Aaron Francis
@aaronfrancis.com
Sincere poster. No cynicism. Dad to two sets of twins! Co-founder of tryhardstudios.com
- https://MasteringPostgres.com
- https://HighPerformanceSQLite.com
- https://screencasting.com
- https://mostlytechnical.com
- https://aaronfrancis.com
- https://MasteringPostgres.com
- https://HighPerformanceSQLite.com
- https://screencasting.com
- https://mostlytechnical.com
- https://aaronfrancis.com
Steve and I will also be offering services! If you want a review of your screencasts, we can give you a 15 minute teardown.
If you wanna hang for an hour and ask more specific questions, you can do that too!
If you wanna hang for an hour and ask more specific questions, you can do that too!
May 27, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Steve and I will also be offering services! If you want a review of your screencasts, we can give you a 15 minute teardown.
If you wanna hang for an hour and ask more specific questions, you can do that too!
If you wanna hang for an hour and ask more specific questions, you can do that too!
But it's not just courses! We've also created plugins to make your life easier.
We have a 3D UI plugin for Premiere, which is how we made the trailer for this thread!
And two new plugins for DaVinci. Perfect facecams and beautiful screen zooms, every time.
We have a 3D UI plugin for Premiere, which is how we made the trailer for this thread!
And two new plugins for DaVinci. Perfect facecams and beautiful screen zooms, every time.
May 27, 2025 at 5:19 PM
But it's not just courses! We've also created plugins to make your life easier.
We have a 3D UI plugin for Premiere, which is how we made the trailer for this thread!
And two new plugins for DaVinci. Perfect facecams and beautiful screen zooms, every time.
We have a 3D UI plugin for Premiere, which is how we made the trailer for this thread!
And two new plugins for DaVinci. Perfect facecams and beautiful screen zooms, every time.
We also partnered with some amazing guest instructors to bring you courses on each of the major editors.
Screenflow, Premiere, DaVinci, and Resolve.
Learn how to use the editors *specifically* for editing screencasts, not making movies.
And we have more coming 👀
Screenflow, Premiere, DaVinci, and Resolve.
Learn how to use the editors *specifically* for editing screencasts, not making movies.
And we have more coming 👀
May 27, 2025 at 5:19 PM
We also partnered with some amazing guest instructors to bring you courses on each of the major editors.
Screenflow, Premiere, DaVinci, and Resolve.
Learn how to use the editors *specifically* for editing screencasts, not making movies.
And we have more coming 👀
Screenflow, Premiere, DaVinci, and Resolve.
Learn how to use the editors *specifically* for editing screencasts, not making movies.
And we have more coming 👀
We have our flagship "How to Screencast" course, which teaches you the fundamentals of screencasting.
How to research, plan, prepare, set up your equipment, record, and the theory of editing.
It's the course I wish I had when I was starting out!
How to research, plan, prepare, set up your equipment, record, and the theory of editing.
It's the course I wish I had when I was starting out!
May 27, 2025 at 5:19 PM
We have our flagship "How to Screencast" course, which teaches you the fundamentals of screencasting.
How to research, plan, prepare, set up your equipment, record, and the theory of editing.
It's the course I wish I had when I was starting out!
How to research, plan, prepare, set up your equipment, record, and the theory of editing.
It's the course I wish I had when I was starting out!
We have been working hard to make screencasting.com the comprehensive destination for all things screencasting.
🎉 We're excited to announce FIVE new courses 🎉
• How to Screencast
• Screenflow
• Premiere Pro
• DaVinci Resolve
• Final Cut Pro
But that's not all!
🎉 We're excited to announce FIVE new courses 🎉
• How to Screencast
• Screenflow
• Premiere Pro
• DaVinci Resolve
• Final Cut Pro
But that's not all!
May 27, 2025 at 5:19 PM
We have been working hard to make screencasting.com the comprehensive destination for all things screencasting.
🎉 We're excited to announce FIVE new courses 🎉
• How to Screencast
• Screenflow
• Premiere Pro
• DaVinci Resolve
• Final Cut Pro
But that's not all!
🎉 We're excited to announce FIVE new courses 🎉
• How to Screencast
• Screenflow
• Premiere Pro
• DaVinci Resolve
• Final Cut Pro
But that's not all!
🎉 High Leverage Rails is now available! Simplify your stack, scale from zero to IPO.
High Leverage Rails is a video course for beginners by Rails educator @fractaledmind.bsky.social.
You'll learn how to build faster and ship quality apps with less code and less hassle.
High Leverage Rails is a video course for beginners by Rails educator @fractaledmind.bsky.social.
You'll learn how to build faster and ship quality apps with less code and less hassle.
February 19, 2025 at 9:20 PM
🎉 High Leverage Rails is now available! Simplify your stack, scale from zero to IPO.
