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Hamilton Greene @sirhamy.bsky.social · 8h

Why I'm Moving Back to Notion from Obsidian for Personal Notes

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Hamilton Greene @sirhamy.bsky.social · 2d

Review your AI's Code - A Simple Process for Building More Robust Systems Faster with AI

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Review your AI's Code - A Simple Process for Building More Robust Systems Faster with AI

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Hamilton Greene @sirhamy.bsky.social · 2d

I hear a lot of grumblings that code review is a waste of time.

IMO it's one of the best ROI processes for building alignment and sharing knowledge.

It may take some extra time in the short term but it saves a lot of rework long-term.

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Hamilton Greene @sirhamy.bsky.social · 3d

5 reasons to stop throwing exceptions - hamy.xyz/blog/2025-07...

5 Reasons to Stop Throwing Exceptions - and What To Do Instead for a more Robust, Composable, and Performant Codebase

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Hamilton Greene @sirhamy.bsky.social · 3d

Exceptions typically take a copy of the stack trace and (if thrown) roll up the callstack to find the next try/catch.

This is useful for debugging when unexpected things happen.

However it is super costly if all you're going to do is catch it and do manual recovery.

5 Reasons to Stop Throwing Exceptions - and What To Do Instead for a more Robust, Composable, and Performant Codebase

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Hamilton Greene @sirhamy.bsky.social · 4d

I like Obsidian for note taking but its sync is rarely allowed by company IT.

So I typically just backup the Vault folders to whatever file storage system is approved by IT.

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Hamilton Greene @sirhamy.bsky.social · 4d

Stacked commits in git are basically just single commit branches.

Instead of adding a new commit on a branch to change it, you just amend the existing commit.

What Are Stacked Commits and Why Should You Use Them? - hamy.xyz/blog/2025-07...

Hamilton Greene @sirhamy.bsky.social · 12d

The Four Pillars of Career Growth for Software Engineers

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The Four Pillars of Career Growth for Software Engineers

Date: 2025-09-24 | career | reflect | software-engineer |

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Hamilton Greene @sirhamy.bsky.social · 12d

The Four Pillars of Career Growth:

- Technical Skill: Your chosen craft.
- Project Execution: Getting things done.
- Product Thinking: Setting direction, impact for the business.
- People Skills: How you collaborate.

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Hamilton Greene @sirhamy.bsky.social · 13d

How I Stopped Mindless Doom Scrolling As A Chronically Online Software Engineer - hamy.xyz/blog/2025-07...

How I Stopped Mindless Doom Scrolling As A Chronically Online Software Engineer - Less Time Scrolling, More Time Doing Things I Enjoy

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Hamilton Greene @sirhamy.bsky.social · 13d

One of the best strategies I've found for avoiding doom scrolling is to time block my calendar.

I found my scrolling habit would typically kick in whenever I had random bits of free time.

Time blocks have helped ensure more time in my day has a specific purpose.

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Hamilton Greene @sirhamy.bsky.social · 14d

How I Actually Code with AI

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Hamilton Greene @sirhamy.bsky.social · 16d

Coolify works great for app configurations but doesn't help much for server / platform configs.

That's largely by design but it means that you have to build a way to handle server configurations - especially if you're configuring across multiple servers.

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Hamilton Greene @sirhamy.bsky.social · 18d

PSA: Eight Sleep temperature changes may be waking you up.

I've been waking up in the middle of the night the past couple weeks so tried turning off all the temp changes in Eight Sleep. Since then I've been sleeping the whole night.

Worth double checking your settings.

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PSA: Eight Sleep Autopilot May Be Waking You Up

Date: 2025-10-18 | eight-sleep | gadgets | reflect |

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Hamilton Greene @sirhamy.bsky.social · 18d

Strong, expressive types removes the need for many kinds of parameterized tests.

Instead the compiler works as the test - if it doesn't conform to the definition, the code won't even compile.

Reason #5 F# sucks: Your buggy code won't even compile

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#fsharp

7 Reasons F# Sucks

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Hamilton Greene @sirhamy.bsky.social · 19d

Some ways Obsidian is better than Notion:

- Local and lightweight - just markdown files
- I control the data - can backup how I want
- Highly customizable - HTML / CSS / JS

Why I'm Moving my Personal Notes from Notion to Obsidian - hamy.xyz/blog/2025-09...

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Hamilton Greene @sirhamy.bsky.social · 19d

Another benefit I've noticed from quitting coffee:

I tend to bounce back faster after a night or two of bad sleep.

Less zombie in mornings and can get through full day with decent energy. Useful if you tend to get woken up in the middle of the night.

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An Unexpected Benefit from Quitting Coffee - 10 Months In

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Hamilton Greene @sirhamy.bsky.social · 20d

Stop Vibe Coding, Start Power Coding - How To Write Quality Software Faster With Agentic AI (Without Pissing Off Your Software Engineers)

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Hamilton Greene @sirhamy.bsky.social · 20d

To code with AI effectively, you need to take an active role:

* Plan your project beforehand
* Build one small feature at a time
* Understand your system as you build

Don't vibe code, vibe engineer.

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Hamilton Greene @sirhamy.bsky.social · 26d

How to Setup an Ergonomic Workstation - More productivity, less back / neck / wrist pain

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How to Setup an Ergonomic Workstation - More productivity, less back / neck / wrist pain

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Hamilton Greene @sirhamy.bsky.social · 26d

I've worked as a software engineer for 8 years and spent considerable time, effort, and money making my WFH desk setup ergonomic.

My best advice is:

* Rule of 90 - Everything at right angles
* Static Rule - Move as little as possible for common operations

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Hamilton Greene @sirhamy.bsky.social · Oct 5

Vibe Engineering > Vibe Coding

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Stop Vibe Coding, Start Power Coding - How To Write Quality Software Faster With Agentic AI (Without Pissing Off Your Software Engineers)

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Hamilton Greene @sirhamy.bsky.social · Oct 3

Review your AI's Code - A Simple Process for Building More Robust Systems Faster with AI

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Review your AI's Code - A Simple Process for Building More Robust Systems Faster with AI

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Hamilton Greene @sirhamy.bsky.social · Oct 3

You should always review your AI's code before creating a PR in the same way that you should always review your own code before creating a PR.

Don't send out a rough draft, send out a first draft. It saves everyone time.

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Hamilton Greene @sirhamy.bsky.social · Oct 2

5 reasons to stop throwing exceptions - hamy.xyz/blog/2025-07...

5 Reasons to Stop Throwing Exceptions - and What To Do Instead for a more Robust, Composable, and Performant Codebase

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