Listen "Aaron Francis: Building and Teaching Cool Things"
Episode Synopsis
Aaron Francis is here! We chat about open source projects, Fusion and Solo, his company Try Hard Studios, and his educational courses. Is Aaron an LLM? Maybe! He also tweets viral things sometimes. Enjoy!00:00 Introduction and Welcoming Aaron Francis03:23 Introducing Aaron Francis: Developer and Educator04:53 Deep Dive into Fusion19:43 Exploring Solo: Simplifying Local Development29:05 Business Side: Try Hard Studios and Screen Casting29:50 The Challenges of Creating Technical Courses30:48 The Exhausting Process of Learning Databases32:59 The Art of Screencasting35:27 Balancing Technical Rigor and Personal Opinion39:38 Starting a Business After a Layoff42:00 Navigating the First Year of Business45:49 Cool thingsLinks:- Aaron on X https://x.com/aarondfrancis and Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/aaronfrancis.com- Fusion https://github.com/fusion-php/fusion- Solo https://github.com/soloterm/solo- Try Hard Studios https://tryhardstudios.com/- Mastering Postgres https://masteringpostgres.com/- High Performance SQLite https://highperformancesqlite.com/- Screencasting Course https://screencasting.com/Cool things:- superwhisper https://superwhisper.com/- lex.page https://lex.page/- Sesame AI https://www.sesame.com/research/crossing_the_uncanny_valley_of_voice- Rocket League https://www.rocketleague.com/en
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