iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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John O'Nolan @johnonolan.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

I've seen some of what Aaron's working on here, and it's so far ahead of anything I've managed to figure out for myself. (I told him to price this 10x higher but he refused listen to me, so it's your lucky day.)

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Ian Landsman @ianlandsman.com · 14/01/2026

Here we go! bsky.app/profile/aaro...

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Aaron Francis @aaronfrancis.com · 14/01/2026

They say AI is the end for developers. They say the job market is gone. They say learning to code is pointless. I don’t buy it. I think we're just getting started.

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Nick Basile @nick-basile.com · 27/05/2025

One of my favorite courses of all-time, and I'm sure it's beyond better now. If you want to get better at screencasting, this is THE way to do it.

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Aaron Francis @aaronfrancis.com · 27/05/2025

We have been working hard to make screencasting.com the comprehensive destination for all things screencasting. 🎉 We're excited to announce FIVE new courses 🎉 • How to Screencast • Screenflow • Premiere Pro • DaVinci Resolve • Final Cut Pro But that's not all!

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The Panel Podcast @thepanel.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Today we talked about Brian's launch – how did it go? Near the end, @justinjackson.ca and @briancasel.com debate the merits of different pricing approaches. What do you think? Reply here with your thoughts!

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Brian's launch – how did it go?

Justin and Brian talk about how Brian's launch for Instrumental...

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Aaron Francis @aaronfrancis.com · 14/05/2025

I sat down with Josh Howard from Cloudflare and asked him my most pressing question... What *is* a Durable Object? We spent the next hour talking Durable Objects, D1, Workers, and how the whole Cloudflare platform works. You're gonna love this one. youtu.be/C5-741uQPVU

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How Durable Objects and D1 Work: A Deep Dive with Cloudflare’s Josh Howard

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Martin Folmer @martinfolmer.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Absolutely loved this talk between @aaronfrancis.com and Heikki Linnakangas. I get drawn in by these kinds of deep dives. Watching someone with 20+ years in Postgres talk about their craft and the work that goes into a piece of software like Postgres and Neon. It's truly inspiring. #postgres

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20 years of hacking Postgres with Heikki Linnakangas (cofounder of Neon)

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Zack Gilbert @zackgilbert.com · 02/05/2025

Taking inspiration from @aaronfrancis.com's weekly newsletter and going to share some links/videos/posts I found particularly interesting this week... Want to join along? 🧵

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Aaron Francis @aaronfrancis.com · 02/05/2025

I recorded a new video about building a model reservation system *on top* of Laravel's atomic locks. It's kinda wild, and I got to use generated database columns so you know I was pumped about it. youtu.be/czHUFCWVY0c

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Building a model reservation system with atomic locks

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Joe Tannenbaum @joe.codes · 23/04/2025

"I'm discovering Miami from first principles" was a phrase uttered as I held my head in my hands

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Aaron Francis @aaronfrancis.com · 22/04/2025

Wrote up some of my thoughts on what it means to be nice versus what it means to be kind. aaronfrancis.com/2025/you-can...

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You can't trust a nice guy - Aaron Francis

They're always up to no good!

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Syntax @syntax.fm · 06/03/2025

do we hate or love @aaronfrancis.com for this?

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Justin Jackson @justinjackson.ca · 07/03/2025

Love this: "For me, I just kind of YOLO everything. If the audience wants to follow along, that's great! Because I have to do this for many years, I have to want to keep going." – @aaronfrancis.com

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The Panel Podcast @thepanel.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

New episode of The Panel: Online courses and YouTube – good business? ( @aaronfrancis.com and @mariepoulin.com share their experience ) What do you think? Reply here with your thoughts!

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Online courses and YouTube – good business? (Aaron Francis and Marie Poulin)

Marie Poulin and Aaron Francis join us to discuss the realities of...

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Stephen Margheim @fractaledmind.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

🚀 High Leverage Rails is available now! Simplify your stack and scale from zero to IPO with Rails + SQLite. I made this video course in partnership with Try Hard Studios to teach you everything you need (and nothing you don't) to build then ship quality apps with less hassle.

