About me
Hello, my name is Aaron Francis.
I'm a software developer and content creator. I'm a developer educator at PlanetScale PlanetScale , a MySQL database platform. Twitter Twitter all the time, and I make videos on YouTube YouTube .
I'm a CPA and used to be a tax accountant at a Big 4, but I've gladly left that life far behind me.
I love making things and having lots of side projects side projects going. I live in Dallas with my beautiful and perfect wife Jennifer and our two-year-old twins. We, somehow, are expecting another set of twins in December.
I'm very online, you can find me lots of places:

Me and the Boss

First set of twins

Second set (!!) of twins

Course research

Laracon EU

GitHub Universe
Projects
Things I've built (or am currently building)
screencasting.com
I created a 4.5-hour, on-demand video course that teaches you how to produce high-quality screencasts faster than ever.
Personal YouTube
My channel where I talk about Laravel and PHP.
PlanetScale YouTube
My work channel where I talk about MySQL.
Mostly Technical Podcast
Hosted by my friend Ian Landsman and I, Mostly Technical is a discussion on Laravel, business, and an eclectic mix of related topics. Recorded and released every week.
Shedquarters
I transformed an empty shed into my backyard home office over the course of many, many months. I took lots of pictures and videos along the way!
acct229.com
Accounting tutoring for students at Texas A&M.
Torchlight.dev
A service for perfect syntax highlighting.