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This week: What should Liverpool FC fans expect from Jeff Bezos as a member of the storied club's new minority ownership group? We consult the Amazon leadership principles for the answer. Plus, a tip and an SEC filing lead to a scoop on a former Meta AI director's new startup, the GeekWire Editorial Board convenes to decide whether Dave Clark's Auger stays on the GeekWire 200 after moving its HQ to Dallas, and Microsoft quietly semi-retires its AI blob. Bezos and Liverpool FC Group including Jeff Bezos buys minority stake in Liverpool FC, with option to become controlling owner — CNBC Liverpool: FSG sell minority stake to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos-backed consortium led by Amit Bhatia — Sky Sports Bezos, Bhatia buy a stake in Liverpool: What does it mean for the club and FSG? — ESPN Bezos, Bhatia, Saverin buy Liverpool stake at $7 billion valuation — Sportico The Redmen TV — independent Liverpool FC fan channel Noosphere and the Form D Ex-Meta AI research director raises $10.25M from Trilogy and Madrona for stealth physical AI startup Kevin T. Carlberg — founder's research site Auger and the GeekWire 200 This former Amazon exec is moving his startup's HQ to Texas, and he has a few notes for Seattle Dave and Leigh Anne Clark move Auger headquarters to Dallas — D Magazine GeekWire 200 Seattle Engineering Centers New map traces Washington state's tech 'universe' to a few key hubs, and shows what's at risk 'We can't become callous': KIRO hosts debate what a startup's departure to Texas says about Seattle's business climate — MyNorthwest Microsoft and Mico Farewell, Mico: Microsoft's cute little AI blob is going the way of Bob Microsoft starts merging its Copilot consumer and business apps in advance of 'Super App' rollout With GeekWire co-founders Todd Bishop and John Cook. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

VOV1 - Sáng 13/8, theo giờ địa phương, Toàn quyền Cindy Kiro đã chủ trì lễ đón Tổng Bí thư, Chủ tịch nước Tô Lâm cùng Đoàn đại biểu cấp cao Việt Nam thăm cấp Nhà nước tới New Zealand. Lễ đón được tổ chức trang trọng theo nghi thức dành cho nguyên thủ nước ngoài thăm cấp nhà nước New Zealand.Bước vào lễ đón truyền thống của thổ dân Maori, hai vị Trưởng lão Maori chào Tổng Bí thư, Chủ tịch nước theo nghi thức truyền thống “hongi” của thổ dân Maori và mời Tổng Bí thư, Chủ tịch nước dự nghi thức đón khách truyền thống của thổ dân Maori.Một chiến binh Maori múa vũ khí và đặt một chiếc dao gỗ xuống đất phía trước Tổng Bí thư, Chủ tịch nước Tô Lâm. Tổng Bí thư, Chủ tịch nước Tô Lâm nhận dao và cầm trong suốt buổi lễ. Trong lúc nhặt dao gỗ, Tổng Bí thư, Chủ tịch nước Tô Lâm không rời mắt khỏi chiến binh Maori.Chiến binh mời Tổng Bí thư, Chủ tịch nước Tô Lâm và đoàn tiến vào khu vực lễ đón chính thức. Các thổ dân Maori tiếp tục trình diễn các màn múa truyền thống dân tộc, thông qua điệu múa, ánh mắt, lời hát, tiếng hô bằng thổ ngữ Maori, thể hiện niềm hân hoan chào đón khách và tôn vinh sự gắn kết giữa chủ nhà và các vị khách. Tiếp đó, Tổng Bí thư, Chủ tịch nước Tô Lâm tiếp tục thực hiện nghi thức chào truyền thống “hongi” (chạm mũi) và kết thúc lễ đón truyền thống.Chiến binh Maori múa vũ khí và đặt một chiếc dao gỗ xuống đất phía trước Tổng Bí thư, Chủ tịch nước Tô Lâm

