HAMY LABS POD

In this video we discuss why High-Level Rust wins over other high level languages in the age of AI and agentic engineering.

Original blog post with all links: https://hamy.xyz/blog/2026-04_why-rust-over-high-level-langs

Chapters

00:00 - Intro
01:10 - Expressive Types + Compiler Checks 
03:20 - Mainstream long term
05:30 - AI Proficiency
07:15 - Great Performance
08:25 - Common Objections

Links:

- 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
- The Missing Programming Language - Why There's No S-Tier Language (Yet) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJXv0BjFFCc

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:
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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!)
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* Buy merch from my shop - https://shop.hamy.xyz/

In this video we explore why I think Rust is uniquely positioned for the age of agentic engineering and how it compares to other leading competitors.

Original blog post with all images and links: https://hamy.xyz/blog/2026-04_rust-age-of-ai

CTA: Spin up fullstack webapps fast with CloudSeed, the fullstack Rust webapp boilerplate - https://hamy.xyz/blog/2026-02_launching-cloudseed-rust

Chapters

00:00 - Intro
01:00 - What are agents good for? 
03:30 - What is Rust good for? 
05:00 - Rust + Agentic Engineering
08:50 - What about other languages? 

Links:

- The Missing Programming Language - Why There's No S-Tier Language (Yet) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJXv0BjFFCc
- High-Level Rust: Getting 80% of the Benefits with 20% of the Pain - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncHPgvhnm7k
- How I think about writing quality code fast with AI - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvqHO1PRPV4

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'll discuss what I built during my 12 week programming retreat at Recurse Center.

Original blog post with all images and links: https://hamy.xyz/blog/2026-03_recurse-center-return-statement

Chapters

00:00 - Intro
00:15 - What is Recurse Center and why join? 
02:30 - What I planned to build
04:00 - Applied AI for Engineering
10:30 - Web Systems with Rust
16:25 - Networked Games
19:40 - Writing
22:00 - Advice and Learnings from Recurse Center
24:00 - Should you join Recurse Center?

Links:

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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!)
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* Buy merch from my shop - https://shop.hamy.xyz/

In this post we discuss why I'm moving to building primarily in Rust from C#  and F#, how I made this decision, and how it's going so far.

Original blog post with all links and images: https://hamy.xyz/blog/2026-02_moving-csharp-to-rust

If you want to see how I build webapps with Rust, checkout CloudSeed my fullstack project boilerplate - https://cloudseedrust.com/

You can get my full agentic AI engineering workflows from the HAMY LABS example repo - https://github.com/HAMY-LABS/hamy-labs-code-examples/tree/main/artificial-intelligence/2026-01_claude-snapshot/.claude
- This is available to all HAMINIONS Members - https://hamy.xyz/blog/haminions

Chapters

00:00 - Intro
00:40 - Why am I looking for another programming language?
04:30 - Why Rust?
13:00 - Why Rust over C# / F#?

Links:

- High-Level Rust: Getting 80% of the Benefits with 20% of the Pain - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncHPgvhnm7k
- The Missing Programming Language - Why There's No S-Tier Language (Yet) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJXv0BjFFCc
- CloudSeed Rust - A Fullstack Rust Boilerplate for Building Webapps in Minutes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2G_a1ZgdEY

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 benchmark Rust vs C# for my markdown blog containing 1000 posts with the same architecture and logic.

Original blog post with all images and links: https://hamy.xyz/blog/2026-02_rust-vs-csharp-blog-benchmark

CTA: Ship fullstack Rust apps faster with CloudSeed - https://cloudseedrust.com/

Chapters

00:00 - Intro
01:50 - Test Setup
05:55 - Rust vs C# Memory
08:55 - Rust vs C# Latency
10:45 - All Results
11:05 - The Outlier - C# Faster
12:50 - Does any of this matter?

Links:

- High-Level Rust: Getting 80% of the Benefits with 20% of the Pain - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncHPgvhnm7k
- Your Programming Language Benchmark is Wrong - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6KS9xvBmBo
- The Problem with Clones in Rust - Why Functional Rust is Slower Than You Think (And How to Fix It) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SntrSo8VMw

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 Phase Golem, my new AI orchestrator built with Rust. We discuss what it is, how it works, how it's built, and recommendations for using it.

