Aaron Francis is here! We chat about open source projects, Fusion and Solo, his company Try Hard Studios, and his educational courses. Is Aaron an LLM? Maybe! He also tweets viral things sometimes. Enjoy!

00:00 Introduction and Welcoming Aaron Francis

03:23 Introducing Aaron Francis: Developer and Educator

04:53 Deep Dive into Fusion

19:43 Exploring Solo: Simplifying Local Development

29:05 Business Side: Try Hard Studios and Screen Casting

29:50 The Challenges of Creating Technical Courses

30:48 The Exhausting Process of Learning Databases

32:59 The Art of Screencasting

35:27 Balancing Technical Rigor and Personal Opinion

39:38 Starting a Business After a Layoff

42:00 Navigating the First Year of Business

45:49 Cool things

Links:

- Aaron on X https://x.com/aarondfrancis and Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/aaronfrancis.com

- Fusion https://github.com/fusion-php/fusion

- Solo https://github.com/soloterm/solo

- Try Hard Studios https://tryhardstudios.com/

- Mastering Postgres https://masteringpostgres.com/

- High Performance SQLite https://highperformancesqlite.com/

- Screencasting Course https://screencasting.com/Cool things:

- superwhisper https://superwhisper.com/

- lex.page https://lex.page/

- Sesame AI https://www.sesame.com/research/crossing_the_uncanny_valley_of_voice

- Rocket League https://www.rocketleague.com/en