In dieser Folge ist Alexander Sprogis bei Tim zu Gast. Gemeinsam sprechen die beiden über Produktentwicklung mit einem agentischen Team und über die Frameworks die man kennen sollte. Alex kommt ursprünglich aus der Softwareentwicklung und dem Produktmanagement. Früher gründete er mit Lilith Brockhaus die No-Code & Low-Code Ausbildung und KI-Beratung VisualMakers. Inzwischen baut er unter eigenem Namen seinen YouTube Kanal rund um AI Coding auf. Seine Leidenschaft gilt seit jeher dem Befähigen von Menschen. Heute geht es dabei vor allem um Coding Agents wie Claude Code. Wer einfach drauflos promptet, landet schnell im klassischen Vibe Coding. Viele Ergebnisse wirken gut, sind aber kaum reproduzierbar. Die KI trifft munter eigene Annahmen, ohne dich zu fragen. Alex vergleicht Coding Agents gern mit einem hastigen Junior Entwickler. Der liefert zwar schnell, neigt aber zum Overengineering. Auch Widerspruch legt so ein Agent nur selten ein. Dazu kommt ein Problem namens Context Rot. Je länger eine Session dauert, desto voller wird das Kontextfenster. Und desto öfter verliert die KI den roten Faden. Um dieses Chaos einzufangen, kann man vier Ebenen unterscheiden: Ganz unten steht das Sprachmodell (LLM) selbst, etwa Claude Opus oder Fable. Darüber liegt der Harness, also die Konfigurationsschicht, zum Beispiel Claude Code. Darüber wiederum sitzt das Framework als methodischer Rahmen für die eigentliche Arbeit. Innerhalb dieses Rahmens übernehmen einzelne Agenten oder Skills konkrete Rollen. Genau hier zeigt sich der Kern von Produktentwicklung mit einem agentischen Team. Ein gutes Framework bringt Struktur und wiederholbare Qualität in die tägliche Arbeit mit Coding Agents. Am ausführlichsten sprechen die beiden über die BMad Methode. BMad steht mittlerweile meist für "Breakthrough Method for Agile AI Driven Development" - manchmal aber auch für seinen Erfinder Brian Madison. Das Framework stellt ein komplettes agentisches Team aus neun Personas bereit. Die Business Analystin Mary erstellt mit dir zusammen ein Product Brief. Ein Produktmanager übersetzt das anschließend in ein PRD. Der Architekt Winston plant danach Technik und Stack. Am Ende entstehen daraus Epics und Storys mit klaren Akzeptanzkriterien. Es ist fast vergleichbar mit einem Team, das sich Dokumente zuwirft. Von echter gemeinsamer Arbeit an einem Inkrement (im Sinne von Scrum) bleibt allerdings wenig übrig. Ein sogenannter Party Mode bringt immerhin mehrere Agenten an einem Artefakt zusammen. Alex nutzt BMad selbst produktiv, sieht aber auch klare Grenzen. Für einzelne Personen entsteht schnell zu viel Dokumentation. Ein Project Brief kann schon mal mehrere Seiten lang werden. Ein Architekturdokument wird schnell zu einem kleinen Buch. Wer allein arbeitet, muss all das lesen und pflegen. Bei jeder Änderung fällt zusätzlich noch ein Review an. In kleinen Teams führt das schnell zu Overhead statt zu Tempo. Deshalb setzt Alex das Framework heute nur noch punktuell ein. Parallel schaut er sich längst andere Ansätze an. Als leichtere Alternative gibt es auch 'Get Shipped Done', früher bekannt als 'Get Shit Done'. Es läuft in einer kurzen Schleife aus fünf Phasen. Erst wird besprochen, dann geplant, dann umgesetzt, geprüft und ausgeliefert. Einzelne Unteragenten starten dabei mit einem leeren Kontextfenster. Sie melden am Ende nur ihr fertiges Ergebnis zurück. Ein Befehl namens Map Codebase schickt gleich sieben Unteragenten los. Die analysieren eine bestehende Codebasis aus verschiedenen Blickwinkeln. Das hilft besonders bei Legacy Projekten ohne gute Dokumentation. Superpowers verfolgen einen ähnlichen Ablauf, arbeiten aber testgetrieben. Erst entstehen die Tests, dann nur so viel Code wie nötig. So bremst das Framework Overengineering von vornherein aus. Neben BMad, Get Shipped Done und Superpowers fallen in der Folge noch weitere Namen. SpecKit von GitHub gehört dazu, ebenso Kiro von Amazon und AgentOS.

