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James Hood

Author: James Hood

James is a Principal Software Engineer and 16-year Amazon veteran with experience across AWS and Stores. He founded Amazon's internal AI "power user" community and now focuses on integrating AI into internal builder tools as part of the Amazon software builder experience organization. James is passionate about accelerating productivity through the combination of cultural transformation and intelligent tooling.

Introducing Strands Agent SOPs – Natural Language Workflows for AI Agents

Modern AI can write code, compose symphonies, and solve complex reasoning problems. So why is it still so hard to get them to reliably do what you want? Building reliable AI agents that consistently perform complex tasks remains challenging. While modern language models excel at reasoning and problem-solving, translating that capability into predictable workflows often […]