About this episode

Ian and Aaron discuss various topics including poker, video transcoding, and societal issues.

Ian and Aaron talk about more poker adventures, transcoding videos at scale, escaping the permanent underclass, worktrees vs. copy on write, and so much more. Sponsored by SavvyCal Appointments , Bento , Laravel Private Cloud , Laravel Live DK , IttyBit , and Ray by Spatie . Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more. (00:00) - Ian Keeps Winning (10:00) - Transcoding Videos (25:33) - Superpowers (39:40) - A Parade In Boston (47:36) - Run Dangerously (55:20) - Ire of the Worktree Maxi's (01:02:56) - Escape the Permanent Underclass Links: Daniel Coulbourne Chris Morrell Modal Mux HTTP Live Streaming Superpowers Jason Beggs Fast User Switching Worktrees

People in this episode

Hosts: Ian Landsman, Aaron Francis

Topics covered

• poker adventures
• transcoding videos
• worktrees
• permanent underclass
• technology
• business

Sponsors

SavvyCal Appointments, Bento, Laravel Private Cloud, Laravel Live DK, IttyBit, Ray by Spatie

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Modal, Mux, HTTP Live Streaming

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