133: Do The Hardest Thing with Jesse Hanley
From Mostly Technical by Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis
May 26, 2026 · 1h 21m · Episode 139
About this episode
Aaron interviews Jesse Hanley about building a successful business and managing stress while transitioning technologies.
Aaron is joined this week by Jesse Hanley, founder of Bento, to talk about building a seven figure business, why he feels less stress now than he did when he started, migrating from Heroku to Planetscale, and more. Sponsored by InterNACHI , Honeybadger , Bento , Vask , and NativePHP Ultra Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more. Going to Laracon? Sign up for the Mostly Technical Pre-Party ! (00:00) - 5 TB of Data (11:12) - Laravel Live Japan (15:46) - Seven Figure Business (24:32) - Advice for Indie Hackers (28:57) - Pick Better Problems (32:50) - Friends of Bento (42:33) - Heroku to Planetscale (01:15:02) - What's Next Links: Jesse Hanley Speedshop Jesse's Database School episode Tatami Dragonfly RedisShake Laravel Live Japan Daniel Coulbourne
People in this episode
Host: Aaron
Guest: Jesse Hanley
Topics covered
- business growth
- entrepreneurship
- stress management
- database migration
- indie hacking
- Laravel
Keywords
- seven figure business
- stress management
- Heroku
- Planetscale
- indie hackers
- Laravel Live Japan
Sponsors
InterNACHI, Honeybadger, Bento, Vask, NativePHP
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Bento, Heroku, Planetscale
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