AWS Weekly Roundup: Local Zone in Athens, Claude Opus 5 on AWS, Lambda durable execution for .NET, and more (July 27, 2026)
Last week I had the privilege of spending three days in São Paulo with technical builders…
AWS Weekly Roundup: One-click Lambda setup prompt, OpenAI GPT-5.6 models on Bedrock, and more (July 20, 2026)
Last week, my team visited Seoul to meet AWS Korea User Group (AWSKRUG) leaders. AWSKRUG is…
Amazon SQS turns 20: Two decades of reliable messaging at scale
On July 13, 2006, we launched Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS) as one of the…
Accelerate your infrastructure deployments by up to 4x with AWS CloudFormation Express mode
Today, we’re announcing AWS CloudFormation Express mode, a new deployment mode that accelerates deployments for developers and…
AWS Weekly Roundup: Agentic CX designer for Amazon Connect Customer, EC2 AMI Watermarks, Open Governance for MySQL, and more (June 29, 2026)
It has been a busy stretch on the AWS Summit circuit. At the New York City…
Run isolated sandboxes with full lifecycle control: AWS Lambda introduces MicroVMs
Today, we are announcing AWS Lambda MicroVMs, a new serverless compute primitive within AWS Lambda that…
Proactively reduce tech debt autonomously with AWS Transform – continuous modernization (preview)
Today, we’re announcing AWS Transform – continuous modernization (preview), a new capability of AWS Transform for…
Amazon Bedrock introduces new advanced prompt optimization and migration tool
Today, we’re announcing Amazon Bedrock Advanced Prompt Optimization, a new tool that you can use to…
AWS Weekly Roundup: What’s Next with AWS 2026, Amazon Quick, OpenAI partnership, and more (May 4, 2026)
Last week, I took some time off in York, England, often described as the most haunted…
AWS Weekly Roundup: Anthropic & Meta partnership, AWS Lambda S3 Files, Amazon Bedrock AgentCore CLI, and more (April 27, 2026)
Late March took me to Seattle for the Specialist Tech Conference, one of the most energizing…
Launching S3 Files, making S3 buckets accessible as file systems
I’m excited to announce Amazon S3 Files, a new file system that seamlessly connects any AWS…
AWS Weekly Roundup: AWS AI/ML Scholars program, Agent Plugin for AWS Serverless, and more (March 30, 2026)
Last week, what excited me most was the launch of the 2026 AWS AI & ML…