Episode

126: Scope Explosion

Podcast
Mostly Technical
Published
Apr 7, 2026
Duration seconds
5758
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Summary

Ian and Aaron talk about why neither of them shipped this past week, how to surface features in an application, tweets going viral....oh, and they're starting a new podcast. Welcome to Token Town. Sponsored by SavvyCal Appointments , Bento , & Laravel Private Cloud . Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more. (00:00) - Ian Didn't Ship (06:33) - Aaron Didn't Ship (11:48) - Solo & MCP (21:16) - Surfacing Features (32:45) - Is AI Hype Dying Down? (37:42) - Viral Tweets (50:29) - Filter Out vs. Filter In (01:01:07) - Claude vs. OpenClaw (01:15:29) - Durable Objects & Databases (01:27:04) - Welcome to Token Town Links: Aaron's tweet about getting to 120fps Aaron's viral tweet about the astronaut Nate Silver vs. Nikita Bier on Twitter Ian's viral tweet about Claude & OpenClaw OpenAI acquires TBPN Aaron's course on durable objects Laravel Cloud MySQL Token Town