High Leverage Rails is a video course for beginners by Rails educator @fractaledmind.bsky.social.
You'll learn how to build faster and ship quality apps with less code and less hassle.
High Leverage Rails is a video course for beginners by Rails educator @fractaledmind.bsky.social.
You'll learn how to build faster and ship quality apps with less code and less hassle.
So what's a "developer preview"?
Well that just means that it probably still has a lot of rough edges, but alas, we must ship!
It's really tough competing with world-class solutions that have had years to bake, but you gotta start somewhere.
And so we're starting here.
Well that just means that it probably still has a lot of rough edges, but alas, we must ship!
It's really tough competing with world-class solutions that have had years to bake, but you gotta start somewhere.
And so we're starting here.
February 14, 2025 at 9:52 PM
So what's a "developer preview"?
Well that just means that it probably still has a lot of rough edges, but alas, we must ship!
It's really tough competing with world-class solutions that have had years to bake, but you gotta start somewhere.
And so we're starting here.
Well that just means that it probably still has a lot of rough edges, but alas, we must ship!
It's really tough competing with world-class solutions that have had years to bake, but you gotta start somewhere.
And so we're starting here.
Today, on my 36th birthday, I'm excited to release my new library Fusion as a developer preview!
Fusion is the best way to combine your Laravel backend with your JavaScript frontend.
Fusion is the best way to combine your Laravel backend with your JavaScript frontend.
February 14, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Today, on my 36th birthday, I'm excited to release my new library Fusion as a developer preview!
Fusion is the best way to combine your Laravel backend with your JavaScript frontend.
Fusion is the best way to combine your Laravel backend with your JavaScript frontend.
I'm incredibly excited to announce that we've partnered with
@fractaledmind.bsky.social to produce our first course on Ruby on Rails.
Sponsored by @hatchbox.io and @honeybadger.io, High Leverage Rails is an in-depth video course on Rails + SQLite for beginners.
Coming in February!
@fractaledmind.bsky.social to produce our first course on Ruby on Rails.
Sponsored by @hatchbox.io and @honeybadger.io, High Leverage Rails is an in-depth video course on Rails + SQLite for beginners.
Coming in February!
January 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I'm incredibly excited to announce that we've partnered with
@fractaledmind.bsky.social to produce our first course on Ruby on Rails.
Sponsored by @hatchbox.io and @honeybadger.io, High Leverage Rails is an in-depth video course on Rails + SQLite for beginners.
Coming in February!
@fractaledmind.bsky.social to produce our first course on Ruby on Rails.
Sponsored by @hatchbox.io and @honeybadger.io, High Leverage Rails is an in-depth video course on Rails + SQLite for beginners.
Coming in February!
It's a team sport though, and I couldn't ask for a better teammate than my wife, Jennifer.
This year marks ten years of marriage for us and I couldn't do any of this without her.
This year marks ten years of marriage for us and I couldn't do any of this without her.
December 31, 2024 at 3:16 PM
It's a team sport though, and I couldn't ask for a better teammate than my wife, Jennifer.
This year marks ten years of marriage for us and I couldn't do any of this without her.
This year marks ten years of marriage for us and I couldn't do any of this without her.
I took several interviews with great companies, but none of them felt right.
Steve and I had both gotten laid off, so we were talking the whole time about what was next.
We decided to give it a shot and founded our company Try Hard Studios.
Steve and I had both gotten laid off, so we were talking the whole time about what was next.
We decided to give it a shot and founded our company Try Hard Studios.
December 31, 2024 at 3:16 PM
I took several interviews with great companies, but none of them felt right.
Steve and I had both gotten laid off, so we were talking the whole time about what was next.
We decided to give it a shot and founded our company Try Hard Studios.
Steve and I had both gotten laid off, so we were talking the whole time about what was next.
We decided to give it a shot and founded our company Try Hard Studios.
At the beginning of 2024 I had newborn twins and two-year-old twins, I developed arthritis, and I got laid off while on paternity leave.
Since then, Steve and I started a business and doubled our old salaries.
2024 was the hardest year of my life.
Here's my review 👇
Since then, Steve and I started a business and doubled our old salaries.
2024 was the hardest year of my life.
Here's my review 👇
December 31, 2024 at 3:16 PM
At the beginning of 2024 I had newborn twins and two-year-old twins, I developed arthritis, and I got laid off while on paternity leave.
Since then, Steve and I started a business and doubled our old salaries.
2024 was the hardest year of my life.
Here's my review 👇
Since then, Steve and I started a business and doubled our old salaries.
2024 was the hardest year of my life.
Here's my review 👇
Two new modules for Mastering Postgres just dropped!
Advanced JSON and Vectors.
Early access pricing ends tomorrow, so go get it before then!
MasteringPostgres.com
Advanced JSON and Vectors.
