HAMY LABS POD

In this video we discuss the impacts of quitting coffee for 3 months - on my life and career as a software engineer. Original blog post with all links and images: https://hamy.xyz/blog/2025-04_i-quit-coffee Chapters 00:30 - My Coffee-Drinking Background 02:05 - Why I Decided to Quit Coffee 04:25 - Results of Quitting Coffee 10:25 - How was Quitting Coffee? (First 3 Months) 17:35 - How Quitting Cof...

In this video we answer the question - Is HTMX Dying?  Original blog post with all links and images: https://hamy.xyz/blog/2025-04_is-htmx-dying Chapters 00:25 - HTMX is Dying 02:10 - HTMX Usage Trends 07:05 - HTMX Competitors 09:00 - Official HTMX Response Links: - What it’s like to run HTMX in Production - Stories from Experienced Software Engineers - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ec_ovkHHuZ8&...

In this video we explore some questions to ask yourself to help determine if it's time to quit and some opportunities to explore before you do so. Original blog post with all links: https://hamy.xyz/blog/2025-01_how-to-know-its-time-to-quit CTA:  Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making - https://amzn.to/4fT1iXI Chapters 01:05 - How to know when to quit (according to Build) 01...

In this video we talk about my newest app - TTL Calculator - what it does, why I built it, and how I built it. Original blog post with all links: https://hamy.xyz/blog/ttl-calculator CTA: TTL Calculator - https://ttlcalculator.com/ Chapters 00:40 - Why I built it 01:50 - How I built it 04:10 - Building with Datastar 06:25 - The future of CloudSeed Links: - One Million Checkboxes - Globally Synced...

In this video we'll dive into the best laptop size for productivity for software engineers based on my 8+ years coding with laptops. Original blog post with all links: https://hamy.xyz/blog/2025-01_laptop-size-for-software-engineers Chapters 00:50 - Does the Size of your laptop matter?  01:55 - The Different Attributes of a Laptop 02:55 - Portability 04:05 - Screen Size 06:10 - What size lapt...

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_channe...

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: - HA...

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 fa...

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 Com...

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...

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...

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...

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 t...

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 Pri...

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) - h...

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 gre...

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...

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 goo...

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...

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=1b4mXOS...

In this video we explore whether MySQL is free or not - taking a look at its ownership, its licensing, and whether this applies to you and your software or not. Original blog post with all links: https://hamy.xyz/labs/2024-09_is-mysql-free Chapters 01:20 - MySQL and Oracle 02:15 - Can you use MySQL for Free? 07:25 - Should you care about these MySQL licensing requirements? Links: - Postgres Over E...

In this video we do a survey of the state of HTMX in 2024, comparing it to other players in the webdev landscape. We go over what HTMX is, what it's used for, how popular it is, if people like it, if people run HTMX in production apps, and if there are any jobs in HTMX. Original blog post with all images and links: https://hamy.xyz/labs/2024-09_the-state-of-htmx Chapters 00:45 - What is HTMX...

In this video we talk about Amazon's new 5-day per week Return-to-Office policy, why they're doing it, and what the industry thinks about it. Original blog post with all links: https://hamy.xyz/labs/2024-09_amazon-rto-policy Chapters 00:45 - Amazon's New Return-to-Office Policy 01:10 - Why Amazon Changed their RTO Policy 02:15 - Is this really why Amazon is moving to RTO? Links: - H...

In this video we explore why Postgres is a great default database choice for most web applications - comparing it to Non-relational options like Mongo and Dynamo, other relational options like MySQL and SQLite, as well as some pathways to getting the most out of your relational system while minimizing dev obstacles. Original blog post with all links: https://hamy.xyz/labs/2024-09_postgres-over-eve...

In this video we explore why Zig is moving from AWS to a self-hosted server on Hetzner.  Original blog post with all links and images: https://hamy.xyz/labs/2024-09_zig-migrating-off-aws Chapters 00:20 - What is Zig Migrating? 00:55 - How was Zig Hosted on AWS? 01:40 - Why is Zig Migrating off AWS?  03:40 - What is Zig Migrating to? Links: - How this Side Project racked up a $100k Cloud Bill on Ne...