AI can now help almost anyone turn an idea into a working prototype. But what happens when that vibe-coded experiment needs to become secure, reliable software that real customers can trust—and pay for?Corey Noles and Grant Harvey speak with Deap Ubhi, Global Director of Technology for Startups at AWS, about AWS Startup Advisor, an AI-powered builder assistant designed to bring AWS architecture, security, cost, deployment, and scaling guidance directly into a founder's workflow.Deap explains why generative AI has compressed startup iteration cycles from months into days or hours, how nontechnical founders can test ideas before making major technical investments, and why human judgment, product taste, and focus matter even more when building becomes dramatically easier. The conversation also explores the crucial leap from proof of concept to production, including the infrastructure, authentication, resilience, observability, and security decisions that first-time builders may not know to ask about.Listen to hear how Startup Advisor works inside tools including Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, VS Code, and Kiro—and why the next generation of founders may start with an AI coding agent and a virtual AWS solutions architect on their shoulder.For more practical conversations about how AI is changing work, business, and technology, subscribe to The Neuron and The Neuron: AI Explained.https://www.theneurondaily.com/Explore AWS Startup Advisor:https://aws.amazon.com/aws-startups/advisor/Learn more about the launch:https://aws.amazon.com/aws-startups/from-idea-to-revenue-at-startup-speed-with-ai/The Neuron Academy helps professionals build practical AI skills they can use right away, with lessons on prompting, workflows, and real workplace use cases. Check out https://theneuronacademy.com/ today!

I WAS THINKING:  This Seattle Administration’s First Mass Casualty Response… And It’s Getting Poor Reviews //  ‘Act of horrific violence’: Shooting at Bite of Seattle leaves 3 dead, 4 wounded // ‘Crickets from city leaders’: KIRO reporter blasts 5-hour silence after Bite of Seattle shooting // 15-year-old arrested in Seattle Center shooting that left 3 dead // Police chief lashes out after being asked why he wasn't in Seattle during mass shooting // Mating frogs mistaken for dogs barking in Texas storm drains; worried neighbors call 911

I WAS THINKING:  This Seattle Administration’s First Mass Casualty Response… And It’s Getting Poor Reviews //  ‘Act of horrific violence’: Shooting at Bite of Seattle leaves 3 dead, 4 wounded //  ‘Crickets from city leaders’: KIRO reporter blasts 5-hour silence after Bite of Seattle shooting // 15-year-old arrested in Seattle Center shooting that left 3 dead // Police chief lashes out after being asked why he wasn't in Seattle during mass shooting // Mating frogs mistaken for dogs barking in Texas storm drains; worried neighbors call 911

Doble ronda en Tokio y doble vuelco en la Fórmula E 2026. Contamos cómo Dan Ticktum le arrebató la victoria a Jake Dennis en la última vuelta con CUPRA KIRO, cómo Pepe Martí firmó una gran remontada el sábado y por qué el domingo, bajo lluvia y con bandera roja incluida, Nyck de Vries se llevó el triunfo dejando a Citroën Racing con un podio de Nick Cassidy y un top 5 de Jean-Eric Vergne. Además, repasamos el nuevo liderato del Mundial tras un fin de semana que lo cambió todo en Japón.

In Part 2 of our AWS Summits recap, Geries AbouAyash, AWS Managing Director, North America Solutions Architecture joins Malini and Amit to unpack what the shift to agentic AI really means for how we work. From Amazon Quick's autonomous agents ("Quick Just Does It") to Kiro on iOS, DevOps Agent, and Transform — and the infrastructure changes powering the emerging agent economy, like S3 Annotations and AWS WAF AI Traffic Monetization — the conversation goes beyond announcements to the bigger question: does AI just help us do more, or help us do more meaningful work? The throughline: AI isn't about replacing people — it's about removing undifferentiated work so builders, engineers, and leaders can spend more time where they create the greatest value.https://kiro.dev/blog/introducing-kiro-for-ios/https://aws.amazon.com/devops-agent/features/?trk=bdad73ef-9780-48b0-b82e-6d92ad86fcf6&sc_channel=pshttps://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/04/aws-transform-kiro-vscode/https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/annotations-overview.htmlhttps://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/06/aws-waf-ai-traffic-monetization/AWS Hosts: Amit Narayanan & Malini ChatterjeeEmail Your Feedback: rethinkpodcast@amazon.com

