HAMY LABS POD

My website now has self-service sponsorships. Here's the sponsor journey, how I built the system with Rust and CloudSeed, and why AI made this project worth building.

Original blog post with all images and links: https://hamy.xyz/blog/2026-11_self-serve-sponsorships

Support my experiments and get your logo in front of developers: https://hamy.xyz/sponsors

Ship fullstack Rust webapps fast with CloudSeed: https://cloudseedrust.com/

Links:

• With AI, Your Imagination is the Limit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hi1CVj9MObM
• CloudSeed Rust - A Fullstack Rust Boilerplate for Building Webapps in Minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2G_a1ZgdEY
• Just Write Rust: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYqZ7BktB4w

About me: I'm Hamilton - a Technomancer building Simple Scalable Systems.

Connect with me:

• Website: https://hamy.xyz
• Email List: https://hamniverse.substack.com/
• Twitter: @SIRHAMY - https://twitter.com/SIRHAMY
• BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/sirhamy.bsky.social
• Pod Cast: HAMY LABS POD - https://hamylabspod.buzzsprout.com/

Support the Channel

If you liked this and would like to see more, consider becoming a HAMINIONs supporter: https://hamy.xyz/labs/haminions

Supporters get:

• Full source code access from courses / tutorials
• Exclusive discounts on products / courses

Plus you help me to keep experimenting / sharing!

Additional ways to support:

• YouTube channel members get early access to videos (sometimes weeks before they go public!)
• Sponsor HAMY LABS: https://hamy.xyz/sponsors
• Buy merch from my shop - https://shop.hamy.xyz/

The Elephant + Goldfish AI workflow pairs an implementer with project context and an independent reviewer with fresh eyes. Here I explain how it works and how to use it through prompts, skills, and reviewers from different model families.

Original blog post with all images and links: https://hamy.xyz/blog/2026-11_elephant-goldfish

Get my monthly AI Dotfiles snapshots and support more of my work by joining HAMINIONS: https://hamy.xyz/haminions

Chapters

00:00 - Intro
00:22 - Elephant and Goldfish roles
01:56 - How to use the workflow
02:34 - Prompts, skills, and independent reviewers
03:35 - Next steps

Links:

• How I Actually Do Agentic Engineering As A Senior Software Engineer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSAbVuwt8Z4
• 9 Parallel AI Agents That Review My Code (Claude Code Setup): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGmMItyRaRM
• Just Write Rust: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYqZ7BktB4w

About me: I'm Hamilton - a Technomancer building Simple Scalable Systems.

Connect with me:

• Website: https://hamy.xyz
• Email List: https://hamniverse.substack.com/
• Twitter: @SIRHAMY - https://twitter.com/SIRHAMY
• BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/sirhamy.bsky.social
• Pod Cast: HAMY LABS POD - https://hamylabspod.buzzsprout.com/

Support the Channel

If you liked this and would like to see more, consider becoming a HAMINIONs supporter: https://hamy.xyz/labs/haminions

Supporters get:

• Full source code access from courses / tutorials
• Exclusive discounts on products / courses

Plus you help me to keep experimenting / sharing!

Additional ways to support:

• YouTube channel members get early access to videos (sometimes weeks before they go public!)
• Sponsor posts on the blog / channel: https://hamy.xyz/labs/sponsors
• Buy merch from my shop - https://shop.hamy.xyz/

Rust has become my default programming language for most projects - especially in the age of AI. I cover its strengths, tradeoffs, the virtuous cycle of AI + Rust, and examples of teams moving to Rust.

Original blog post with all images and links: https://hamy.xyz/blog/2026-11_just-write-rust

Build fullstack Rust apps with CloudSeed Rust - https://cloudseedrust.com/

Links:

- The Missing Programming Language - Why There's No S-Tier Language (Yet): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJXv0BjFFCc
- Why Rust Wins in the Age of AI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQG_EC01mng
- High-Level Rust: Getting 80% of the Benefits with 20% of the Pain: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncHPgvhnm7k

About me: I'm Hamilton - a Technomancer building Simple Scalable Systems.

