Mostly Technical 107: A Ruthless Capitalist
Nov 18, 2025
Ian and Aaron dive into the screen time debate for kids, discussing the balance between tech use and childhood autonomy. They share insights on their family's movie nights and reveal their rules about screens at mealtimes. Excitement builds as they unveil the upcoming Database School, featuring a free intro to Postgres and promotional strategies. Ian also talks about acquiring Bootstrapped.fm to preserve its podcast archive, reflecting on the evolution of media since pre-COVID. The hosts sprinkle in TV recommendations, adding a dash of entertainment to their conversation.
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First Family Movie Brought Calm
- Aaron describes first family movie experience where four kids sat quietly through The Secret Life of Pets for an hour and a half.
- He discovered TV gave the family a rare chunk of calm and rest without chaos.
Use Screens To Buy Parental Breaks
- Ian recommends leveraging screens to help manage multiple young children and preserve parental sanity.
- He argues using TV strategically buys exhausted parents needed breaks without permanently harming kids.
Perfect Parenting Harms Connection
- Ian notes perfect parenting can harm family wellbeing because exhaustion makes interactions worse.
- He frames imperfect trade-offs as preferable when they preserve parents' mental health.