Old Man Yells At Cloud - Aaron Francis

Ian and Aaron talk about choosing between Faster.dev & Solo (which one is more likely to pay off?), the pros and cons of using AI to build bespoke internal apps, youth sports, Project Hail Mary, and so much more.

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(00:00) - Kids Sports

(05:19) - Building Internal Tools

(17:23) - Empire of Scripts

(24:41) - Everybody Wants CLI & MCP

(29:46) - Solo Will Never Be Done

(45:46) - Faster.dev vs. Solo

(59:36) - Vibe Coding An App To $10k

(01:06:11) - Project Hail Mary

Links:Aaron on the baseball field - https://x.com/aarondfrancis/status/2035895063146815858?s=20 Project Hail Mary - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Hail_Mary_(film) Jason Fried on Twitter - https://x.com/jasonfried/status/2035074613773050266?s=20 Laravel AI SDK - https://laravel.com/ai Laravel MCP - https://laravel.com/ai/mcp Solo - https://soloterm.com Will King - https://x.com/willking Aaron's video on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvTPDeU0B7k Eric Barnes' new venture - https://dotdev.co

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