Accelerate your Software Development Lifecycle with Amazon Q

Software development teams are constantly looking for ways to accelerate their software development lifecycle (SDLC) to release quality software faster. Amazon Q, a generative AI–powered assistant, can help software development teams work more efficiently throughout the SDLC—from research to maintenance. Continue reading Accelerate your Software Development Lifecycle with Amazon Q

Amazon Q Developer, now generally available, includes new capabilities to reimagine developer experience

When Amazon Web Services (AWS) launched Amazon Q Developer as a preview last year, it changed my experience of interacting with AWS services and, at the same time, maximizing the potential of AWS services on a daily basis. Trained on Continue reading Amazon Q Developer, now generally available, includes new capabilities to reimagine developer experience

Quickly go from Idea to PR with CodeCatalyst using Amazon Q

Amazon Q feature development enables teams using Amazon CodeCatalyst to scale with AI to assist developers in completing everyday software development tasks. Developers can now go from an idea in an issue to a fully tested, merge-ready, running application code Continue reading Quickly go from Idea to PR with CodeCatalyst using Amazon Q

Infrastructure as Code development with Amazon CodeWhisperer

At re:Invent in 2023, AWS announced Infrastructure as Code (IaC) support for Amazon CodeWhisperer. CodeWhisperer is an AI-powered productivity tool for the IDE and command line that helps software developers to quickly and efficiently create cloud applications to run on Continue reading Infrastructure as Code development with Amazon CodeWhisperer

Creating a User Activity Dashboard for Amazon CodeWhisperer

Maximizing the value from Enterprise Software tools requires an understanding of who and how users interact with those tools. As we have worked with builders rolling out Amazon CodeWhisperer to their enterprises, identifying usage patterns has been critical. This blog Continue reading Creating a User Activity Dashboard for Amazon CodeWhisperer

Best practices for managing Terraform State files in AWS CI/CD Pipeline

Introduction Today customers want to reduce manual operations for deploying and maintaining their infrastructure. The recommended method to deploy and manage infrastructure on AWS is to follow Infrastructure-As-Code (IaC) model using tools like AWS CloudFormation, AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK) Continue reading Best practices for managing Terraform State files in AWS CI/CD Pipeline

New for AWS Amplify – Query MySQL and PostgreSQL database for AWS CDK

Today we are announcing the general availability to connect and query your existing MySQL and PostgreSQL databases with support for AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK), a new feature to create a real-time, secure GraphQL API for your relational database Continue reading New for AWS Amplify – Query MySQL and PostgreSQL database for AWS CDK

Blue/Green Deployments with Amazon ECS using Amazon CodeCatalyst

Amazon CodeCatalyst is a modern software development service that empowers teams to deliver software on AWS easily and quickly. Amazon CodeCatalyst provides one place where you can plan, code, and build, test, and deploy your container applications with continuous integration/continuous Continue reading Blue/Green Deployments with Amazon ECS using Amazon CodeCatalyst

IDE extension for AWS Application Composer enhances visual modern applications development with AI-generated IaC

Today, I’m happy to share the integrated development environment (IDE) extension for AWS Application Composer. Now you can use AWS Application Composer directly in your IDE to visually build modern applications and iteratively develop your infrastructure as code templates with Continue reading IDE extension for AWS Application Composer enhances visual modern applications development with AI-generated IaC

Upgrade your Java applications with Amazon Q Code Transformation (preview)

As our applications age, it takes more and more effort just to keep them secure and running smoothly. Developers managing the upgrades must spend time relearning the intricacies and nuances of breaking changes and performance optimizations others have already discovered Continue reading Upgrade your Java applications with Amazon Q Code Transformation (preview)

Amazon Q brings generative AI-powered assistance to IT pros and developers (preview)

Today, we are announcing the preview of Amazon Q, a new type of generative artificial intelligence (AI) powered assistant that is specifically for work and can be tailored to a customer’s business. Amazon Q brings a set of capabilities to Continue reading Amazon Q brings generative AI-powered assistance to IT pros and developers (preview)

Your DevOps and Developer Productivity guide to re:Invent 2023

Your DevOps and Developer Productivity guide to re:Invent 2023 ICYMI – AWS re:Invent is less than a week away! We can’t wait to join thousands of builders in person and virtually for another exciting event. Still need to save your Continue reading Your DevOps and Developer Productivity guide to re:Invent 2023

New for Amazon SQS – Update the AWS SDK to reduce latency

With Amazon SQS, you can send and receive messages between software components at any scale. It was one of the first AWS services I used and as a Solutions Architect, I helped many customers take advantage of asynchronous communications using Continue reading New for Amazon SQS – Update the AWS SDK to reduce latency

AWS Weekly Roundup—Reserve GPU capacity for short ML workloads, Finch is GA, and more—November 6, 2023

The year is coming to an end, and there are only 50 days until Christmas and 21 days to AWS re:Invent! If you are in Las Vegas, come and say hi to me. I will be around the Serverlesspresso booth most Continue reading AWS Weekly Roundup—Reserve GPU capacity for short ML workloads, Finch is GA, and more—November 6, 2023