When It Makes Sense To “Block” The Main Thread
The common rule of thumb is to never “block” the browser’s main thread when running JavaScript…
No, People Don’t Want More AI In Their Life
Many companies assume everyone craves new AI features. But the reality is that most people don’t…
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…
AWS Weekly Roundup: AWS Builder Center at 1 year, Network Scanning in Security Hub, Loom for AWS, and more (July 13, 2026)
AWS Builder Center turned one year old last week. Launched on July 9, 2025, the platform…
AI in the WordPress Dashboard: Which Tasks Are Worth It?
AI-based features have been available in WordPress for quite some time. Several third-party plugins facilitate connections…
From Kickoff To First Concept: How To Turn Brand Strategy Into Visual Direction
The strongest visual concepts don’t start in Figma. They start with the right questions. Explore the…
Designing For Distressed Users: Why Mental Health Apps Shouldn’t Follow Every UI Fashion
Many UI trends are designed to capture attention and signal innovation, but those goals often conflict…
Meet Kirki: WordPress’s First Visual Builder With An Infinite Canvas
We have been building websites inside boxes for years on WordPress. Let’s take a closer look…
AWS Weekly Roundup: Claude Sonnet 5 on AWS, Amazon WorkSpaces for AI agents, AWS service availability updates, and more (July 6, 2026)
A couple of editions ago I wrote about what I find so energizing about working with…
Matching AI Modality To User Intent: Designing The Right Interface
We’ve fallen into conversational tunnel vision, defaulting every AI capability into a chat-based interface simply because…
Amazon EC2 C9g and C9gd instances powered by AWS Graviton5 processors are now available
When you run compute-intensive workloads like real-time analytics, batch processing, video encoding, scientific modeling, or CPU-based…
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…