Original blog post with all images and links: https://hamy.xyz/blog/2026-02_launching-phase-golem

Phase Golem is available on GitHub - https://github.com/SIRHAMY/phase-golem

CTA: Get access to my full vibe engineering workflows - https://github.com/HAMY-LABS/hamy-labs-code-examples/tree/main/artificial-intelligence/2026-01_claude-snapshot/.claude
- Available to HAMINIONs Members - https://hamy.xyz/blog/haminions

Chapters

00:00 - Intro
02:10 - What is Phase Golem? 
12:00 - How is Phase Golem Built? 
15:35 - How does it perform? How should you use it? 

Links:

- I Built an AI Orchestrator and Ran It Overnight - Here's What Happened - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9lf0-EZibA
- High-Level Rust: Getting 80% of the Benefits with 20% of the Pain - https://hamy.xyz/blog/2026-01_high-level-rust
- The Missing Programming Language - Why There's No S-Tier Language (Yet) - https://hamy.xyz/blog/2026-01_missing-programming-language

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 the problems with clones in rust, why it makes functional Rust code slower than mainstream GC languages, and ways to fix it.

Original blog post with all diagrams and links: https://hamy.xyz/blog/2026-02_the-problem-with-clones-in-rust

CTA: LightClone is a Rust crate that allows the type system to enforce cheap clones - https://github.com/SIRHAMY/light-clone

Chapters

00:00 - Intro
00:55 - Why Rust Clones are Different
03:20 - How much slower?
05:20 - Why GC Languages "Win" at Cloning
06:30 - How to Fix Slow Clones
09:00 - Helpful Crates
09:40 - Cheap and Expensive Cones Look the Same
11:35 - Does this actually matter for Web APIs?

Links:

- High-Level Rust: Getting 80% of the Benefits with 20% of the Pain - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncHPgvhnm7k
- The Missing Programming Language - Why There's No S-Tier Language (Yet) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJXv0BjFFCc
- Why I'm Moving my Blog from F# to C# - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08EkZvkqSvU

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 my AI orchestrator, how it works, and what it means for the future of software engineering.

Original blog post with all links and images: https://hamy.xyz/blog/2026-02_ai-orchestrator-overnight

CTA: Get a snapshot of all my ai dotfiles (workflows, commands, skills) - https://github.com/HAMY-LABS/hamy-labs-code-examples/tree/main/artificial-intelligence/2026-01_claude-snapshot/.claude
- Available to HAMINIONS Members - https://hamy.xyz/blog/haminions

Chapters

00:00 - Intro
00:40 - 15 tasks in 10 hours
05:15 - How the Orchestrator Works
11:30 - The Downsides of my Orchestrator
15:40 - What this means for Software Engineering

Links:

- How I think about writing quality code fast with AI - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvqHO1PRPV4
- 5 AI Coding Best Practices from a Google AI Director (That Actually Work) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=No5yW9Q7Wck
- AI Is Here to Stay - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXDalhC4yCU

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 high-level rust and how to get 80% of the language's benefits without fighting all the hard stuff.

Original blog post with all links: https://hamy.xyz/blog/2026-01_high-level-rust

CTA: Checkout LightClone - my crate to allow the type system to enforce cheap clones - https://github.com/SIRHAMY/light-clone

Chapters

00:00 - Intro
02:30 - Rust is Perfect, Except for the Productivity
03:30 - The Pros and Cons of Rust
05:25 - High Level Rust
11:25 - When High Level Rust Makes Sense

Links:

- The Missing Programming Language - Why There's No S-Tier Language (Yet) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJXv0BjFFCc
- How I think about writing quality code fast with AI - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvqHO1PRPV4
- 5 AI Coding Best Practices from a Google AI Director (That Actually Work) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=No5yW9Q7Wck

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 CloudSeed Rust - a fullstack Rust webapp boilerplate for spinning up webapps faster.

Original blog post with all links and images: https://hamy.xyz/blog/2026-02_launching-cloudseed-rust

CTA: Get CloudSeed Rust at early access price for a limited time - https://cloudseedrust.com/

Chapters

00:00 - Intro
01:10 - What is CloudSeed Rust? 
05:50 - Why build CloudSeed Rust? 
09:25 - How is it Built? 

Links:

- High-Level Rust: Getting 80% of the Benefits with 20% of the Pain - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncHPgvhnm7k
- The Missing Programming Language - Why There's No S-Tier Language (Yet) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJXv0BjFFCc
- The Problem with Clones in Rust - Why Functional Rust is Slower Than You Think (And How to Fix It) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SntrSo8VMw

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/