On this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel pays tribute to the late Chris Wedes, who played J.P. Patches on KIRO TV in Seattle from 1958 to 1981, and who remains one of the most beloved performers and broadcasters in the history of the Pacific Northwest. In this interview from 2010, Wedes looks back on what it meant to play J.P. for all those years, and how he continued to connect with “Patches Pals” even after his show left the air. This audio was originally produced by Feliks Banel and Casey McNerthney for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer's local history podcast "Seattle Rewind" in 2010. Chris Wedes passed away on July 22, 2012 at age 84. This BONUS EPISODE was originally posted in April 2025. Links to more information as well as images related to most topics discussed on the show are often available at the CASCADE OF HISTORY Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/groups/cascadeofhistory CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via flagship station SPACE 101.1 FM in Seattle and gallantly streams everywhere via www.space101fm.org. The radio station broadcasts from studios at historic Magnuson Park – located in the former Master-at-Arms' quarters in the old Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle. Subscribe to the CASCADE OF HISTORY podcast via most podcast platforms and never miss regular weekly episodes of Sunday night broadcasts as well as frequent bonus episodes. "LIKE" the Cascade of History Facebook page and get updates and other stories throughout the week, and advance notice of live remote broadcasts taking place in your part of the Old Oregon Country.

Many people in this country don't have access to reliable financial guidance — so they're increasingly asking a free chatbot instead. The problem? A general-purpose model trained on Reddit threads inherits Reddit's appetite for risk, and now that skew shows up in the conversations people are having about their money. In this new episode of One Vision Podcast, Alisha Chowdhury, Founder of Kiro Money, joins Theodora Lau to argue that the same technology, pointed with different intentions, can do the opposite: close the advice gap instead of widening it.Alisha traces the origin of Kiro back to a socioeconomically diverse Bangladeshi community in New Orleans — the "aunties and uncles" who taught her immigrant parents how to navigate an unfamiliar financial system — and to the University of Pennsylvania, where she saw real wealth and learned how it's built for the first time. After years as an investor at Vanguard and in private equity, she left for an MBA in London and started building the earliest version of Kiro: a low-code, RAG-based coach fed only sources she trusted. "Not garbage in."Today Kiro is an embedded financial intelligence layer that lets a bank or investing platform drop a context-aware AI coach directly into its own app, so users get guidance where their data and their relationship already live. A conversation about financial inclusion, the advice gap, and what it takes to build AI for money that people can actually trust. Because when it comes to money, trust has to be earned — and tested.

Many people in this country don't have access to reliable financial guidance — so they're increasingly asking a free chatbot instead. The problem? A general-purpose model trained on Reddit threads inherits Reddit's appetite for risk, and now that skew shows up in the conversations people are having about their money. In this new episode of One Vision Podcast, Alisha Chowdhury, Founder of Kiro Money, joins Theodora Lau to argue that the same technology, pointed with different intentions, can do the opposite: close the advice gap instead of widening it.Alisha traces the origin of Kiro back to a socioeconomically diverse Bangladeshi community in New Orleans — the "aunties and uncles" who taught her immigrant parents how to navigate an unfamiliar financial system — and to the University of Pennsylvania, where she saw real wealth and learned how it's built for the first time. After years as an investor at Vanguard and in private equity, she left for an MBA in London and started building the earliest version of Kiro: a low-code, RAG-based coach fed only sources she trusted. "Not garbage in."Today Kiro is an embedded financial intelligence layer that lets a bank or investing platform drop a context-aware AI coach directly into its own app, so users get guidance where their data and their relationship already live. A conversation about financial inclusion, the advice gap, and what it takes to build AI for money that people can actually trust. Because when it comes to money, trust has to be earned — and tested.

