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

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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• (00:00) - Aaron's First Real Day
• (04:38) - LaraProm -> Laracon
• (23:05) - Never Ship
• (37:33) - Nachos With Rice
• (47:06) - First Class Is Better
• (53:29) - Aaron's Sewing Machine
• (01:02:47) - Shower Wine Follow Up

• Laracon US Day 1 Stream
• Laracon US Day 2 Stream
• Hannah Gzehoviak on Twitter
• House of Blanks
  
  

Ian and Aaron are back after Laracon US to talk about....Aaron's new job as VP of Marketing & Community at Laravel?!

Plus a recap of LaraProm, something called "shower wine", and more.

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• (00:00) - We're back, baby
• (01:26) - VP of Marketing & Community
• (14:15) - What prepared Aaron for this position?
• (27:31) - Grand Unifying Theory of Laravel Marketing
• (50:21) - What's next for Try Hard?
• (55:28) - Shower wine (?)
• (01:04:06) - The future of MT
• (01:16:11) - LaraProm

• Laracon US
• Laravel Live UK
• Aaron's tweet announcing his new job
• Chris Fidao on Twitter
• Solo
• Ian's LaraProm Photos

Ian and Aaron discuss letting Sol Ultra rip for over 2 days straight, Aaron's new side project, problems with macOS, trying to price AI usage in apps, and more.

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• (00:00) - Tim Cook's Office
• (06:00) - Introducing cfmpeg
• (12:27) - Ian & ElevenLabs
• (15:04) - Subscriptions In Outro
• (18:45) - World Cup
• (24:06) - Sol Ultra
• (28:07) - An Update on HelpSpot AI Pricing
• (52:04) - Aaron’s Custom Model
• (01:07:40) - Next Week: Laracon US!
• (01:10:23) - Great Illustrated Classics

• cfmpeg
• ElevenLabs
• GPT-5.6 Sol
• Ian on Notes on Work
• HelpSpot AI
• Token Town Episode 008
• BigSkyDevConf
• Laracon US
• Great Illustrated Classics

Ian and Aaron talk about pricing AI usage in apps, what's coming next for HelpSpot, a Jay-Z concert in NYC, and so much more.

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• (00:00) - Aaron got a ticket
• (06:45) - Jay-Z Concert
• (11:47) - World Cup Update
• (22:36) - Blogging & SEO
• (29:19) - Pricing AI Usage In Apps
• (43:43) - HelpSpot & AI
• (59:54) - GPT Sol & Fable

• Jay-Z at Yankee Stadium
• Clock Radio Speakers Patreon
• 19th.com
• GPT Sol 5.6
• Token Town Episode 007

Ian and Aaron talk about saving a kid's life (!), Solo's big update, and an emerging controversy - do you still need to read the code?

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• (00:00) - Aaron Saved A Life
• (05:18) - No Good Comes From A Bounce House
• (11:40) - 4th of July Parades
• (15:20) - Workspaces In Solo
• (24:33) - Should You Still Read The Code?
• (40:05) - Aaron's Breakout Tweet
• (51:05) - Outro Update

• Big Tex is Destroyed By Fire
• Solo
• Aaron's tweet about Louis CK
• Nate Bargatze
• Jim Gaffigan
• Filament