In this video we talk about why I'm shutting down 1000 checkboxes and the future of internet checkboxes.

Original blog post with all links: https://hamy.xyz/blog/2025-01_why-im-shutting-down-1000-checkboxes

CTA: One Million Checkboxes - https://onemillioncheckboxes.xyz/

Links:

- One Million Checkboxes - Globally Synced Data with HTMX - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhO0s8qNGSI&ab_channel=HAMYLABS
- The State of HTMX (2024) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA94AQ1iP-0&ab_channel=HAMYLABS
- The HAM Stack - A Simple Scalable Tech Stack for building modern web apps fast and cheap - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLnZtg63h1I&ab_channel=HAMYLABS

About me: I'm Hamilton - a Technomancer. I build Simple Scalable Systems to make the world 1% better.

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- Website: https://hamy.xyz
- Twitter: @SIRHAMY - https://twitter.com/SIRHAMY

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In this video we talk about some strategies for finding a fulfilling career based on your own interests.

Original blog post with all links: https://hamy.xyz/blog/2025-01_how-to-find-a-fulfilling-career

Chapters

01:10 - What should you work on in your life? 
03:30 - How can you figure out your calling? 
06:30 - Does your calling need to be your job? 
10:40 - How to find a fulfilling job

Links:

- HAMY LABS - 2024 Review - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrJwVtjq2X4&ab_channel=HAMYLABS
- My journey from Software Engineer to Entrepreneur and back again - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsPUNXoVvXQ&ab_channel=HAMYLABS
- My Career as a Software Engineer so far (6 yoe, ex-Meta, ex-Founder) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VupR_6tQEb8&ab_channel=HAMYLABS

About me: I'm Hamilton - a Technomancer. I build Simple Scalable Systems to make the world 1% better.

Connect with me:

- Website: https://hamy.xyz
- Twitter: @SIRHAMY - https://twitter.com/SIRHAMY

# Support 

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In this video we talk about The HAM Stack - the Simple Scalable System for building modern web apps fast and cheap

Original blog post with all links: https://hamy.xyz/labs/2024-02_hamstack

Chapters

00:35 - The HAM Stack
03:15 - Hypermedia
09:55 - on A Modulith

Links:

- Software Monoliths for Scale - https://youtu.be/lNIGgTiY7Kw?si=bktUQNyiCZRIJw30 
- How HTMX allows you to build modern web apps faster and cheaper than bloated client-side SPAs - https://youtu.be/CUlOyMLqZUo?si=HBKKouUiOEjT5nqX
- Simple Interactive Islands with F# and HTMX - https://youtu.be/n0cwPU8UxUw?si=VmAeAXPT3bwxddfR

About me: I'm Hamilton - a Technomancer. I build Simple Scalable Systems to make the world 1% better.

Connect with me:

- Website: https://hamy.xyz
- Twitter: @SIRHAMY - https://twitter.com/SIRHAMY

# Support 

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In this video we discuss my programming language tier list going into 2025.

Original blog post with all links and images: https://hamy.xyz/labs/2025-01_programming-language-tier-list

Chapters

00:30 - 2025 Programming Language Tier List
03:35 - S Tier
04:25 - A: F# 
07:15 - A: TypeScript
10:40 - B: JavaScript
12:40 - B: Python
17:00 - B: C#
21:00 - C: Golang
23:50 - D: Hacklang

Links:

- A Brief Comparison of Modern Programming Languages - TypeScript vs Golang vs Elixir vs Rust vs F# - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEG0fJgewFU&ab_channel=HAMYLABS
- 5 Reasons F# is a great Python alternative for scripting, side projects, and enterprise applications - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b12MFKsOVC8&ab_channel=HAMYLABS
- The HAM Stack - A Simple Scalable Tech Stack for building modern web apps fast and cheap - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLnZtg63h1I&ab_channel=HAMYLABS

About me: I'm Hamilton - a Technomancer. I build Simple Scalable Systems to make the world 1% better.

Connect with me:

- Website: https://hamy.xyz
- Twitter: @SIRHAMY - https://twitter.com/SIRHAMY

# Support 

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In this video we explore lessons this developer learned from building and running a SaaS with F# over the past 5 years.

Original blog post with all links: https://hamy.xyz/labs/2024-12_5-years-fsharp-in-production

CTA: You can find Ian's original post here: https://ijrussell.github.io/posts/five-years-in/

Chapters

00:35 - Project Summary
01:40 - What's good about F#? 
05:30 - What's bad about F#? 
08:55 - Would you choose F# for your next webapp?

Links:

- Why F# is a fun programming language - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hb7bnR5q4Bw&ab_channel=HAMYLABS
- How Popular is F# in 2024? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JioaHcy_QE0&ab_channel=HAMYLABS
- The HAM Stack - A Simple Scalable Tech Stack for building modern web apps fast and cheap - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLnZtg63h1I&ab_channel=HAMYLABS

About me: I'm Hamilton - a Technomancer. I build Simple Scalable Systems to make the world 1% better.

Connect with me:

- Website: https://hamy.xyz
- Twitter: @SIRHAMY - https://twitter.com/SIRHAMY

# Support 

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In this video we do a year in review of HAMY LABS from Builds to Shares to Business.