In a shocking turn of events, the Colorado primary election has taken a dark and disturbing turn. A candidate for Congress, Malac Kiro's, refusal to acknowledge an anti-Semitic attack on a Jewish rally in Boulder has left many in the party reeling. But is this just a one-off incident, or a symptom of a larger problem within the Democratic Party?This episode delves into the world of politics and ideology, where the lines between right and wrong are increasingly blurred. The speaker discusses the recent controversy surrounding Kiro's, and how it reflects a broader trend within the party. We'll explore the implications of this trend, and what it means for the future of American politics.The conversation touches on the intersection of politics and identity, and how the Democratic Party is grappling with its own identity crisis. We'll examine the role of ideology in shaping the party's stance on issues like anti-Semitism, and how this affects its relationship with its constituents. The speaker also discusses the impact of this trend on the party's ability to effectively represent the needs of its voters.If you want to understand the complexities of modern American politics, and how the Democratic Party is navigating its own identity crisis, tune in to this episode. The speaker offers a unique perspective on the issues at play, and provides insight into the implications of this trend for the future of the party and the country.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Feliks Banel's guests on this ENCORE BROADCAST of CASCADE OF HISTORY are longtime local journalist Essex Porter reflecting on his television career at KIRO 7 News (recorded not long after he retired in late 2021), and meteorologist Scott Sistek, in a conversation recorded just after the devastating June 2021 Pacific Northwest "heatdome." Both interviews are from the archives of COLUMBIA CONVERSATIONS, for which Feliks was the founding producer and host. This SUMMERTIME EDITION broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was presented at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, June 28, 2026. Scott Sistek's Emerald City Weather Blog: https://emeraldcityweather.com/ Links to more information as well as images related to most topics discussed on the show are often available at the CASCADE OF HISTORY Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/groups/cascadeofhistory This encore broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was presented at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, June 28, 2026 via flagship station SPACE 101.1 FM in Seattle and gallantly streaming everywhere via www.space101fm.org. The radio station broadcasts from studios at historic Magnuson Park – located in the former Master-at-Arms' quarters in the old Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle. Subscribe to the CASCADE OF HISTORY podcast via most podcast platforms and never miss regular weekly episodes of Sunday night broadcasts as well as frequent bonus episodes. "LIKE" the Cascade of History Facebook page and get updates and other stories throughout the week, and advance notice of live remote broadcasts taking place in your part of the Old Oregon Country.

This week, we discuss Fable follow-up, Gartner's AI Governance MQ, and the war for AI talent. Plus, Matt and Brandon review Disclosure Day. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 578 Runner-up Titles Ready to podcast from a sailboat It's just people fighting Calculator budget Ask Siri to do your homework Software Defined Consulting: SDC The Magic Platform AI Curious I watched ALLLLL the keynotes. I don't know that, but I know that You gotta stay to vest Brandon, remember Cursor? Educated Hater Rundown Gartner Magic Quadrant for AI Governance Platforms IBM recognized as a Leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for AI Governance Platforms  What is an "AI Governance Platform? AI Consolidates Talent Alphabet paces for worst day in a year on AI concerns after high-profile exits OpenAI co-founder Andrej Karpathy joins Anthropic's pre-training team Supercharge your cloud operations with the Kiro power for AWS DevOps Agent Relevant to your Interests Intel ex-CEO Pat Gelsinger joins faith-focused tech firm Gloo Explore more than a decade of survey data across markets Did Slate Accidentally Reveal Its Electric Truck Price? Shocking MSRP Apparently The Real Reason Anthropic's Models Are Offline: A Six-Year-Old Trump Grudge Introducing Enterprise NAS, Built on ZFS 'Fix this code.' The three words that led the U.S. government to ban … Hyundai takes full control of Boston Dynamics as SoftBank exits for $325 million Opinion | The Secret Reason Bosses Want Everyone Back in the Office, Every Day of the Week Meta Exposed Data Internally From Its Controversial Employee-Tracking Program Chevron to fuel massive Microsoft data center in Texas using natural gas Getty Images Soars 200% in Early Trading After OpenAI Deal U.S.-Backed Chipmaking Startup Chaired by Former Intel CEO Is Raising $350 Million OpenAI unveils its first custom chip, built by Broadcom Run isolated sandboxes with full lifecycle control: AWS Lambda introduces MicroVMs Anthropic's Claude Tag is learning your company, one Slack message at a time Sponsors Sentry - Quit Buggin': use code sdt26 for $100 in credit for new customers Nonsense Wiz Ice Cream for CISOs IN THE WEIGHTS Conferences WeAreDevelopers Europe, July 8-10, 2026 Berlin, Coté speaking. DevOpsDays Graz, Sept 4-5, 2026 Cloud Foundry Summit, Sept. 21st to 22nd, Heidelberg, Coté speaking. DevOpsDays Rockies, Sept. 22 – 23, 2026, Discount Code: 26DODSWEDEFTALK WeAreDevelopers NA, Sept 23-25, 2026, Discount Code: DEVPOD26 25 Free Tickets DevOpsDays Dallas, Sept 28-29, 2026 DevOpsDays Vilnius, Sep 30 - Oct 1, 2006 DevOpsDays Istanbul, Oct 24th, 2026, Coté keynoting. VMware User Group, Orlando, Oct 20-22, 2026 Cloud Native Denmark, Nov 19th, 2026, Copenhagen, Coté keynoting. SDT News & Community Join our Slack community Email the show: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com Free stickers: Email your address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com Follow us on social media: Twitter, Threads, Mastodon, LinkedIn, BlueSky Watch us on: Twitch, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté Sponsor the show Sponsor more podcasts with Failover Media Recommendations Brandon: Disclosure Day Matt: Izzard: The Tragedy of Hamlet Coté: The Millennial Aesthetic Coté's CFP acceptance rate chart Coté's newsletter