Early access pricing ends tomorrow, so go get it before then!
MasteringPostgres.com
December 18, 2024 at 6:01 PM
Two new modules for Mastering Postgres just dropped!
Advanced JSON and Vectors.
Early access pricing ends tomorrow, so go get it before then!
MasteringPostgres.com
Advanced JSON and Vectors.
Early access pricing ends tomorrow, so go get it before then!
MasteringPostgres.com
I wrote a full terminal emulator in PHP!
And I wrote a testing tool that takes screenshots of the terminal to verify that my emulator is working!
Here's a quick video of the tests running. If you want a longer explanation you can check it out here: x.com/aarondfranci....
And I wrote a testing tool that takes screenshots of the terminal to verify that my emulator is working!
Here's a quick video of the tests running. If you want a longer explanation you can check it out here: x.com/aarondfranci....
December 17, 2024 at 3:37 AM
I wrote a full terminal emulator in PHP!
And I wrote a testing tool that takes screenshots of the terminal to verify that my emulator is working!
Here's a quick video of the tests running. If you want a longer explanation you can check it out here: x.com/aarondfranci....
And I wrote a testing tool that takes screenshots of the terminal to verify that my emulator is working!
Here's a quick video of the tests running. If you want a longer explanation you can check it out here: x.com/aarondfranci....
I just posted a new demo of an enhanced logging experience I'm working on for Laravel.
But it's four minutes, so I can't post the video here!
Here's a link, if you're interested: twitter.com/aarondfranci...
But it's four minutes, so I can't post the video here!
Here's a link, if you're interested: twitter.com/aarondfranci...
December 13, 2024 at 7:18 PM
I just posted a new demo of an enhanced logging experience I'm working on for Laravel.
But it's four minutes, so I can't post the video here!
Here's a link, if you're interested: twitter.com/aarondfranci...
But it's four minutes, so I can't post the video here!
Here's a link, if you're interested: twitter.com/aarondfranci...
You can find me Twitter ar twitter.com/aarondfrancis or YouTube at youtube.com/@aarondfrancis.
December 4, 2024 at 3:57 PM
You can find me Twitter ar twitter.com/aarondfrancis or YouTube at youtube.com/@aarondfrancis.
• SQLite course: highperformancesqlite.com
• Postgres course: masteringpostgres.com
• Screencasting course: screencasting.com
I do a podcast with @ianlandsman.com, called @mostlytechnical.com. It's very good.
• Postgres course: masteringpostgres.com
• Screencasting course: screencasting.com
I do a podcast with @ianlandsman.com, called @mostlytechnical.com. It's very good.
December 4, 2024 at 3:57 PM
• SQLite course: highperformancesqlite.com
• Postgres course: masteringpostgres.com
• Screencasting course: screencasting.com
I do a podcast with @ianlandsman.com, called @mostlytechnical.com. It's very good.
• Postgres course: masteringpostgres.com
• Screencasting course: screencasting.com
I do a podcast with @ianlandsman.com, called @mostlytechnical.com. It's very good.
👋 I'm Aaron. Laravel developer, database educator, conference speaker, YouTuber, and dad to two sets (!!) of twins!
I'm the cofounder of Try Hard Studios. We make videos that developers want to watch.
Here are some things we've made recently 👇
I'm the cofounder of Try Hard Studios. We make videos that developers want to watch.
Here are some things we've made recently 👇
December 4, 2024 at 3:57 PM
👋 I'm Aaron. Laravel developer, database educator, conference speaker, YouTuber, and dad to two sets (!!) of twins!
I'm the cofounder of Try Hard Studios. We make videos that developers want to watch.
Here are some things we've made recently 👇
I'm the cofounder of Try Hard Studios. We make videos that developers want to watch.
Here are some things we've made recently 👇
Here's one of the tests. Super easy to set up.
December 1, 2024 at 8:29 PM
Here's one of the tests. Super easy to set up.
I figured out how to test my TUI in a foolproof way and I'm super proud of it.
In my test runner I spawn the Solo process, send it input, and capture all the output.
I can test hotkeys and assert about the state of the UI. I can also watch it run and visually debug!
In my test runner I spawn the Solo process, send it input, and capture all the output.
I can test hotkeys and assert about the state of the UI. I can also watch it run and visually debug!
December 1, 2024 at 8:29 PM
I figured out how to test my TUI in a foolproof way and I'm super proud of it.
In my test runner I spawn the Solo process, send it input, and capture all the output.
I can test hotkeys and assert about the state of the UI. I can also watch it run and visually debug!
In my test runner I spawn the Solo process, send it input, and capture all the output.
I can test hotkeys and assert about the state of the UI. I can also watch it run and visually debug!
Which part was wrong???
November 30, 2024 at 9:23 PM
Which part was wrong???
