About this episode

Ian and Aaron discuss a life-saving incident, updates on Solo, and the debate on whether reading code is still necessary.

Ian and Aaron talk about saving a kid's life (!), Solo's big update, and an emerging controversy - do you still need to read the code? Sponsored by Bento & 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) - Aaron Saved A Life (05:18) - No Good Comes From A Bounce House (11:40) - 4th of July Parades (15:20) - Workspaces In Solo (24:33) - Should You Still Read The Code? (40:05) - Aaron's Breakout Tweet (51:05) - Outro Update Links: Big Tex is Destroyed By Fire Solo Aaron's tweet about Louis CK Nate Bargatze Jim Gaffigan Filament

People in this episode

Hosts: Ian Landsman, Aaron Francis

Topics covered

• saving a life
• Solo update
• code reading controversy
• 4th of July
• workspaces

Keywords

• saving a life
• Solo
• code reading
• 4th of July
• workspaces
• Bento
• DropInBlog

Sponsors

Bento, DropInBlog

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Solo

Books & works: Louis CK, Nate Bargatze, Jim Gaffigan, Filament

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