About me

Hello, my name is Aaron Francis.

I'm a software developer and content creator. I'm a developer educator at PlanetScale , a MySQL database platform. Twitter all the time, and I make videos on 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 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

Me and the Boss

First set of twins

First set of twins

Second set (!!) of twins

Second set (!!) of twins

Course research

Course research

Laracon EU

Laracon EU

GitHub Universe

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.