Tradeoffs of bespoke internal tools

Ian and Aaron talk about choosing between Faster.dev & Solo (which one is more likely to pay off?), the pros and cons of using AI to build bespoke internal apps, youth sports, Project Hail Mary, and so much more.

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• (00:00) - Kids Sports
• (05:19) - Building Internal Tools
• (17:23) - Empire of Scripts
• (24:41) - Everybody Wants CLI & MCP
• (29:46) - Solo Will Never Be Done
• (45:46) - Faster.dev vs. Solo
• (59:36) - Vibe Coding An App To $10k
• (01:06:11) - Project Hail Mary

• Aaron on the baseball field
• Project Hail Mary
• Jason Fried on Twitter
• Laravel AI SDK
• Laravel MCP
• Solo
• Will King
• Aaron's video on YouTube
• Eric Barnes' new venture