The Era of Sol

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

Links:cfmpeg - https://cfmpeg.com ElevenLabs - https://elevenlabs.io GPT-5.6 Sol - https://openai.com/index/gpt-5-6/ Ian on Notes on Work - https://notesonwork.transistor.fm/episodes/ian-landsman-is-here-to-help-me-ship HelpSpot AI - https://www.helpspot.com/platform/ai Token Town Episode 008 - https://tokentown.com/episodes/008-aarons-training-an-ai-model BigSkyDevConf - https://bigskydevconf.com Laracon US - https://laracon.us Great Illustrated Classics - https://www.greatillustratedclassics.com