Ali Spittel
@alispit.tel
Mom // software engineer // developer stuff @ aws
Toddler fashion is iconic. Not pictured: her full arm and leg sleeves of temporary thanksgiving and Halloween tattoos.
November 12, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Toddler fashion is iconic. Not pictured: her full arm and leg sleeves of temporary thanksgiving and Halloween tattoos.
Reposted by Ali Spittel
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.
November 11, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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!
November 12, 2025 at 5:47 AM
all the aurora pics make me wish I didn’t live downtown for the first time in my adult life!
👩🏫 Are you a college student who wants hands-on leadership experience that recruiters notice?
📕 AWS training, cloud resources, and credits? Direct support from AWS employees?
🏫To lead events on your campus?
Apply to be an AWS Cloud Club Captain! ☁️
pulse.aws/application/...
📕 AWS training, cloud resources, and credits? Direct support from AWS employees?
🏫To lead events on your campus?
Apply to be an AWS Cloud Club Captain! ☁️
pulse.aws/application/...
AWS Cloud Club Captain Application: 2025 Cohort 5
AWS Pulse
pulse.aws
September 25, 2025 at 6:58 PM
👩🏫 Are you a college student who wants hands-on leadership experience that recruiters notice?
📕 AWS training, cloud resources, and credits? Direct support from AWS employees?
🏫To lead events on your campus?
Apply to be an AWS Cloud Club Captain! ☁️
pulse.aws/application/...
📕 AWS training, cloud resources, and credits? Direct support from AWS employees?
🏫To lead events on your campus?
Apply to be an AWS Cloud Club Captain! ☁️
pulse.aws/application/...
Reposted by Ali Spittel
Ms. Rachel forever
Ms. Rachel grew up on Mister Rogers. Now she’s carrying on his legacy.
The YouTube star wants her audiences — adults and children alike — to see the humanity of all people.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 31, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Ms. Rachel forever
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...
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 ...
www.amazon.jobs
July 31, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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...
Join us!
www.amazon.jobs/en/jobs/3011...
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...
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...
amazon.jobs
July 15, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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...
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...
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?
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?
July 15, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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?
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
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
kiro.dev
July 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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
Spec-driven development and agent hooks are a new paradigm in AI-assisted development. Check it out! 👻
kiro.dev
good marketing is storytelling
July 3, 2025 at 5:09 AM
good marketing is storytelling
Therapist: And what do we do when we feel stressed
Me: rm -rf .git
Therapist: No
Me: rm -rf .git
Therapist: No
July 3, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Therapist: And what do we do when we feel stressed
Me: rm -rf .git
Therapist: No
Me: rm -rf .git
Therapist: No
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| YOUR IMPOSTOR |
| SYNDROME IS LYING |
| TO YOU |
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(\_❀) ||
(•ㅅ•) ||
/ づ
| YOUR IMPOSTOR |
| SYNDROME IS LYING |
| TO YOU |
| ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿|
(\_❀) ||
(•ㅅ•) ||
/ づ
July 2, 2025 at 3:19 AM
|￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣|
| YOUR IMPOSTOR |
| SYNDROME IS LYING |
| TO YOU |
| ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿|
(\_❀) ||
(•ㅅ•) ||
/ づ
| YOUR IMPOSTOR |
| SYNDROME IS LYING |
| TO YOU |
| ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿|
(\_❀) ||
(•ㅅ•) ||
/ づ
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
📕 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
July 1, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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
📕 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.
July 1, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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
if __name__ == "__main__":
is one of the clunkiest lines of code
June 26, 2025 at 2:19 PM
hot take
if __name__ == "__main__":
is one of the clunkiest lines of code
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
June 26, 2025 at 5:18 AM
It’s incredible how much I learn from every episode of Lenny’s podcast
Reposted by Ali Spittel
how long til we get a 'The Circle' type show where the contestants have to guess who is an LLM
June 26, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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
✅ 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
June 26, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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
✅ 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...
June 26, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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.
June 24, 2025 at 1:42 AM
I don’t have the mental bandwidth to post much about politics but Trump sucks.