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These engagement failures, and how to fix them, map directly onto the Octalysis Core Drives. Get the free Core Drives in the Wild guide: professorgame.com/WildCD Episode Summary Rob breaks down why Amazon shut down KiroRank, the internal leaderboard that scored staff on raw AI usage on its Kiro developer platform. He shows how stacking Core Drive 2 (Development & Accomplishment) and Core Drive 5 (Social Influence & Relatedness) produced flawless compliance toward the wrong target, a textbook case of Goodhart's law: once a measure becomes a target, it stops being a good measure. Drawing on the Octalysis Strategy Dashboard and Toyota's Five Whys, he lays out the one question to ask before you measure anything. Listeners learn to measure outcomes instead of activity, and how to keep a proxy metric from quietly getting gamed. About the Host Rob Alvarez is Head of Engagement Strategy, Europe at The Octalysis Group (TOG), a leading gamification and behavioral design consultancy. A globally recognized gamification strategist and TEDx speaker, he founded and hosts Professor Game, the #1 gamification podcast, and has interviewed hundreds of global experts. He designs evidence-based engagement systems that drive motivation, loyalty, and results, and teaches LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® and gamification at top institutions including IE Business School, EFMD, and EBS University across Europe, the Americas, and Asia. Key Takeaways Amazon shut down KiroRank, its internal leaderboard scoring staff on AI usage on the Kiro developer platform, after employees set autonomous AI agents on needless tasks just to climb the ranks and inflated the company's compute costs. Goodhart's law explains the failure: when a measure becomes a target, it stops being a good measure. You get what you measure, not what you want, so raw AI usage climbed while productivity went unmeasured. KiroRank stacked Core Drive 2 (Development & Accomplishment) through a progress bar and ranking, and Core Drive 5 (Social Influence & Relatedness) through public status, producing flawless compliance toward the wrong outcome. The more powerful and expensive the tool being measured, the more a gamed metric costs you, which is why Amazon paid in real compute money rather than a rounding error. The Octalysis Strategy Dashboard starts with business metrics by asking what outcome you actually want, using Toyota's Five Whys to move from "increase AI usage" to a result worth hitting, like productivity per employee. Engagement is the value created for users and the business, not click counts or usage volume, which is why most dashboards measure activity when they should measure the outcome. Topics Covered 0:00 - The $200 billion AI paradox 0:27 - Goodhart's law and gamed metrics 1:49 - The two Core Drives Amazon stacked 2:39 - Flawless compliance, the wrong target 3:38 - Amazon's KiroRank AI leaderboard 5:11 - Measure the right thing, not usage 5:38 - The Octalysis Strategy Dashboard 6:12 - Toyota's Five Whys for metrics 7:21 - When proxy metrics are unavoidable 7:58 - Measure the outcome, not the activity 8:33 - Get the Core Drives in the Wild guide Mentioned in This Episode Goodhart's law The Financial Times report on Amazon's KiroRank leaderboard Amazon's Kiro developer platform The Five Whys (Toyota / lean operations) A previous Professor Game episode on AI use and academic testing Free Resources and Get in Touch Core Drives in the Wild: Professor Game Free Guide Get Daily Value on Your Email Let's chat about your gamification project YouTube LinkedIn Instagram Facebook Start Your Community on Skool for Free Ask a question

Join us as Dave walks through what it actually takes to build custom AI agents from scratch - not theory, but real projects he has shipped for his family, his work, and his community. Dave shares how he used Kiro and Claude to solve real problems: normalizing flood-damaged library inventory data, automating AWS well-architected review collateral, building a room-cleaning task agent for his 12-year-old, planning family menus with Apple Calendar integration, and post-processing live concert recordings. You will learn how agents reason and take action, when to reach for a Kiro power versus a simpler automation, how MCP servers connect agents to real-world tools, and practical strategies for keeping agents accurate without burning through tokens. Timestamps 0:00 Welcome & Introduction 7:57 Dave's Background and How He Got Started with Agents 13:00 The Library Flood Story - First Real-World Agent Use Case 16:00 AWS Well-Architected Review Automation 17:09 What Are Kiro Powers and MCP Servers? 22:13 Kiro Pricing and Bedrock Integration 28:13 Live Demo - Room Cleaning Agent with AWS Rekognition 41:24 Family Meal Planning and Apple Calendar Integration 44:27 Automating Live Concert Recording Post-Processing 52:31 Getting Started - Dave's Recommendations for Beginners How to find Dave: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dave-stauffacher/ Links from the show: https://kiro.dev/

