The Elephant + Goldfish AI Workflow - Simply Explained

The Elephant + Goldfish AI workflow pairs an implementer with project context and an independent reviewer with fresh eyes. Here I explain how it works and how to use it through prompts, skills, and reviewers from different model families. Original blog post with all images and links: https://hamy.xyz/blog/2026-11_elephant-goldfish Get my monthly AI Dotfiles snapshots and support more of my work by joining HAMINIONS: https://hamy.xyz/haminions Chapters 00:00 - Intro 00:22 - Elephant and Goldfish roles 01:56 - How to use the workflow 02:34 - Prompts, skills, and independent reviewers 03:35 - Next steps Links: How I Actually Do Agentic Engineering As A Senior Software Engineer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSAbVuwt8Z4 9 Parallel AI Agents That Review My Code (Claude Code Setup): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGmMItyRaRM Just Write Rust: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYqZ7BktB4w 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/