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This week, Robbie and Chuck talk with Aaron Francis about developer education, Laravel vs. Rails, and the evolution of full-stack development. They explore the trade-offs of opinionated frameworks, the practicality of PHP, and why simplicity often wins. Plus, Aaron shares his hot takes on modern web dev trends, and the joys of working from a home-office-that’s-not-home.
In this episode:
- (00:00) - Intro
- (01:19) - Meet Aaron Francis
- (03:28) - Whiskey intro and rating: Green River Distilling Co. Full Proof Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
- (14:32) - The home office that’s not at home
- (17:44) - Tailwind vs Vanilla CSS
- (18:52) - Git Rebase vs Git Merge
- (21:44) - Let vs Const
- (25:40) - Rails vs Laravel
- (33:23) - Challenges of full stack frameworks
- (48:18) - Aaron’s staycation birthday present
- (50:38) - Two sets of twins
- (56:56) - Family vehicles
- (59:59) - What Aaron would do if not in tech
- (01:01:20) - Plugs
- Mostly Technical: https://mostlytechnical.com/
- Laravel: https://laravel.com/
- SQLite: https://www.sqlite.org/
- Postgres: https://www.postgresql.org/
- Rails: https://rubyonrails.org/
- Screencasting: https://screencasting.com
- Try Hard Studios: https://tryhardstudios.com/
- Ryan Reynolds: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Reynolds
- Green River Distilling: https://greenriverwhiskey.com/
- Norlan: https://norlanglass.com
- Tailwind CSS: https://tailwindcss.com/
- Taylor Otwell: https://x.com/taylorotwell
- DHH: https://x.com/dhh/
- Tuple: https://tuple.app/
- Ben Orenstein: https://x.com/r00k
- The Car Mom: https://www.youtube.com/@TheCarMom
- Website: https://aaronfrancis.com
- X / Twitter: https://x.com/aarondfrancis
- Mastering Postgres: https://masteringpostgres.com/
- High Performance SQLite: https://highperformancesqlite.com/
- Screencasting: https://screencasting.com/
- Robbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieTheWagner
- Chuck Carpenter: https://x.com/CharlesWthe3rd
- Website: https://whiskey.fm
- Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whiskey-web-and-whatnot/id1552776603
- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/19jiuHAqzeKnkleQUpZxDf
- Overcast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1552776603
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WhiskeyWebAndWhatnot
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