Do Things & Tell People

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

Links:Abigail Otwell's airport photo (Aaron in line behind Taylor & Abigail) - https://x.com/abigailotwell/status/2089867999834444088 Laravel Live DK - https://laravellive.dk/ DHH on Twitter/X - https://x.com/dhh Omacom Foundation launches with $8 million (Omarchy blog) - https://omarchy.org/news/2026/08/omacom-foundation-launches-with-8-million/ Geocodio - https://www.geocod.io/ Tom Crary on Twitter/X - https://x.com/TMoney1371 Taylor's video of Aaron trying caviar - https://x.com/taylorotwell/status/2090928181519794619 Flighty (iOS app) - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/flighty-live-flight-tracker/id1358823008 Ian's tweet of the chairs Aaron slept on - https://x.com/ianlandsman/status/2091495312401526943