Cyber Monday and Black Friday reflections

Ian and Aaron discuss Claude vs. Gemini, *another* Laravel New idea, drama on Thanksgiving, and so much more.

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• (00:00) - Happy Cyber Monday!
• (01:39) - Follow Up
• (07:24) - AI Update: Claude vs. Gemini
• (24:43) - Laravel New, Again, Again?
• (36:30) - Ian's 🐕 Drama
• (43:25) - Kids & Parks
• (48:47) - A Childlike Server
• (52:50) - Even More Follow Up

• Indie Hacker who had his wedding sponsored
• Million Dollar Homepage
• Introducing Claude Opus 4.5
• JMac's 'child-like' $20/month DO box