141: The Era of Sol

Ian and Aaron discuss letting Sol Ultra rip for over 2 days straight, Aaron's new side project, problems with macOS, trying to price AI usage in apps, and more.
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• (00:00) - Tim Cook's Office

• (06:00) - Introducing cfmpeg

• (12:27) - Ian & ElevenLabs

• (15:04) - Subscriptions In Outro

• (18:45) - World Cup

• (24:06) - Sol Ultra

• (28:07) - An Update on HelpSpot AI Pricing

• (52:04) - Aaron’s Custom Model

• (01:07:40) - Next Week: Laracon US!

• (01:10:23) - Great Illustrated Classics

Links:• cfmpeg.com
• ElevenLabs (elevenlabs.io)
• GPT-5.6 Sol (openai.com/index/gpt-5-6)
• Ian on Notes on Work (notesonwork.transistor.fm/episodes/ian-landsma…)
• HelpSpot AI (helpspot.com/platform/ai)
• Token Town Episode 008 (tokentown.com/episodes/008-aarons-training-an-…)
• BigSkyDevConf (bigskydevconf.com)
• Laracon US (laracon.us)
• Great Illustrated Classics (greatillustratedclassics.com)