Tag: Developer Tools

As I sat down to write this post, my daughter called from the top of the Eiffel Tower on a trip with her high school class. While she excitedly pointed her camera toward the Parisian skyline, I was struck by how technology has transformed our concept of distance. Her world, at eighteen, is infinitely more […]

In the fast-paced world of software development, maintaining comprehensive documentation often falls to the bottom of priority lists in favor of delivering functionality. Amazon Q Developer’s /doc agent changes this equation by automating README generation and updates. With this tool, the variable of time spent producing documentation is reduced to the point that it’s no longer […]

As the world of software development becomes increasingly global, the need for tools that support multiple languages has become paramount. Earlier today, Amazon Q Developer announced expanded language support. In this post, I explore the recent expansion of language support in Amazon Q Developer, a powerful platform used by developers worldwide to discuss architecture, create documentation, […]

In today’s rapidly evolving software landscape, maintaining and modernizing Java applications is a critical challenge for many organizations. As new Java versions are released and best practices evolve, the need for efficient code transformation becomes increasingly important. Amazon Q Developer transformation for Java using the Command Line Interface (CLI) presents a powerful alternative to integrated […]

Increasing developer productivity has been a persistent challenge for senior leaders over the past decades. With the rise of generative artificial intelligence (AI), a new wave of innovation is transforming how software teams work. Generative AI tools like Amazon Q Developer are emerging as game-changers, supporting developers across the entire software development lifecycle. But how […]

Operators, administrators, developers, and many other personas leveraging AWS come across multiple use cases and common issues such as lack of permissions, bugs in code in AWS Lambda, and more when leveraging the AWS console. To help alleviate this burden when using the console, AWS released Amazon Q to assist with users accessing the console […]

This post is co-written with Dr. Geoff Ryder, Manager, at SmugMug. Introduction SmugMug operates two very large online photo platforms: SmugMug and Flickr. These platforms enable more than 100 million customers to safely store, search, share, and sell tens of billions of photos every day. However, the data science and engineering team at SmugMug and […]

Amazon Q Developer Agent for code transformation is an AI-powered tool which modernizes code bases from Java 8 and Java 11 to Java 17. Integrated into VS Code and IntelliJ, Amazon Q simplifies the migration process and reduce the time and effort compared to manual process. It proposes and verifies code changes, using AI to […]

In today’s cloud-driven world, maintaining compliance and enforcing organizational policies across your infrastructure is more critical than ever. AWS CloudFormation, a service that enables you to model, provision, and manage AWS and third-party resources through Infrastructure as Code (IaC), has been a cornerstone for automating cloud deployments. While CloudFormation simplifies resource management, ensuring compliance with […]

Earlier today, Amazon Q Developer announced support for inline chat. Inline chat combines the benefits of in-IDE chat with the ability to directly update code, allowing developers to describe issues or ideas directly in the code editor, and receive AI-generated responses that are seamlessly integrated into their codebase. In this post, I will introduce the […]