Connect with me:

- Website: https://hamy.xyz
- Email List: https://hamniverse.substack.com/
- Twitter: @SIRHAMY - https://twitter.com/SIRHAMY
- BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/sirhamy.bsky.social
- Pod Cast: HAMY LABS POD - https://hamylabspod.buzzsprout.com/

# Support the Channel

If you liked this and would like to see more, consider becoming a HAMINIONs supporter: https://hamy.xyz/labs/haminions

Supporters get:
* Full source code access from courses / tutorials
* Exclusive discounts on products / courses

Plus you help me to keep experimenting / sharing!

Additional ways to support:
* YouTube channel members get early access to videos (sometimes weeks before they go public!)
* Sponsor posts on the blog / channel: https://hamy.xyz/labs/sponsors
* Buy merch from my shop - https://shop.hamy.xyz/

In this video we walkthrough making CloudSeed (my fullstack Rust webapp boilerplate) suitable for agentic engineering.

Original blog post with all images and links: https://hamy.xyz/blog/2026-10_fullstack-rust-web-app-boilerplate-coding-agents

CTA: Get CloudSeed Rust - https://cloudseedrust.com/

Chapters

00:00 - Intro
00:35 - What is CloudSeed? 
02:00 - Why use a boilerplate? 
05:05 - Agent-friendly boilerplates

Links:

- How I Actually Do Agentic Engineering As A Senior Software Engineer  - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSAbVuwt8Z4
- Durable Context, Disposable Code - Building Systems with Speed and Quality in the Agentic Era - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tia9gAddjFY
- System Guardrails for Software Factories - Building Pits of Success for Agents and Humans - https://youtu.be/dpueAtSwSzQ

About me: I'm Hamilton - a Technomancer building Simple Scalable Systems.

Connect with me:

- Website: https://hamy.xyz
- Email List: https://hamniverse.substack.com/
- Twitter: @SIRHAMY - https://twitter.com/SIRHAMY
- BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/sirhamy.bsky.social
- Pod Cast: HAMY LABS POD - https://hamylabspod.buzzsprout.com/

# Support the Channel

If you liked this and would like to see more, consider becoming a HAMINIONs supporter: https://hamy.xyz/labs/haminions

Supporters get:
* Full source code access from courses / tutorials
* Exclusive discounts on products / courses

Plus you help me to keep experimenting / sharing!

Additional ways to support: 
* YouTube channel members get early access to videos (sometimes weeks before they go public!)
* Sponsor posts on the blog / channel: https://hamy.xyz/labs/sponsors
* Buy merch from my shop - https://shop.hamy.xyz/

In this video we discuss system guardrails and how they're a crucial part of ratcheting up to a software factory.

Original blog post with all images and links: https://hamy.xyz/blog/2026-10_system-guardrails

CTA: My full AI Dotfiles - https://github.com/HAMY-LABS/hamy-labs-code-examples/tree/main/artificial-intelligence
- Available to Haminions Members - https://hamy.xyz/haminions

Chapters

00:00 - Intro
00:35 - System Guardrails
02:30 - Structural Guardrails
04:40 - Mechanical Guardrails
07:30 - Judgement Guardrails
09:45 - Guidance Guardrails
11:50 - Building Software Factories

Links:

- How I Actually Do Agentic Engineering As A Senior Software Engineer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSAbVuwt8Z4
- How to Balance Speed, Quality, and Mental Overhead in Agentic Engineering - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLf5LgSqLM8
- 9 Parallel AI Agents That Review My Code (Claude Code Setup) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGmMItyRaRM

About me: I'm Hamilton - a Technomancer building Simple Scalable Systems.

Connect with me:

- Website: https://hamy.xyz
- Email List: https://hamniverse.substack.com/
- Twitter: @SIRHAMY - https://twitter.com/SIRHAMY
- BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/sirhamy.bsky.social
- Pod Cast: HAMY LABS POD - https://hamylabspod.buzzsprout.com/

# Support the Channel

If you liked this and would like to see more, consider becoming a HAMINIONs supporter: https://hamy.xyz/labs/haminions

Supporters get:
* Full source code access from courses / tutorials
* Exclusive discounts on products / courses

Plus you help me to keep experimenting / sharing!

Additional ways to support: 
* YouTube channel members get early access to videos (sometimes weeks before they go public!)
* Sponsor posts on the blog / channel: https://hamy.xyz/labs/sponsors
* Buy merch from my shop - https://shop.hamy.xyz/

In this video we discuss the changing meta of building systems at scale - context that's durable and code that's disposable.

