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 

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

Supporters get:
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Plus you help me to keep experimenting / sharing!

For Sponsorship info: https://hamy.xyz/labs/sponsors

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 

If you liked this and would like to see more, consider becoming a 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!

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 

If you liked this and would like to see more, consider becoming a 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!

For Sponsorship info: https://hamy.xyz/labs/sponsors

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 

If you liked this and would like to see more, consider becoming a 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!

For Sponsorship info: https://hamy.xyz/labs/sponsors

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 

If you liked this and would like to see more, consider becoming a 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!

For Sponsorship info: https://hamy.xyz/labs/sponsors

In this video we explore GitHub's claim that Python is more popular than JavaScript in 2024.

Original blog post with all images and links: https://hamy.xyz/labs/2024-11_python-beats-javascript

Chapters

00:40 - GitHub claims Python is more popular than JavaScript
03:00 - How GitHub ranks language popularity
05:45 - Is Python Actually More Popular than JavaScript?

Links:

- 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
- 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
- Why I'm moving from SvelteKit to F# - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8lkaP3kkbg&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 

If you liked this and would like to see more, consider becoming a 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!

For Sponsorship info: https://hamy.xyz/labs/sponsors

In this video we explore why HTMX is a great tool for web-based side projects through comparisons with other popular web paradigms like Multi-Page Apps (MPA) and Single-Page Apps (SPAs)

Original blog post with links and pictures: https://hamy.xyz/labs/2024-02_htmx-for-side-projects

Chapters

00:40 - MPA vs SPA
07:55 - MPA vs HTMX vs SPA
11:50 - HTMX for Side Projects

Links:

- How HTMX allows you to build modern web apps faster and cheaper than bloated client-side SPAs - https://youtu.be/CUlOyMLqZUo?si=Hxz3xvWI_hFFQABr
- Simple Interactive Islands with F# and HTMX - https://youtu.be/n0cwPU8UxUw?si=DISNexTpPQKyfOPH
- 3 Areas I'm exploring to build more side projects faster and cheaper in 2024 - https://youtu.be/vqHLaSHRzj4?si=J4AWk7A5HM_5bK_O

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 

If you liked this and would like to see more, consider becoming a 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!

In this post we explore how Software Engineers use AI to improve their productivity - What AI is good at, what AI is bad at, and how much more productive tech workers actually are using AI.

Original blog post with all links: https://hamy.xyz/labs/2024-10_software-engineers-ai

Chapters

01:30 - What do I mean when I say AI?
03:00 - AI is good at answering natural language questions
09:40 - AI is good for exploring a space and generating ideas
14:30 - AI is good at generating examples, references, and drafts
17:15 - AI not good at coding full systems and features
21:55 - AI not an expert
26:20 - How much more productive are Software Engineers using AI?

Links:

- How I Generated 100k webpages for my Side Project using AI - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9PYsDGVHYg&ab_channel=HAMYLABS
- How to call Open AI's API with F# - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pthBVT7Aio&ab_channel=HAMYLABS
- Were Tesla’s Optimus Robots actually Autonomous (or Remote-Controlled by Humans)? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChQwNhtFSkA&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 

If you liked this and would like to see more, consider becoming a 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!

For Sponsorship info: https://hamy.xyz/labs/sponsors

In this video we explore how I built One Million Checkboxes with HTMX - along with what it is, why I built it, and challenges along the way.

Original blog post with all links: https://hamy.xyz/labs/one-million-checkboxes

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

Chapters

00:20 - What is it?
01:10 - Why did I built it?
01:40 - How was it built?
03:20 - Challenges building with HTMX

Links:

- Introducing 1000checkboxes.xyz - a Real-Time, Globally Synced Display of 1000 Checkboxes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_LddrJfvi0&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
- 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 

If you liked this and would like to see more, consider becoming a 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!

For Sponsorship info: https://hamy.xyz/labs/sponsors

In this video we explain why F# is often described as a "fun" language using its history, comparisons to Python, and theory from video games.

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

Chapters

00:25 - Fun for Functional
01:50 - F# feels like a toy
06:15 - F# is more fun at scale

Links:

- The State of F# (2023) - https://youtu.be/6HA3jTeDZT4?si=1b4mXOS72fQKDVkz
- How I got interested in F# - https://youtu.be/oQxuNw7R89U?si=6D9fJ5h0bkPr_KT0
- The best way to get started learning and building with F# - https://youtu.be/F_jMUCEXUZ0?si=cP4C0eEkgxcAThzV

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 

If you liked this and would like to see more, consider becoming a 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!