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

• Jesse Hanley / @jessethanley — founder-in-the-park videos live here
• Grok "bot" agent app (xAI)
• OpenClaw
• Hermes Agent (Nous Research)
• Less Annoying CRM
• Ben Orenstein
• Laravel Live Japan
• Tatami
• Max MRR article
• Hidden Multipliers (book/audiobook)
• Find Your Carol workshop
• A Smart Bear blog
• Jason Cohen
• Sony FX30
• Sony a6000 (body)
• Tamron 17-70mm f/2.8 (Sony E)
• Sony 70-200mm f/2.8 GM II
• Sony 300mm f/2.8 GM OSS (Ian's)
• Kase Filters
• Patrick McKenzie

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

• Sandpearl Resort, Clearwater Beach
• Martha's Vineyard
• Surf Style
• Jason Cohen has the DropInBlog founder on the show
• Jason Cohen's new book, Hidden Multipliers
• Laracon US photos
• Sam Sappenfield's tweet
• "We built laracon.us/photos. We're not developers."
• Aaron's codebase-audit tweet
• Soloterm
• Laravel Live Denmark
• Aaron's DSA audit prompt gist

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

• Aaron's Notion setup
• Taylor's tweet about Trello
• Rands In Repose: The Update, The Vent, and The Disaster
• John O'Nolan's tweet indicating some discrepancies with the nacho story
• Great Illustrated Classics