#353: Move fast and break things never meant be reckless. It meant do not stall out of fear, because something is going to break no matter how careful you are. The part everyone dropped from the sentence is the part that actually matters: and fix things fast. Break faster, fix faster. Take the second half away and you are just breaking things. So what changed with AI? An agent can take down a whole environment in the time it takes you to type kubectl. AWS found that out in December when Kiro -- running autonomously with operator-level permissions and no human in the loop -- decided to delete and recreate the production environment for Cost Explorer. Thirteen hours down in one region. Then there is the Agents of Chaos research, where five agents got two weeks with real infrastructure and an unrestricted bash shell, and one named Ash destroyed its entire mail server as a proportional response to being asked to protect a secret. Right values. Catastrophic judgment. Here is where Viktor plants his flag. A person owns the work. Not the AI. Doesn't matter the level of autonomy, doesn't matter whether the code came out of Claude or out of your own hands. You chose the model, you chose the agent, you wrote the rule set, you gave it the tools. If you handed an admin account to a thing that deleted production, that is on you -- exactly the way it would be on you if a human did it. The Kiro engineer could have made the same mistake without AI. Blame the people. The fix is not telling AI to be safe. It is building the place where breaking things is survivable. Immutable infrastructure. Progressive delivery everywhere. Feature flags you can actually turn off, not just on. Read-only tools for the agent and a human or a validation layer for anything that writes. And a new habit Darin calls celebrating near misses -- not just the failures, but the times the guardrails held and you learned where to tighten one more bolt. Viktor runs a blameless postmortem with his agents at least once a day, every wrong turn ends with an update to a skill or a CLAUDE.md. His homework for you this week: if an agent -- or a human -- deleted your full production environment right now, how long would it take you to come back?   YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/devopsparadox   Review the podcast on Apple Podcasts: https://www.devopsparadox.com/review-podcast/   Slack: https://www.devopsparadox.com/slack/   Connect with us at: https://www.devopsparadox.com/contact/

In this episode, Corey Quinn sits down with AWS Senior Principal Engineer David Yanacek to explore the next evolution of DevOps.After two decades of building systems to reduce operational pain, David shares how AWS's new DevOps Agent is pushing automation to a whole new level, autonomously diagnosing incidents, suggesting fixes, and proactively improving systems before engineers even log in.From pager overload to autonomous remediation, this conversation is a glimpse into a world where software isn't the bottleneck anymore, operations are evolving into something entirely new.If you care about DevOps, SRE, platform engineering, or just want fewer 3 a.m. alerts, this episode is for you.Show highlights: (00:00) DevOps Meets Agents(00:13) Welcome and Sponsor Break(01:29) David Yanacek Backstory(02:34) DevOps Roots at Amazon(04:22) DevOps Agent GA Overview(05:32) LLMs MCP and Any Cloud(08:32) Guardrails and Safe Changes(11:47) Beta Results and Consistency(14:13) Troubleshooting Theory and On Demand(17:29) Future of DevOps and ClosingAbout David: David Yanacek is a Senior Principal Engineer at AWS and a lead advisor on the Agentic AI team. His current work focuses on Kiro, Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, and AWS's operational agents, where he helps shape the future of intelligent, autonomous systems.Over a 19+ year career at Amazon and AWS, David has been at the forefront of building services that simplify life for developers and operators. His experience spans serverless, DevOps, and CloudOps, including launching Amazon DynamoDB and AWS IoT Core, and contributing to the direction of cornerstone services like AWS Lambda, Amazon API Gateway, and Amazon CloudWatch.David also served as the lead publisher for the Amazon Builders' Library, helping customers apply Amazon's hard-earned architectural and operational lessons to their own systems.Outside of engineering, David plays the French horn in a local Seattle ensemble.Links:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-yanacek/Website: https://aws.amazon.com/builders-library/authors/david-yanacek/Sponsored by: duckbillhq.com