Original blog post with all images and links: https://hamy.xyz/blog/2026-10_durable-context-disposable-code

Get my full AI Dotfiles - https://github.com/HAMY-LABS/hamy-labs-code-examples/tree/main/artificial-intelligence
- Available to Haminions members - https://hamy.xyz/haminions

Chapters

00:00 - Intro
00:50 - The Bottleneck
03:55 - Code is not the source of truth
07:20 - Durable Context
12:50 - Change Context
15:15 - System Guardrails

Links:

- How I Actually Do Agentic Engineering As A Senior Software Engineer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSAbVuwt8Z4
- How Much Faster is Coding with AI Agents? - youtube.com/watch?v=w7l2xUMzFmI
- How to Balance Speed, Quality, and Mental Overhead in Agentic Engineering - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLf5LgSqLM8

About me: I'm Hamilton - a Technomancer building Simple Scalable Systems.

Connect with me:

- Website: https://hamy.xyz
- Email List: https://hamniverse.substack.com/
- Twitter: @SIRHAMY - https://twitter.com/SIRHAMY
- BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/sirhamy.bsky.social
- Pod Cast: HAMY LABS POD - https://hamylabspod.buzzsprout.com/

# Support the Channel

If you liked this and would like to see more, consider becoming a HAMINIONs supporter: https://hamy.xyz/labs/haminions

Supporters get:
* Full source code access from courses / tutorials
* Exclusive discounts on products / courses

Plus you help me to keep experimenting / sharing!

Additional ways to support: 
* YouTube channel members get early access to videos (sometimes weeks before they go public!)
* Sponsor posts on the blog / channel: https://hamy.xyz/labs/sponsors
* Buy merch from my shop - https://shop.hamy.xyz/

In this video we discuss how AI breaks the boundaries of what's possible and how your imagination may be limiting you.

Original blog post with all images and links: https://hamy.xyz/blog/2026-09_imagination-limit

CTA: Access my full AI Dotfiles - https://github.com/HAMY-LABS/hamy-labs-code-examples/tree/main/artificial-intelligence
- Available to haminions members - https://hamy.xyz/haminions

Chapters

00:00 - Intro
01:30 - Spiderman Game Benchmark
03:30 - Omarchy Linux distro
05:30 - Personal Simulations
07:10 - Your Imagination is the Limit
13:35 - Next

Links:

- Sandy Island simulation - https://labs.hamy.xyz/labs/sandy-island

About me: I'm Hamilton - a Technomancer building Simple Scalable Systems.

Connect with me:

- Website: https://hamy.xyz
- Email List: https://hamniverse.substack.com/
- Twitter: @SIRHAMY - https://twitter.com/SIRHAMY
- BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/sirhamy.bsky.social
- Pod Cast: HAMY LABS POD - https://hamylabspod.buzzsprout.com/

# Support the Channel

If you liked this and would like to see more, consider becoming a HAMINIONs supporter: https://hamy.xyz/labs/haminions

Supporters get:
* Full source code access from courses / tutorials
* Exclusive discounts on products / courses

Plus you help me to keep experimenting / sharing!

Additional ways to support: 
* YouTube channel members get early access to videos (sometimes weeks before they go public!)
* Sponsor posts on the blog / channel: https://hamy.xyz/labs/sponsors
* Buy merch from my shop - https://shop.hamy.xyz/

In this video we discuss building an SSR multiplayer game of life with Rust + Datastar. 

Original blog post with all image and links: https://hamy.xyz/blog/2026-09_game-of-life

CTA: Play Game of Life - https://labs.hamy.xyz/labs/game-of-life

Chapters

00:00 - Intro
00:20 - Game Demo
01:00 - Why build it? 
01:25 - How it's built
04:00 - Is it efficient? 

Links:

- Getting Started with Datastar - Build a Rust + Axum Todo App - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zK7qcWpZAAk
- Build a Fullstack SSR Web App with Rust + Maud - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOddADb8yYs
- How HTMX allows you to build modern web apps faster and cheaper than bloated client-side SPA Frameworks - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUlOyMLqZUo

About me: I'm Hamilton - a Technomancer building Simple Scalable Systems.

Connect with me:

- Website: https://hamy.xyz
- Email List: https://hamniverse.substack.com/
- Twitter: @SIRHAMY - https://twitter.com/SIRHAMY
- BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/sirhamy.bsky.social
- Pod Cast: HAMY LABS POD - https://hamylabspod.buzzsprout.com/

# Support the Channel

If you liked this and would like to see more, consider becoming a HAMINIONs supporter: https://hamy.xyz/labs/haminions

Supporters get:
* Full source code access from courses / tutorials
* Exclusive discounts on products / courses

Plus you help me to keep experimenting / sharing!

