Amazon Q CLI
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Manage context rot by exploring new experimental features in Amazon Q CLI
Jul 2, 2025 | 12 minute read
Like many folk who have been spending their time with AI Coding Assistants like Amazon Q Developer and Amazon Q CLI, understanding how to manage context is one of the key things you need to develop intuition for to improve the outputs these tools give you. More recently I have started hearing about new terms such as "context rot", and others exploring the field of context engineering. Understanding how to manage your context will be key to your success.
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AWS open source newsletter #211
Jun 28, 2025 | 35 minute read
Edition #211 - June 2025 Welcome to issue #211 of the AWS open source newsletter, the newsletter where I try and provide you the best open source on AWS content. I was super humbled by AWS Hero Lee Gilmore earlier this month, who gave this newsletter a shoutout - thank you! (and make sure you check out his own newsletter, the Serverless Advocate Newsletter). Please please please take 1 minute to complete this short survey - feedback is a gift, and your gifts help keep this newsletter going in the right direction.
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Vibe coding with Amazon Q CLI - creating some load testing code
Jun 24, 2025 | 8 minute read
I have a long history with testing, and specifically load testing. Many many years ago, I spent many a happy hour designing, building, running, and then assessing load tests for the applications I was working with. It was one of the first technical interviews I ever did and it was also how I found AWS, spinning up Centos load runners to simulate thousands of virtual test users. Ahh the good old days!