Episode
112: Token Machine
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- Mostly Technical
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- Dec 23, 2025
- Duration seconds
- 3427
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Summary
Ian and Aaron talk about Santa (obviously), do you still need an MBA (maybe not so obvious), why Ian isn't burning as many tokens as possible to get Outro out the door, what people are building with the Telegram API, and more. Sponsored by Bento , Flare , Ittybit , tldraw , OG Kit , Tighten , and Nusii Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more. (00:00) - Magically Better (08:59) - Pre-Holiday Adventures (17:17) - Burning The Midnight Tokens (25:35) - Outlasted By AI Agents (38:06) - Thinking Businessy (44:34) - Advent of SQL Update (50:39) - Telegram Bots Links: F150 Lightning Rivian Digital Key VW Atlas 1995 4 Runner Los Tacos No. 1 Bass Pro Shop's Santa's Wonderland Codex 5.2 PHPStan Advent of SQL Jeffrey Way's post on building a Telegram Bot Nutgram