Mostly Technical 122: I Just YOLO'd It
Mar 10, 2026
They recap Laracon EU adventures, travel logistics, and conference memories. They dive into Solo’s major terminal rewrite, UI changes, and roadmap features like universal chat and workspaces. Editors, markdown workflows, and keyboard tradeoffs get compared. They discuss AI tooling: building Outro with the Laravel AI SDK, agent safety modes, and deployment plans.
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Upgrade To Solo For Better Terminal Performance
- Do try Solo's updated release because Aaron rewrote terminal handling using Xterm for much better performance and stability.
- The update adds agent summaries, desktop notifications, blank terminals, and extensive terminal appearance settings for daily development use.
Solo As A Single Pane For Dev Workflows
- Solo organizes your development world into a left sidebar with projects and tabbed agent/terminal sessions, acting as a unified workspace manager.
- Ian described using projects for different products and switching instantly between cloud code, codex, and command panes without many external apps.
Add A Setting To Control Sidebar Focus Behavior
- Try adding a small setting to control sidebar click focus behavior so clicks always focus the terminal when appropriate.
- Ian suggested auto-focusing when clicking agent tabs, while Aaron prefers keyboard-first navigation; make it configurable for power users.