Additional ways to support: 
* YouTube channel members get early access to videos (sometimes weeks before they go public!)
* Sponsor posts on the blog / channel: https://hamy.xyz/labs/sponsors
* Buy merch from my shop - https://shop.hamy.xyz/

In this video we discuss how I actually do agentic engineering at work and for side projects - my full workflow for coding with agents and how I link them together to orchestrate.

Original blog post with all links and images: https://hamy.xyz/blog/2026-09_agentic-engineering

CTA: Access my full AI Dotfiles - https://github.com/HAMY-LABS/hamy-labs-code-examples/tree/main/artificial-intelligence
- Available to HAMINIONS Members - https://hamy.xyz/haminions

Chapters

00:00 - Intro
01:10 - Why Agentic Engineering? 
03:10 - How I use AI Agents
06:15 - My Agentic Engineering Workflow
21:00 - My Agentic Engineering Skills
30:10 - My Current Agentic Engineering Stack

Links:

- How to Balance Speed, Quality, and Mental Overhead in Agentic Engineering - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLf5LgSqLM8
- AI Dotfiles - How I Take My AI Workflows Across Projects And Machines - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0t2fZwrpdg
- How Much OpenCode + GPT 5.6 Usage Do You Get With OpenAI's ChatGPT Pro Subscription? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihi8AUkPKqo

About me: I'm Hamilton - a Technomancer building Simple Scalable Systems.

Connect with me:

- Website: https://hamy.xyz
- Email List: https://hamniverse.substack.com/
- Twitter: @SIRHAMY - https://twitter.com/SIRHAMY
- BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/sirhamy.bsky.social
- Pod Cast: HAMY LABS POD - https://hamylabspod.buzzsprout.com/

# Support the Channel

If you liked this and would like to see more, consider becoming a HAMINIONs supporter: https://hamy.xyz/labs/haminions

Supporters get:
* Full source code access from courses / tutorials
* Exclusive discounts on products / courses

Plus you help me to keep experimenting / sharing!

Additional ways to support: 
* YouTube channel members get early access to videos (sometimes weeks before they go public!)
* Sponsor posts on the blog / channel: https://hamy.xyz/labs/sponsors
* Buy merch from my shop - https://shop.hamy.xyz/

In this video we explore how I share my AI workflows across machines and projects for both personal and work engagements.

Original blog post with all images and links: https://hamy.xyz/blog/2026-09_ai-dotfiles

CTA: See all my ai dotfiles - https://github.com/HAMY-LABS/hamy-labs-code-examples/tree/main/artificial-intelligence
- Available to HAMINIONS Members - https://hamy.xyz/haminions

Chapters

00:00 - Intro
00:40 - Dotfiles port system settings
01:50 - AI dotfiles port AI workflows
03:45 - Hierarchies of AI Workflows

Links:

- How To Create Portable AI Skills Across Harnesses (Claude Code, Codex, Open Code) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkBUI84eGJU
- How to Balance Speed, Quality, and Mental Overhead in Agentic Engineering - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLf5LgSqLM8
- Why High-Level Rust Wins Over Other High-Level Languages for Agentic Engineering - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcumBQrO-2A

About me: I'm Hamilton - a Technomancer building Simple Scalable Systems.

Connect with me:

- Website: https://hamy.xyz
- Email List: https://hamniverse.substack.com/
- Twitter: @SIRHAMY - https://twitter.com/SIRHAMY
- BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/sirhamy.bsky.social
- Pod Cast: HAMY LABS POD - https://hamylabspod.buzzsprout.com/

# Support the Channel

If you liked this and would like to see more, consider becoming a HAMINIONs supporter: https://hamy.xyz/labs/haminions

Supporters get:
* Full source code access from courses / tutorials
* Exclusive discounts on products / courses

Plus you help me to keep experimenting / sharing!

Additional ways to support: 
* YouTube channel members get early access to videos (sometimes weeks before they go public!)
* Sponsor posts on the blog / channel: https://hamy.xyz/labs/sponsors
* Buy merch from my shop - https://shop.hamy.xyz/