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I’ve been inspired by all the activities that tech communities around the world have been hosting and participating in throughout the year. Here in the southern hemisphere we’re starting to dream about our upcoming summer breaks and closing out on some of the activities we’ve initiated this year. The tech community in South Africa is […]

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Last week, Strands Agents, AWS open source for agentic AI SDK just hit 1 million downloads and earned 3,000+ GitHub Stars less than 4 months since launching as a preview in May 2025. With Strands Agents, you can build production-ready, multi-agent AI systems in a few lines of code. We’ve continuously improved features including support […]

This week I was at the inaugural AWS AI in Practice meetup from the AWS User Group UK. AI-assisted software development and agents were the focus of the evening! Next week I’ll be in Italy for Codemotion (Milan) and an AWS User Group meetup (Rome). I am also excited to try the new Amazon Quick […]

Happy Sunday y'all! This week and year are moving at a lightening pace. There are only 19 days to Halloween, 46 days to Thanksgiving, 74 days to Christmas, and 81 days to the New Year 🤯 With the holiday season rapidly approaching, I'm feeling a little anxious. Normally, I've started (and nearly completed) my shopping by now, but I haven't even looked yet.

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Summer has drawn to a close here in Utrecht, where I live in the Netherlands. In two weeks, I’ll be attending AWS Community Day 2025, hosted at the Kinepolis Jaarbeurs Utrecht on September 24. The single-day event will bring together over 500 cloud practitioners from across the Netherlands, featuring 25 breakout sessions across five technical […]

Last week, Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4.5—the world’s best coding model according to SWE-Bench – became available in Amazon Q command line interface (CLI) and Kiro. I’m excited about this for two reasons: First, a few weeks ago I spent 4 intensive days with a global customer delivering an AI-assisted development workshop, where I experienced firsthand […]

Under Color of Law with Shan Wu cuts through the noise, fact-checking the spin & uncovering the hidden threads shaping our world. With exclusive insider analysis, it goes beyond the headlines to expose the truth behind today’s legal and political battles. Click to read Under Color of Law with Shan Wu, by Shanlon Wu, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.

Starting off like always! By taking out a small amount of time to once again express my appreciation for all the authors that I’ve read this week. I see your time, efforts, and dedication to …

Happy Sunday y'all! I'm happy to be back to blogging after a short break in September. Vacation was amazing, but also exhausting. I had big plans to be back full time after Disney, but you need a vacation to rest after Disney 😅 This was our fourth year going, and as always, we had a blast and have already booked next year's trip.

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My LinkedIn feed was absolutely packed this week with pictures from the AWS Heroes Summit event in Seattle. It was heartwarming to see so many familiar faces and new Heroes coming together. For those not familiar with the AWS Heroes program, it’s a global community recognition initiative that honors individuals who make outstanding contributions to […]

Wow, can you all believe it? We’re nearing the end of the year already. Next thing you know, AWS re:Invent will be here! This is our biggest event that takes place every year in Las Vegas from December 1st to December 5th where we reveal and release many of the things that we’ve been working […]