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In this video we discuss Notion's recent data privacy incident and whether you should be worried about losing or leaking your private notes. Original blog post with all links: https://hamy.xyz/blog/2025-11_notion-data-privacy-loss Chapters 00:00 - Intro 00:35 - What happened with this Notion take-down? 01:15 - What does this mean for you and your notes? 02:00 - Should you be worried about thi...

In this video we explore my reasons for moving back to Notion after a 6 week experiment using Obsidian as my daily driver personal knowledge management system. Original blog post with all links: https://hamy.xyz/blog/2025-11_moving-back-to-notion Chapters 00:00 - Intro 00:15 - Obsidian has no built-in collaboration features 01:30 - Obsidian handles media poorly 03:45 - Obsidian requires a LOT of c...

In this video we explore my process for using AI as a code reviewer. Original blog post with all links and prompts: https://hamy.xyz/blog/2025-10_ai-code-review Chapters 00:00 - Intro 00:15 - AI for Code Reviews 01:40 - Simple AI Code Review 04:50 - A More Extensible AI Code Review Links: - How I Actually Code with AI as a Senior Software Engineer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe64DwfiRBY - St...

In this video we explore how I code with AI in my side projects and at work. Original blog post with all links: https://hamy.xyz/blog/2025-10_how-i-actually-use-ai Chapters 00:00 - Intro 00:15 - What I'm using AI for 00:40 - Investigations with AI 02:00 - Coding with AI 07:45 - Reviews with AI 10:25 - How much Faster I Am with AI Links: - Stop Vibe Coding, Start Power Coding - How To Write Qu...

In this video we discuss an unexpected benefit I discovered after quitting coffee for 10 months. Original blog post with all links: https://hamy.xyz/blog/2025-10_unexpected-benefit-quitting-coffee Chapters 00:00 - Intro 00:50 - The Unexpected Benefit of Quitting Coffee Links: - I Quit Coffee for 90 Days - Here’s How It Affected Me as a Software Engineer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo9B9TOad0...

In this video we explore Obsidian Sync, why it breaks most company's IT rules, and workarounds that allow you to use Obsidian for notes, back them up, all while following the rules. Original blog post with all links: https://hamy.xyz/blog/2025-09_obsidian-syncing-at-work Chapters 00:00 - Intro 00:45 - Work Rules 02:15 - Obsidian Sync 03:10 - Work-compliant syncing 04:20 - My Obsidian Setup at...

In this video we explore the four pillars of career growth for software engineers - what they are, examples of each, and how they typically map to different career levels. Original blog post with all links: https://hamy.xyz/blog/2025-09_four-disciplines-career-growth Chapters 00:00 - Intro 01:10 - The Four Pillars of Career Growth 07:30 - The Four Pillars and Career Level Links: - My 2025 Job Sear...

In this video we discuss why I'm moving from Notion to Obsidian, where each is better, and what I recommend to different people. Original blog post with all links: https://hamy.xyz/blog/2025-09_notion-to-obsidian-for-notes Chapters 00:00 - Intro 00:55 - Where Obsidian is better than Notion 05:45 - Where Notion is better than Obsidian 08:55 - Would I recommend Obsidian or Notion? Links: - How...

In this video we explore recommendations for the best price:performance value VPS provider for most people. We dive into comparisons on server price and egress costs as well as if running a VPS makes sense vs choosing a Cloud or PaaS. Original blog post with all images and links: https://hamy.xyz/blog/2025-08_best-value-vps CTA: Get $20 in cloud credits on Hetzner with my link - https://hetzner.cl...

In this video we explore why I chose Ansible over Coolify for setting up my servers and deploying my web apps. Original blog post with all links: https://hamy.xyz/blog/2025-08_coolify-to-ansible CTA: Get $20 in Hetzner credits with my link - https://hetzner.cloud/?ref=8HuJz94yRocp Chapters 00:00 - Intro 00:55 - Infrastructure as Code 02:35 - Control and Transparency 05:30 - Less Dependency Risk 06...

In this video we explore my sleep schedule as a newborn parent working full-time as a software engineer. Original blog post with all images and links: https://hamy.xyz/blog/2025-08_newborn-parent-sleep-schedule Chapters 00:00 - Intro 00:35 - Newborn Feeding Schedule 01:30 - Sleeping at the same time didn't work for us 02:35 - Sleeping in schedules Links: - My Multi-Computer WFH Productivity D...

In this video we explore stacked and atomic commits - what they are, how they differ from traditional feature branches, and why you should use them. Original blog post with all links and images: https://hamy.xyz/blog/2025-07_stacked-commits Chapters 00:00 - Intro 00:30 - Traditional version control focuses on feature branches 05:30 - Stacked commits land a series of atomic commits as they're...