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Honeybadger.io @honeybadger.io · 19/02/2025

Love to see @fractaledmind.bsky.social and @aaronfrancis.com producing such high quality Rails content. Go check out the course!

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Aaron Francis @aaronfrancis.com · 19/02/2025

🎉 High Leverage Rails is now available! Simplify your stack, scale from zero to IPO. High Leverage Rails is a video course for beginners by Rails educator @fractaledmind.bsky.social. You'll learn how to build faster and ship quality apps with less code and less hassle.

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Mostly Technical Podcast @mostlytechnical.com · 19/02/2025

This week on MT, @aaronfrancis.com & @ianlandsman.com enter a new frontier of technical, developer-focused podcasting: How should you cook nachos in a microwave?

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Aaron Francis @aaronfrancis.com · 14/02/2025

Today, on my 36th birthday, I'm excited to release my new library Fusion as a developer preview! Fusion is the best way to combine your Laravel backend with your JavaScript frontend.

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Laravel News @laravelnews.com · 14/02/2025

X user Aaron Francis is planning to officially launch Fusion today and we have an exclusive interview with him that’ll drop when it launches. 🎉

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Kai 🌟 @kaidav.is · 13/02/2025

i’ve been watching video courses while i meal prep recently. about to finish @aaronfrancis.com’s excellent screencasting.com course. tons of actionable tips, insights, and confirmations. very worth the investment. and a great looking example of a video course. two thumbs up.

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screencasting.com by Aaron Francis

screencasting.com educates developers and aspiring teachers to create high-quality screencasts faster than ever. Plan, record, and edit screencasts that truly shine.

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Kent C. Dodds 🌌 @kentcdodds.com · 09/02/2025

Who better to share Epic Bets: Practical Tips for Betting on Yourself than the one and only @aaronfrancis.com at #EpicWebConf!? Aaron will break down how to make yourself more resilient, adaptable, and ready for whatever comes next. Check out his interview! www.epicweb.dev/conf

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Aaron Francis @aaronfrancis.com · 06/02/2025

I built a tool to automate integration tests on my command line tool! I'm pretty pleased with it. youtu.be/C-S8zwiB2CA

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I built a CLI automation tool in PHP (yes really)

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Mostly Technical Podcast @mostlytechnical.com · 05/02/2025

This week on MT, @aaronfrancis.com is fresh off the Laracon EU stage and he wants to know how @ianlandsman.com feels about Fusion - is he a yes man? A medium man? A no man?!

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John Rudolph Drexler @johnrudolphdrexler.com · 04/02/2025

“Fusion does not abolish inertia, it fulfills inertia.” Sometimes I feel like @aaronfrancis.com is writing jokes just for @coulb.com and me.

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Joe Tannenbaum @joe.codes · 04/02/2025

Some true innovation from @aaronfrancis.com at Laracon EU, really pushing the boundaries and showing us how it's done Total high wire act and he absolutely nailed it 👏 (Also how am I suddenly tearing up during a hard technical talk)

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Curtis @curtishenson.com · 04/02/2025

I love that @aaronfrancis.com just does the things people say you can't do. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sa3X...

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I built a way to write PHP alongside your frontend

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Justin Jackson @justinjackson.ca · 05/02/2025

This design work @wking.dev did for @aaronfrancis.com and Try Hard’s open source projects is epic! 🙌

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Aaron Francis @aaronfrancis.com · 31/01/2025

I built a GUI in the terminal! With PHP! It has tabs, modals, scrolling... everything. Go watch the tour! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ucgr...

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I built a GUI in the terminal (with PHP)

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Chris Morrell @cmorrell.com · 29/01/2025

Just got a peek at @aaronfrancis.com’s [REDACTED] that will be introduced at Laracon. Be prepared to have your mind blown.

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Andrew Schmelyun @aschmelyun.com · 29/01/2025

Htmx, Alpine.js, and Tryhard Studios mentioned in one video? Courses and course platforms are so hot this year. youtu.be/v9NC2P328sI

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What I've been up to recently...

