Eric Hammond

This is Kiro - the AI IDE that works on your messy, real-world projects. Other AI tools lose context when projects get complex. Kiro gives you spec-driven development that scales beyond prototypes.
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Building resilient multi-tenant systems with Amazon SQS fair queues Amazon SQS fair queues help mitigate noisy neighbor impacts in multi-tenant systems by automatically prioritizing message delivery across tenants, maintain...

I did not have a new SQS Queue type on my bingo card, but here we are and they're very cool. SQS Fair Queues automatically balance multiple tenants (identified by their MessageGroupID), filtering out noisy neighbors. Love it when foundational services keep improving!

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Messages from Claude Code (AI development tool): You're absolutely right - I focused too narrowly on the "callback" implementation detail rather than understanding the actual need. Let me reconsider. I've completely revised the NEW-TIMER-DESIGN.md document based on your insights. The key realization is that this isn't about sequential events, but rather concurrent message layers with priorities.

I'm tired of being "absolutely right".

Tell me when I'm wrong.

Tell me when I forgot to take something into account.

Tell me when I could consider another option.

#ai #development

Other people get good results from other tools including Roo, Cursor, Windsurf, AWS Q Developer, etc. but this list also changes every week.

I should also mention that my projects are not cost sensitive, so I'm focused on results, not price.

This list will be out of date in a couple weeks, if not sooner.

Here's a list of what I use today to build software and do tasks, in rough order of what I wouldn't want to give up:

Claude Code
Cline

Claude (web)
ChatGPT (web)

llm (from Simon Willison)
aider
abc-cli (by me)
other tools I write using LLM APIs

GitHub Copilot

In fact, I'm thrilled I'm able to accomplish so much more so much faster, and I'm looking forward to when I'll be able to check even more things off my list of todos, and automate even more advanced things in my life that I'd never considered before.

I'm not as afraid of these latest astounding abstractions and incredible advances in coding tools as perhaps somebody who just started developing software.

not to mention the advances in operating systems, improvements in user interfaces, windowing systems, IDEs, connectivity to APIs over the Internet, and abstracting the very hardware into the cloud,

and at every step using more abstractions and third party packages that solve so many challenges I no longer have to worry about,

to using Perl, which figured out what I mean without having to spell it all out in painful detail,

to object oriented programming in C++, which generated the lower level C code,

to writing programs in C, which generated the assembly using an easier abstraction,

to typing assembly language instructions and having an assembler figure out the machine code for me,

from manually figuring out the numerical values of each byte of the desired machine code and entering them into the computer,

Having personally experienced coding

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Amazon nova prompt engineering on AWS: a field guide by Brooke

Each AI model needs its own prompting approach - like how different makeup brushes are designed for specific tasks. You wouldn't use an eyeliner brush for blush!

I've turned my Nova experiments into a field guide with templates, patterns & examples you can use today!

Introducing AWS CloudFormation Stack Refactoring | Amazon Web Services Introduction As your cloud infrastructure grows and evolves, you may find the need to reorganize your AWS CloudFormation stacks for better management, for improved modularity, or to align with changin...

I hope you never need this, but it is now possible to move resources between AWS CloudFormation stacks, and to rename logical IDs:

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#aws #cloudformation

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$ lpq
HP_Color_LaserJet_MFP_M281fdw_238DB1 is ready
no entries

$ lpr document.pdf

$ lpq
HP_Color_LaserJet_MFP_M281fdw_238DB1 is ready and printing
Rank Owner Job File(s) Total Size
active erich 11 document.pdf 2048 bytes

$ abc what printers are available
$ lpstat -a
HP_Color_LaserJet_MFP_M281fdw_238DB1 accepting requests since Sat 11 Jan 2025 04:57:44 PM PST

$ abc make HP_Color_LaserJet_MFP_M281fdw_238DB1 the default printer
$ lpadmin -d HP_Color_LaserJet_MFP_M281fdw_238DB1

I'm not seeing the alt text I entered, so here you go (thread)...

Terminal recording of the following commands and output:

$ lpr document.pdf
lpr: Error - No default destination.

$ lpq
lpq: Error - no default destination available.

I can't always remember those sysadmin commands I only use a few times a decade.

abc to the rescue (the LLM's proposed commands will be based on the current operating system).

getabc.sh

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I‘m a 5th year Community Builder myself, and the program has a lot of benefits, like direct exchange with other fellow builders via Slack, info about upcoming releases, and not to forget, generous AWS credits.

Of course! Always happy to work even more directly with the teams on genAI experience. You know where to find me.

The abc flow works really well for me for a lot of needs. I'm not saying it's the best for every person or situation.

In fact it's just one of a number of ways I use LLMs with the command line.

- Cline in vscode
- llm (cli from simonw)
- web LLM conversations
- ...

With abc, the new command is added to my shell history. I can easily go back and run it again with other tweaks.