In this video we explore my HAMY LABS rebrand - why I'm doing it, what colors I chose, and the principles behind the Terminal Garden theme. Original blog post with all links and images: https://hamy.xyz/blog/2025-07_hamy-labs-rebrand Chapters 00:00 - Intro 00:15 - What is changing in the rebrand?  00:30 - Why rebrand HAMY LABS?  01:10 - What's the new brand?  Links: - My Career in Progra...

In this video we explore AI checkpointing - why it's useful, what checkpoints are useful for AI, and how to implement them. Original blog post with all links: https://hamy.xyz/blog/2025-07_ai-checkpointing Chapters 00:00 - Intro 01:15 - What is a checkpoint?  01:35 - A code checkpoint is like a save in a game 03:10 - A project checkpoint is like a quest tracker 04:20 - How to implement code c...

In this video we explore strategies I've used to stop doom scrolling - some that worked and some that don't - and tips for how to implement them effectively. Original blog post with all links: https://hamy.xyz/blog/2025-07_how-i-limit-doom-scrolling Chapters 00:00 - Intro 01:15 - Quitting social media did not work for me 03:20 - Time block problematic apps 07:20 - Time block your calenda...

In this video we explore the issues with vibe coding and introduce an alternative strategy of building software with agentic AI - Power Coding. Original blog post with all links: https://hamy.xyz/blog/2025-07_stop-vibe-coding CTA: Checkout my Power Coded C# library CinderBlockHtml - A C# DSL for Building HTML with Composable Building Blocks - https://github.com/SIRHAMY/CinderBlockHtml Chapters 00:...

In this video we explore vibe coding a C# library with Claude Code and lessons learned along the way. Original blog post with all links: https://hamy.xyz/blog/2025-07_vibe-coded-csharp-library CTA: Checkout CinderBlockHtml - a C# DSL for building HTML with composable building blocks - https://github.com/SIRHAMY/CinderBlockHtml Chapters 00:00 - Intro 00:15 - What did I vibe-code?  01:25 - The CLI d...

In this video we explore whether removing Python's Global Interpreter Lock will make it significantly faster - and for which workloads. Original blog post with all links: https://hamy.xyz/blog/2025-07_will-gil-removal-make-python-faster Chapters 00:00 - Intro 01:25 - What is Python's GIL? 02:30 - Python's GIL prevents true parallelism 06:25 - Will removing Python's GIL make it...

In this video we explore reasons that throwing exceptions are bad and an alternative method that leads to more robust, composable, and performant codebases. Original blog post with all links: https://hamy.xyz/blog/2025-07_5-reasons-to-stop-throwing-exceptions Chapters 00:00 - Intro 00:30 - Exceptions break the type system 02:20 - Exceptions make it hard to handle all possible cases 04:55 - Excepti...

In this video we walk through the programming languages I've used in my 8 year career as a software engineer. Original blog post with all links: https://hamy.xyz/blog/2025-06_career-in-programming-languages Chapters 00:00 - Intro 00:35 - Programming Languages I've used in my career 01:25 - APT and MasterCard 03:10 - Instagram and Meta 06:25 - Reddit 11:15 - HAMY LABS 13:25 - Rippling 15:...

In this video we explore 7 reasons F# sucks along with personal anecdotes about the good and bad of building software with F#. Original blog post with all links: https://hamy.xyz/blog/2025-06_7-reasons-fsharp-sucks CTA: CloudSeed F# Project Boilerplate - https://cloudseed.xyz/ Chapters 00:00 - Intro 00:25 - You start talking weird 02:45 - Nulls will haunt you 04:45 - Your buggy code won't com...

In this video we explore when to use exceptions vs errors as values and how they compare performance wise. Original blog post with all links and code: https://hamy.xyz/blog/2025-05_typescript-errors-vs-exceptions-benchmarks Chapters 00:00 - Intro 03:35 - Benchmarking errors as values vs exceptions 05:15 - Errors vs Exceptions results 07:25 - Errors vs Exceptions Benchmark Code 08:15 - When to use...

In this video we explore how to answer "Tell me about yourself" questions in Software Engineer Interviews including an example of how I actually answer this in my own interviews. Original blog post with all links: https://hamy.xyz/blog/2025-05_tell-me-about-yourself-swes Chapters 00:35 - How to Answer "Tell me about yourself" 04:55 - My Elevator Pitch Links: - My 2025 Job Searc...

In this video we explore my 2025 job search as a senior software engineer - covering my results, how long it took, and how I study for interviews. Original blog post with all links and images: https://hamy.xyz/blog/2025-04_job-search-results Chapters 00:30 - Interview Stats 07:25 - Interview Results over Time 14:05 - How I Schedule Interviews 17:40 - Common Interview Types Links: - How do you know...

In this video we explore how Cloudflare Container pricing compares to other major offrings - Google Cloud Run, AWS Fargate, Azure Container Apps, Railway, Digital Ocean App Platform, and Heroku Dynos Original blog post with all images and links: https://hamy.xyz/blog/2025-04_cloudflare-containers-comparison CTA: CloudCompare also has comparisons for Object Storage and Egress Costs - https://cloudc...