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Stephen Margheim @fractaledmind.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

If you didn't see yesterday, I'm partnering with @aaronfrancis.com and Steve Tenuto to produce an in-depth video course on building with Rails + SQLite. "High Leverage Rails" is coming in February and I couldn't be more excited!

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Rissa Jackson @rissabubbles.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

If you want to learn Rails or get better at Rails this is definitely a course you want to check out!

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Kent C. Dodds 🌌 @kentcdodds.com · 22/01/2025

Just got off of a great chat with @aaronfrancis.com talking about trying hard, betting on yourself, and what he's excited to talk about at #EpicWebConf. See you in March!

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Joe Tannenbaum @joe.codes · 22/01/2025

I'm going to be bummed when these fellas release a trailer that doesn't absolutely SLAP but good news for us that day does not look like it's anytime soon

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Josh from Honeybadger @joshuawood.honeybadger.io · 22/01/2025

This is so cool, and no one better to do it than @fractaledmind.bsky.social and @aaronfrancis.com. Happy that @honeybadger.io can play a small part. Can't wait!

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Aaron Francis @aaronfrancis.com · 22/01/2025

I'm incredibly excited to announce that we've partnered with @fractaledmind.bsky.social to produce our first course on Ruby on Rails. Sponsored by @hatchbox.io and @honeybadger.io, High Leverage Rails is an in-depth video course on Rails + SQLite for beginners. Coming in February!

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Mostly Technical Podcast @mostlytechnical.com · 22/01/2025

This week on MT, @ianlandsman.com & @aaronfrancis.com talk about why Blade performance is so freaking important. Assuming Dagger (github.com/Stillat/dagger) works as expected - should something like this be pulled into the core?

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Ian Landsman @ianlandsman.com · 21/01/2025

The new ad format we've come up with for this is going to be really good for small companies (and large). Branding focused ads at a great price. bsky.app/profile/most...

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Mostly Technical Podcast @mostlytechnical.com · 21/01/2025

🚨 Exciting news! 🚨 You can now sponsor Mostly Technical! 🎙️ Our unique ad format of short, engaging ad reads that run all month long is perfect for building strong name recognition with our tech-savvy audience. 🚀 sponsor.mostlytechnical.com

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Purchase an ad on Mostly Technical

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JD Lien @jdlien.com · 07/01/2025

If you work with databases enough, you’ll eventually need to migrate a database from one RDBMS to another. This can be challenging, but it doesn’t have to be! My latest article for @aaronfrancis.com covers planning migration of a DB from SQLite to Postgres. masteringpostgres.com/articles/mig...

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Articles - Mastering Postgres

A guide to successfully migrating a large, complicated database from SQLite into PostgreSQL. This includes tips, advice, and a comprehensive migration checklist to help you create your own migration p...

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Aaron Francis @aaronfrancis.com · 31/12/2024

At the beginning of 2024 I had newborn twins and two-year-old twins, I developed arthritis, and I got laid off while on paternity leave. Since then, Steve and I started a business and doubled our old salaries. 2024 was the hardest year of my life. Here's my review 👇

Aaron asleep with newborn twins on his lap.

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Zain Wania @zainwania.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Mastering postgres is the best course I've ever bought by far

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Andrew Cairns @acairns.co.uk · 24/12/2024

Kicked back yesterday lunch time to rewatch some parts of @aaronfrancis.com 's screencasting course. Thinking about the content I want to create in 2025. I need Santa to bring me a new camera. And new slippers, evidently...

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Mostly Technical Podcast @mostlytechnical.com · 23/12/2024

Episode 64: Yes Man - is live! Ian has a Christmas present for Aaron; the guys look back on 2024 and forward to 2025. Finally, they break down MT ad revenue for 2024 and set a goal for 2025. share.transistor.fm/s/5d2e730e

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64: Yes Man | Mostly Technical | Episode 64

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Aaron Francis @aaronfrancis.com · 23/12/2024

I'm starting to work on my year in review and boy, it's a doozy. Is there anything in particular you'd like to know?

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