, Aaron's new office, raising prices, and so much more.

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(00:00) - Solo Parenting
(09:00) - Ian's Very Mad About People on Twitter
(17:12) - People Should Take Microeconomics (?)
(31:04) - Aaron Is Leasing An Office!
(45:22) - Jev!
(01:04:56) - Should you charge more or less?

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149: I Am The Harness Sep 16, 2026

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Ian and Aaron talk about their trip to Vegas, what's cooking with Outro & Solo, Ian's travel woes, something called a Zoox, and so much more.

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(00:00) - A Weak Vocal Constitution
(13:55) - CabanaConf Takeaways
(21:36) - Build Bento on Bento?
(28:18) - Burning Tokens for Solo
(35:46) - Fixes for Outro
(39:59) - Training a Model
(48:30) - What if Solo had a universal agent?
(01:00:46) - Ian's Travel Woes
(01:07:38) - Aaron Took a Zoox

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148: AI Psychosis Day Sep 08, 2026

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Ian and Aaron discuss the release of GPT-6 "Astra", building Solo for Linux, Ian's camera setup, why Outro isn't out yet, and so much more.

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(00:00) - Happy Labor Day
(03:02) - Rippin Astra Tokens
(17:04) - Solo On Linux?
(26:09) - 4000 Photos of Horses
(41:04) - What's New With Outro?
(49:27) - Aaron's Training a Model
(01:00:32) - No More Astra Left
(01:09:06) - Vegas, Baby. Vegas.

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147: It's Orbin' Time Sep 01, 2026

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Ian and Aaron discuss the release of Solo v0.10, Aaron's trip to Boise, Ian's trip to the fair, why Ian's all in on Orbs, and so much more.

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(00:00) - Producer Steve Got Married!
(07:53) - Aaron's Unifying Theory on Wedding Toasts
(17:02) - Ian Went To The Fair
(27:30) - Notion? (and Linear)
(35:28) - Moats
(40:40) - Solo's Huge New Release
(55:41) - It's Orbin' Time
(01:10:30) - Aaron's Credit Card Strategy
(01:24:28) - Book Update

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146: Do Things & Tell People Aug 25, 2026

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Ian and Aaron discuss Aaron's trip to Copenhagen for Laravel Live DK, meeting DHH, having "the hell trip home", using AI to beat Air Canada's bureaucracy, and so much more.

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(00:00) - Back In the Land of the Free
(01:52) - Happy Anniversary!
(04:22) - Aaron's First Intl Biz Class Flight
(12:04) - Laravel Live DK
(22:05) - Aaron's Talk & Meeting DHH
(32:58) - DHH & Taylor's Fireside Chat
(42:27) - The Spoon Is An Airplane
(56:22) - The Hell Trip Home
(01:17:41) - Scheming With Codex
(01:27:34) - A Quick Controversy

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Sweet Hang #5: My Psychosis Moment w/ Jesse Hanley Aug 19, 2026

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Ian is joined by Jesse Hanley, founder of Bento, to discuss everything from Grok Bot to finding your ideal customer to the future of knowledge work and so much more.

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(00:00) - Settle All Family Business
(02:04) - Grok's Bot
(12:43) - AI & Knowledge Work
(35:17) - How much can one person automate?
(46:42) - Will normies use bots?
(59:29) - Jesse's videos
(01:12:17) - Growing Revenue
(01:20:11) - Finding your ideal customer
(01:33:56) - Cameras
(01:41:51) - Life in Japan

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145: Marketing As Engineering Aug 18, 2026

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Ian & Aaron discuss what's coming to Solo, how Aaron's running marketing at Laravel, why Ian swears by a cabana, and so much more.

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(00:00) - Cabana Life
(12:44) - Using Linear for Marketing
(22:57) - Who's agent should you use?
(33:02) - Marketing = Engineering?
(45:37) - Aaron's hit tweet
(56:42) - Solo Updates
(01:04:27) - Laravel Live Denmark

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144: First Week as VP Aug 11, 2026

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Ian and Aaron discuss Aaron's first week as VP of Marketing & Community at Laravel, why he's writing manifestos in Notion, Ian's huge week with AI coding, and an update on Nachogate.

Plus Ian's live from a cabana, ending Token Town (RIP to a real one), and so much more.

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(00:00) - Live from a cabana
(03:26) - The End of Token Town
(10:39) - Aaron's First Week
(28:03) - A few manifestos
(44:24) - 1:1's
(53:40) - Ian's Mega AI Coding Week
(01:10:21) - Nachogate Update
(01:12:43) - Aaron's Studio Update
(01:18:25) - The next Illustrated Classics

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143: Rice On Your Nachos Aug 05, 2026

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Ian and Aaron are back for a second episode this week to talk about more LaraProm & Laracon follow up, why Ian will never ship Outro (kidding), and.....adding rice to your nachos?

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