Original blog post with all links and images: https://hamy.xyz/labs/2024-12_hamy-labs-2024-review

Chapters

00:50 - Shares
01:20 - HAMY LABS YouTube
05:35 - HAMY GAMES
08:00 - HAMY LABS Blog
13:05 - HAMINIONS Membership
14:15 - HAMY LABS POD
17:50 - HAMY LABS Socials
20:40 - The HAMNIVERSE Newsletter
21:05 - Builds
24:40 - Business

Links:

- How I Generated 100k webpages for my Side Project using AI - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9PYsDGVHYg&ab_channel=HAMYLABS
- How Software Engineers Actually Use AI to Improve Productivity - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_b_Savycu0&ab_channel=HAMYLABS
- Why you should use snake_case instead of camelCase for variable names - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VW1_PkLwL4Y&ab_channel=HAMYLABS

About me: I'm Hamilton - a Technomancer. I build Simple Scalable Systems to make the world 1% better.

Connect with me:

- Website: https://hamy.xyz
- Twitter: @SIRHAMY - https://twitter.com/SIRHAMY

# Support 

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In this video we'll explore how this developer's side project ended up costing him $100k in a single month including what went wrong and how you can protect your own side projects from similar DDoS scenarios.

Original blog post with all links: https://hamy.xyz/labs/2024-03_avoid-side-project-financial-ruin

Chapters

01:15 - The Side Project
02:10 - The $100k Cloud Bill
09:05 - How to keep your side project from financially ruining you
10:10 - Set a Spend Limit
11:55 - Set Max Resources
14:55 - Setup DDoS Protection
17:45 - Move to Cheaper Hosting Options
19:55 - Ask for Help

Links:

- Hosting my Server-Side-Rendered F# site on Google Cloud for $1 per month - https://youtu.be/ktliIiBK2Vw?si=2IX4Ue-oFePRQvFC
- The HAM Stack - A Simple Scalable Tech Stack for building modern web apps fast and cheap - https://youtu.be/NLnZtg63h1I?si=Na-AYdMXxgoYdl4T
- Instagram's tech stack will surprise you - https://youtu.be/ODKzJrrHua0?si=bCERlQ2Mg83kWso4

About me: I'm Hamilton - a Technomancer. I build Simple Scalable Systems to make the world 1% better.

Connect with me:

- Website: https://hamy.xyz
- Twitter: @SIRHAMY - https://twitter.com/SIRHAMY

# Support 

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In this video we explore the merits of snake_case over camelCase for variable names.

Original blog post with all links and images: https://hamy.xyz/labs/2024-12_snake-case-vs-camel-case

CTA: Try out the p5js sketch - https://hamygames.xyz/app/snake-case-vs-camel-case

Chapters

00:20 - Variable Naming Formats
00:50 - Why snake_case is better than camelCase
03:35 - Why camelCase may still be better than snake_case
04:10 - Should you switch from camelCase to snake_case?

Links:

- A Brief Comparison of Modern Programming Languages - TypeScript vs Golang vs Elixir vs Rust vs F# - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEG0fJgewFU&ab_channel=HAMYLABS
- 5 Reasons F# is a great Python alternative for scripting, side projects, and enterprise applications - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b12MFKsOVC8&ab_channel=HAMYLABS
- The HAM Stack - A Simple Scalable Tech Stack for building modern web apps fast and cheap - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLnZtg63h1I&ab_channel=HAMYLABS

About me: I'm Hamilton - a Technomancer. I build Simple Scalable Systems to make the world 1% better.

Connect with me:

- Website: https://hamy.xyz
- Twitter: @SIRHAMY - https://twitter.com/SIRHAMY

# Support 

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In this video we explore Hetzner's new price increases for US servers and what it means for your business going into 2025.

Original blog post with all images and links: https://hamy.xyz/labs/2024-12_hetzner-price-increases

CTA: Compare cloud offering prices with CloudCompare: https://cloudcompare.xyz/

Chapters

00:45 - Details of Hetzner's Pricing Changes
03:10 - How do Hetzner's Prices Compare to other Cloud Offerings?
05:55 - What does Hetzner's Pricing Changes mean for your Business?

Links:

- How this Side Project racked up a $100k Cloud Bill on Netlify - and 5 ways to avoid the same fate - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PBT-SBVcKI&ab_channel=HAMYLABS
- Why Zig is Migrating from AWS to Self-Hosted - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXzyaQjxfG8&ab_channel=HAMYLABS
- Hosting my Docker Container on a VPS with Coolify as a PaaS with GitHub Autodeploys - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oRQT7Plndk&ab_channel=HAMYLABS

About me: I'm Hamilton - a Technomancer. I build Simple Scalable Systems to make the world 1% better.

Connect with me:

- Website: https://hamy.xyz
- Twitter: @SIRHAMY - https://twitter.com/SIRHAMY

# Support 

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In this video we explore how popular F# is in the software engineering community.

Original blog post with all links and images: https://hamy.xyz/labs/2024-11_fsharp-popularity

CTA: Get started learning F# -  https://hamy.xyz/labs/2024-01_best-way-to-learn-fsharp

Chapters

00:20 - How Popular is F#? 
00:45 - Stack Overflow Popularity
04:10 - Tiobe Index Popularity

Links:

- The State of F# (2023) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HA3jTeDZT4&ab_channel=HAMYLABS
- How I got interested in F# - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQxuNw7R89U&ab_channel=HAMYLABS
- The best way to get started learning and building with F# - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_jMUCEXUZ0&ab_channel=HAMYLABS

About me: I'm Hamilton - a Technomancer. I build Simple Scalable Systems to make the world 1% better.

Connect with me:

- Website: https://hamy.xyz
- Twitter: @SIRHAMY - https://twitter.com/SIRHAMY

# Support 

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