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  "description": "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",
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  "textContent": "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.\n\nIn this episode:\n\n * (00:00) - Intro\n * (01:19) - Meet Aaron Francis\n * (03:28) - Whiskey intro and rating: Green River Distilling Co. Full Proof Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey\n * (14:32) - The home office that’s not at home\n * (17:44) - Tailwind vs Vanilla CSS\n * (18:52) - Git Rebase vs Git Merge\n * (21:44) - Let vs Const\n * (25:40) - Rails vs Laravel\n * (33:23) - Challenges of full stack frameworks\n * (48:18) - Aaron’s staycation birthday present\n * (50:38) - Two sets of twins\n * (56:56) - Family vehicles\n * (59:59) - What Aaron would do if not in tech\n * (01:01:20) - Plugs\n\nLinks\n * Mostly Technical: https://mostlytechnical.com/ [https://mostlytechnical.com/]\n * Laravel: https://laravel.com/ [https://laravel.com/]\n * SQLite: https://www.sqlite.org/ [https://www.sqlite.org/]\n * Postgres: https://www.postgresql.org/ [https://www.postgresql.org/]\n * Rails: https://rubyonrails.org/ [https://rubyonrails.org/]\n * Screencasting: https://screencasting.com [https://screencasting.com]\n * Try Hard Studios: https://tryhardstudios.com/ [https://tryhardstudios.com/]\n * Ryan Reynolds: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Reynolds [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Reynolds]\n * Green River Distilling: https://greenriverwhiskey.com/ [https://greenriverwhiskey.com/]\n * Norlan: https://norlanglass.com [https://norlanglass.com]\n * Tailwind CSS: https://tailwindcss.com/ [https://tailwindcss.com/]\n * Taylor Otwell: https://x.com/taylorotwell [https://x.com/taylorotwell]\n * DHH: https://x.com/dhh/ [https://x.com/dhh/]\n * Tuple: https://tuple.app/ [https://tuple.app/]\n * Ben Orenstein: https://x.com/r00k [https://x.com/r00k]\n * The Car Mom: https://www.youtube.com/@TheCarMom [https://www.youtube.com/@TheCarMom]\n\nConnect with Aaron\n * Website: https://aaronfrancis.com [https://aaronfrancis.com]\n * X / Twitter: https://x.com/aarondfrancis [https://x.com/aarondfrancis]\n * Mastering Postgres: https://masteringpostgres.com/ [https://masteringpostgres.com/]\n * High Performance SQLite: https://highperformancesqlite.com/ [https://highperformancesqlite.com/]\n * Screencasting: https://screencasting.com/ [https://screencasting.com/]\n\nConnect with Chuck and Robbie\n * Robbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieTheWagner [https://x.com/RobbieTheWagner]\n * Chuck Carpenter: https://x.com/CharlesWthe3rd [https://x.com/CharlesWthe3rd]\n\nSubscribe and stay in touch\n * Website: https://whiskey.fm [https://whiskey.fm]\n * Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whiskey-web-and-whatnot/id1552776603 [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whiskey-web-and-whatnot/id1552776603]\n * Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/19jiuHAqzeKnkleQUpZxDf [https://open.spotify.com/show/19jiuHAqzeKnkleQUpZxDf]\n * Overcast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1552776603 [https://overcast.fm/itunes1552776603]\n * YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WhiskeyWebAndWhatnot [https://www.youtube.com/@WhiskeyWebAndWhatnot]\n\nWhiskey Web and Whatnot Merch\n\nEnjoying the podcast and want us to make more? Help support us by picking up some of our fresh merch at https://whiskey.fund [https://whiskey.fund].",
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