Engaging Polls and Lighthearted Travel Debates

Ian and Aaron discuss pricing for Outro.fm, what kind of sponsors Aaron should have on Database School, trips vs. vacations, GPT-5, and so much more.

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• (00:00) - Trip vs. Vacation
• (05:46) - First Real School
• (12:23) - An Update on Satisficing
• (14:00) - Polls in Outro.fm
• (23:11) - Outro.fm Pricing
• (42:44) - GPT-5
• (59:10) - Sponsors for Database School?
• (01:09:40) - Ian's Getting Organized
• (01:23:15) - LifeOS Update

• AWD vs. 4WD
• Call Screening in iOS 26
• Parkinson's Law
• Justin Jackson on Bluesky
• Tatami - email monitoring & alerting
• GPT-5 is here
• Sam Altman's tweet showing the Death Star
• NotebookLM
• Bear.app
• Database School
• Obsidian
• Notion Calendar