About this episode

Ian and Aaron discuss poker, a major update for Solo on Windows, and the importance of frameworks over programming languages.

Ian and Aaron discuss Ian's misadventures with poker, a huge update for Solo (Windows!), why Aaron thinks languages don't matter but frameworks & ecosystems do, and so much more. Sponsored by Laracon AU , Honeybadger , Bento , Vask , and DropInBlog . 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) - Mostly Poker (10:55) - Poker Town? (13:34) - Outro Update (20:46) - Solo for Windows (!) (30:50) - Pricing Advice (33:52) - Laravel Live UK (42:58) - Languages Don't Matter (56:09) - LaraProm Update (01:04:46) - World Cup Links: World Series of Poker Resorts World Las Vegas Outro Solo

People in this episode

Hosts: Ian Landsman, Aaron Francis

Topics covered

• poker
• software updates
• programming languages
• frameworks
• entrepreneurship

Keywords

• poker
• Solo
• Windows
• Laravel
• frameworks
• entrepreneurship
• software updates

Sponsors

Laracon AU, Honeybadger, Bento, Vask, DropInBlog

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Solo, Solo for Windows

Places: Resorts World Las Vegas

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