This is the most beautiful and terrifying video I’ve seen youtu.be/cjZvFY6__qw?...
I Skied Down Mount Everest (world first, no oxygen)
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Ali Spittel
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Mom // software engineer // developer stuff @ aws
For this New Builders, hear @sogrady.org chat with @alispit.tel, Head of DevRel at @awscloud.bsky.social, about the importance of developer experience, how the role of developers is evolving, and the new challenges and opportunities devs face in the AI era. redmonk.com/videos/aws-d...
AWS Developer Experience State of the Nation with Ali Spittel
In this New Builders conversation, RedMonk’s Stephen O’Grady chats with Ali Spittel, head of DevRel at AWS, about the importance of developer experience, how the role of developers is evolving, and th...
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Toddler fashion is iconic. Not pictured: her full arm and leg sleeves of temporary thanksgiving and Halloween tattoos.
Joke of the day from Moscow: Russia tried to unveil its first humanoid AI robot, Aidol. Key word: tried. The robot collapsed during its debut, forcing organizers to cut the presentation short. Their rushed attempt to lift the prop only made things worse.
all the aurora pics make me wish I didn’t live downtown for the first time in my adult life!
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AWS Cloud Club Captain Application: 2025 Cohort 5
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Are you interested in teaching developers about agentic AI? Working on the cutting edge of what we're working on at AWS? Join us! www.amazon.jobs/en/jobs/3011...
Senior Developer Advocate, Generative AI, AWS Developer Experience
At AWS, we're looking for technical pioneers who are shaping the future of AI. As a Senior Developer Advocate on our Developer Experience team, you'll combine your software development expertise with ...
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There are three US-based Developer Advocate roles open in the org I manage right now! The first two are focused on telling AWS's developer tools story - for example, Kiro, Serverless, Amplify, etc. amazon.jobs/en/jobs/3021... amazon.jobs/en/jobs/3029...
Sr Developer Advocate, Developer Productivity, DevEx
Developers are at the heart of everything AWS builds. We are creating AI-powered development tools like Amazon Q Developer that help developers write code more efficiently, debug faster, and eliminate...
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it's my birthday, and i'm reflecting on the year. My computer background image is "the quality of your life will mirror the quality of questions you ask yourself" what are some of your favorite questions to ask yourself?
Introducing Kiro - I've been testing it out for a while. It's truly a game changer. Spec-driven development and agent hooks are a new paradigm in AI-assisted development. Check it out! 👻 kiro.dev
Kiro
The AI IDE for prototype to production
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Therapist: And what do we do when we feel stressed Me: rm -rf .git Therapist: No
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Following non-developers is so confusing. Couple definitions for some words you may see pop up on your time line: 📕 library: a place with books 📈 graph: a chart 🗺 map: used for navigation 🐍 python: snake 📚 heap: a pile of things 🌲 tree: a tall plant 🐞 bug: an insect
i have a private repo that stores my dotfiles to use across computers, going to start doing the same for my everyday context files.
hot take if __name__ == "__main__": is one of the clunkiest lines of code
It’s incredible how much I learn from every episode of Lenny’s podcast
how long til we get a 'The Circle' type show where the contestants have to guess who is an LLM
Things that don't mean you're insecure: ✅ taking selfies ✅ posting about your successes ✅ asking for help when you need it Things that do mean you're insecure: 🛑 submitting personal information over a http request
apparently X shows you all your top tweets if you look at your profile when you're not logged in, and wow i had some bangers. i feel the need to post them here to just have them live somewhere else...
I don’t have the mental bandwidth to post much about politics but Trump sucks.
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Build Games Challenge: Build Classics with Amazon Q Developer CLI
Join our global Build Games Challenge! Create classic games like Pong and Tetris using Amazon Q Developer CLI's AI-powered conversational programming. Free tier available.
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I’ve summarized my obsidian second brain and use it as global context for the Q CLI. Feel like the biggest tech bro ever.