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Aaron Francis

19 claims that held, each with the quote it rests on and the date it was true.

Seen in the corpus 3 times, 2023-10-05 to 2024-04-17. Claims that did not hold are not listed here: they were written by research agents rather than by Aaron Francis, so they belong with the other refusals, grouped by how they failed.

current status

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Aaron Francis is still operating.

Aaron Francis , Founder at Try Hard Studios
Laracon US has announced the full speaker lineup for its 2026 conference, headed to Boston on July 28-29.
as of 2026-06-11laravel-news.com
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Aaron Francis is billed as 'Founder at Try Hard Studios' in the Laracon US 2026 speaker lineup.

Aaron Francis , Founder at Try Hard Studios
Laracon US has announced the full speaker lineup for its 2026 conference, headed to Boston on July 28-29.
as of 2026-06-11laravel-news.com

business model

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faster.dev is an annual subscription membership

Membership $299 /year All video series and new releases Complete slash command library
Team size 1 seat 3 seats 5 seats 10 seats 25 seats Start subscription Cancel anytime 30-day full refund
as of 2026-08-03faster.dev
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faster.dev costs $299/year

Membership $299 /year All video series and new releases Complete slash command library
Team size 1 seat 3 seats 5 seats 10 seats 25 seats Start subscription Cancel anytime 30-day full refund
as of 2026-08-03faster.dev
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faster.dev offers seat bundles of 1, 3, 5, 10, and 25 seats

Membership $299 /year All video series and new releases Complete slash command library
Team size 1 seat 3 seats 5 seats 10 seats 25 seats Start subscription Cancel anytime 30-day full refund
as of 2026-08-03faster.dev
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faster.dev has a 30-day full refund

Membership $299 /year All video series and new releases Complete slash command library
Team size 1 seat 3 seats 5 seats 10 seats 25 seats Start subscription Cancel anytime 30-day full refund
as of 2026-08-03faster.dev
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Solo has a free tier.

Four projects free. Forever. Every feature included in Free. Most developers never need Pro—upgrade only when you need more than 4 projects.
Unlimited projects. Unlimited processes.
Brackets apply per seat — a 10-seat team pays $99 each for seats 1–3 and $89 each for seats 4–10.
30-day money-back guarantee. Cancel anytime.
as of 2026-08-03soloterm.com
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Solo's free tier includes 4 projects.

Four projects free. Forever. Every feature included in Free. Most developers never need Pro—upgrade only when you need more than 4 projects.
Unlimited projects. Unlimited processes.
Brackets apply per seat — a 10-seat team pays $99 each for seats 1–3 and $89 each for seats 4–10.
30-day money-back guarantee. Cancel anytime.
as of 2026-08-03soloterm.com
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Solo's free tier includes every feature.

Four projects free. Forever. Every feature included in Free. Most developers never need Pro—upgrade only when you need more than 4 projects.
Unlimited projects. Unlimited processes.
Brackets apply per seat — a 10-seat team pays $99 each for seats 1–3 and $89 each for seats 4–10.
30-day money-back guarantee. Cancel anytime.
as of 2026-08-03soloterm.com
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Screencasting.com uses one-off lifetime-access purchases instead of a subscription model.

Effortlessly create high-quality screencasts faster than ever. Lifetime access to all videos in the course.
$199.00
Facecam for DaVinci Resolve A polished facecam every time.
How to Screencast + ScreenFlow for Screencasters Bundle Purchase How to Screencast course and Screenflow for Screencasters together and save.
as of 2026-08-03screencasting.com
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Screencasting.com offers multi-product bundles.

Effortlessly create high-quality screencasts faster than ever. Lifetime access to all videos in the course.
$199.00
Facecam for DaVinci Resolve A polished facecam every time.
How to Screencast + ScreenFlow for Screencasters Bundle Purchase How to Screencast course and Screenflow for Screencasters together and save.
as of 2026-08-03screencasting.com

revenue at

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Aaron Francis earned $125,000 in the first 30 days from the launch of the High Performance SQLite video course.

a $125,000 on launching our video course.
In this episode, I chat with Aaron Francis, Co-Founder of Try Hard Studios, who shares his incredible journey of making $125,000 in just 30 days from their SQLite video course.
as of 2024-08-29aaronfrancis.com
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The $125,000 figure is a one-off launch figure, not MRR (monthly recurring revenue) or ARR (annual recurring revenue).

a $125,000 on launching our video course.
In this episode, I chat with Aaron Francis, Co-Founder of Try Hard Studios, who shares his incredible journey of making $125,000 in just 30 days from their SQLite video course.
as of 2024-08-29aaronfrancis.com

distribution channel

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Aaron Francis speaks at conference stages.

40,000 engaged followers across social media and email lists.
Day one opened with Aaron Francis, who's become something of a house host for Laracon at this point

ai adaptation

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Aaron Francis shipped Solo.

Run Claude Code, Codex, and Gemini CLI alongside your dev server, queue workers, databases, and interactive terminals. Solo watches all of it — and tells you the moment an agent needs you.
Solo speaks MCP. Your AI agents can read logs, see process status, restart crashed services, and coordinate with each other through shared todos, notes, timers, and locks.
as of 2026-08-03soloterm.com
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Solo runs Claude Code / Codex / Gemini CLI alongside a dev stack.

Run Claude Code, Codex, and Gemini CLI alongside your dev server, queue workers, databases, and interactive terminals. Solo watches all of it — and tells you the moment an agent needs you.
Solo speaks MCP. Your AI agents can read logs, see process status, restart crashed services, and coordinate with each other through shared todos, notes, timers, and locks.
as of 2026-08-03soloterm.com
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Solo exposes processes and logs to Claude Code / Codex / Gemini CLI over MCP.

Run Claude Code, Codex, and Gemini CLI alongside your dev server, queue workers, databases, and interactive terminals. Solo watches all of it — and tells you the moment an agent needs you.
Solo speaks MCP. Your AI agents can read logs, see process status, restart crashed services, and coordinate with each other through shared todos, notes, timers, and locks.
as of 2026-08-03soloterm.com
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Aaron Francis repositioned Screencasting.com's entire sales pitch around AI scarcity.

Things have changed. AI can write like you. It can code like you. It can even design like you.
In a world drowning in generated content, where every LinkedIn post sounds the same and every portfolio looks identical, authenticity has become the scarcest currency. The bar for "good enough" has been automated away.
And in a world where anyone can generate anything, the only thing that matters is what you can demonstrate.
as of 2026-08-03screencasting.com
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Aaron Francis did not center Screencasting.com's sales pitch on screencasting craft.

Things have changed. AI can write like you. It can code like you. It can even design like you.
In a world drowning in generated content, where every LinkedIn post sounds the same and every portfolio looks identical, authenticity has become the scarcest currency. The bar for "good enough" has been automated away.
And in a world where anyone can generate anything, the only thing that matters is what you can demonstrate.
as of 2026-08-03screencasting.com

Where they were quoted