# 121: Let Ian Cook Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/mostly-technical-6567048/121-let-ian-cook Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/mostly-technical-6567048/121-let-ian-cook.md Podcast: [Mostly Technical](https://stenobird.com/podcast/mostly-technical-6567048) Published: 2026-02-24T13:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://share.transistor.fm/s/87959603 Audio file: https://media.transistor.fm/87959603/d64b831d.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/mostly-technical-6567048/episodes/121-let-ian-cook Duration seconds: 4932 ## Resource Ian and Aaron discuss Ian shipping (!) the HelpSpot website and cooking on Outro, Aaron's complete overhaul of Solo, why it's nice to have a wife, and so much more. Register today for the Mostly Technical Pre-Party at Laracon EU . Sponsored by SavvyCal Appointments , Bento , Laravel Private Cloud , IttyBit , Ray by Spatie , and Redberry . Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more. (00:00) - Hell Week 3 (12:01) - The Haters Were Right (22:09) - Ian Shipped! (27:09) - Does Aaron Know Who Snoop Is? (32:29) - Cooking On Outro (46:17) - Counselors Update (01:05:28) - The Learning Skill (01:16:47) - It's Nice To Have A Wife (01:19:23) - Gamification of Software Links: OpenCode Xterm.js Will King Jason Beggs HelpSpot Outro Solo Counselors ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/mostly-technical-6567048/episodes/121-let-ian-cook/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/mostly-technical-6567048/121-let-ian-cook.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.