27: The Layoff

Ian & Aaron discuss being laid off, what comes next for Aaron, why layoffs always go bad, good free tiers vs. bad free tiers, & more.

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• (00:00) - We Don't Have Bosses
• (06:51) - Dune Part 2 Side Tangent
• (14:19) - The Main Character
• (26:13) - These Things Always Go Bad
• (32:44) - Free Tiers
• (42:50) - Have You Heard About Cloudflare?
• (48:32) - Thoughts on Content Marketing
• (56:34) - Face of the Organization
• (01:01:48) - The Future
• (01:15:18) - The Future, Continued
• (01:27:31) - I'm Hot & Rich Now!
• (01:34:14) - Aaron Francis Studio of Light & Sound
• (01:37:33) - Follow Up & An Interesting Idea

• "...@ianlandsman, who is a gifted takesman" (on Twitter)
• Aaron got laid off
• Aaron Francis Studio of Light and Sound
• Alamo Drafthouse
• Studio Movie Grill
• Aaron's tweet about seeing Dune 2
• PlanetScale forever (blog post)
• PlanetScale's schema recommendations
• Laracon US - tickets still available!
• Primeagen's breakdown of the PlanetScale layoffs (on YouTube)
• The Ramsey Show
• Car Talk
• Mike and the Mad Dog
• Aaron's tweet about a call in radio show