What I built at Recurse Center - a 12 week programming retreat (Return Statement W2'26)

How I use Claude Code as my personal assistant from my phone

In this video we explore how I use Claude Code as my personal assistant on the go, from my phone. Original blog post with all images and links: https://hamy.xyz/blog/2026-05_claude-code-from-phone CTA: Access my full ai dotfiles in the HAMY LABS Code Example Repo - https://github.com/HAMY-LABS/hamy-labs-code-examples/tree/main/artificial-intelligence - Available to HAMINIONS Members - https://hamy.xyz/blog/haminions Chapters 00:00 - Intro 00:30 - How I run Claude Code from my phone 04:05 - What I'm using my personal Claude for 08:35 - Things to keep in mind Links: - How To Create Portable AI Skills Across Harnesses (Claude Code, Codex, Open Code) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkBUI84eGJU - I Built an AI Orchestrator and Ran It Overnight - Here's What Happened - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9lf0-EZibA - How to use Vim in Claude Code - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-1qcNpxuXg 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/

Why High-Level Rust Wins Over Other High-Level Languages for Agentic Engineering

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: * 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/

Why Rust Wins in the Age of AI

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/

What I built at Recurse Center - a 12 week programming retreat (Return Statement W2'26)

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: - 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/

Why I'm moving from C# to Rust for High-level Apps

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/