From shocking revelations and cases that remain painfully unsolved, this special episode revisits the first cases covered on The Book of the Dead. I'm breaking down the biggest developments, new evidence, court updates, and unanswered questions surrounding the stories that have stayed with listeners long after the episodes ended. Some families finally got answers. Others are still waiting.This is where the cases stand now.Connect with us on Social Media!You can find us at:Instagram: @bookofthedeadpodX: @bkofthedeadpodFacebook: The Book of the Dead PodcastTikTok: BookofthedeadpodOr visit our website at www.botdpod.comFeaturing a promo for Murder Shelf Book Club PodcastYOUR true crime book club podcast.Jill tells the true crime book stories in 3 parts. Dive deep into the criminal psyche, updates, and outcomes with the greatest respect for accuracy, victims and families!Listen HereAbout - Daniel Robinson Foundation. (2025, February 6). Daniel Robinson Foundation. https://danielrobinsonfoundation.org/about/ABOUT US. (n.d.). Stephanie Nicole Parze Foundation. https://www.snpfoundation.org/aboutColleen E. Ritzer Memorial Fund, Inc. (2021, April 27). About - Colleen E. Ritzer Memorial Fund, Inc.https://colleenritzer.org/about-us/Court tosses out key records of Kobe serial child killer in 1997 case | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & Japan Watch. (n.d.). The Asahi Shimbun. https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14747612Father of 1997 Kobe murder victim criticizes court's disposal of case records. (2023, February 15). The Mainichi. https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20230215/p2a/00m/0na/015000cFioresi, D. (2025, February 13). Stephanie Lazarus, former LAPD detective who shot ex-lover's new wife, has parole denied again. CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/stephanie-lazarus-former-lapd-detective-who-shot-ex-lovers-new-wife-has-parole-denied-again/Game over | Breck Foundation. (n.d.). Breck Foundation. https://www.breckfoundation.org/game-overGarrett, S. (2026, January 30). Tacoma police investigating individual who says they are Teekah Lewis, missing since 1999. KIRO 7 News Seattle. https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/tacoma-police-investigating-individual-who-says-they-are-teekah-lewis-missing-since-1999/52MMMKUUPVDFFPG37LUORNWLGM/Kobe court discards all records on then juvenile tried over 1997 child murders. (2022, October 20). The Mainichi. https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20221020/p2a/00m/0na/011000cPlease Help Find Daniel. (2026, February 18). Please help find Daniel Robinson. https://pleasehelpfinddaniel.com/Riley, N. (2024, October 9). Teacher's family says “evil” Philip Chism can't be rehabilitated amid appeal for new murder trial. CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/philip-chism-appeal-colleen-ritzer-murder-danvers-teacher/Riley, N. (2025, February 25). Philip Chism, convicted of killing Danvers math teacher Colleen Ritzer, denied new murder trial. CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/philip-chism-appeal-murder-trial-sentence-colleen-ritzer/Robinson, D., II. (2025, December 29). Support the “Please Help Find Missing Americans Act” (Daniel Robinson Law). Change.org. https://www.change.org/p/support-the-please-help-find-missing-americans-act-daniel-robinson-law?recruiter=1122433152&recruited_by_id=58c081c0-b378-11ea-b618-7b868614c4c4&utm_source=share_petition&utm_campaign=petition_dashboard&utm_medium=copylinkTeekah Lewis' mother launches foundation to support families of missing children. (2026, January 24). KOMO. https://komonews.com/news/local/teekah-lewis-mother-launches-foundation-to-support-families-of-missing-children-tacoma-cold-case-missing-child-investigation-nonprofit-missing-people-pnwTeekah's Legacy Foundation. (n.d.). https://sites.google.com/view/teekahslegacyfoundation/home?authuser=0If you enjoyed the episode, consider leaving a review or rating! It helps more than you know! If you have a case suggestion, or want attention brought to a loved one's case, email me at bookofthedeadpod@gmail.com with Case Suggestion in the subject line.Stay safe, stay curious, and stay vigilant.

Microsoft is offering a voluntary retirement program for the first time in its history, with thousands of U.S. employees eligible. GeekWire's Todd Bishop joins KIRO Newsradio hosts Angela Poe Russell and Mike Lewis to break down the details, what makes this so unusual in the tech industry, and what it says about the company's approach to managing costs in the AI era. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

4pm - Trump Lashes Out at Prominent Conservatives Over Iran War Criticism // Melania Trump denies close ties to Jeffrey Epstein in rare public statement // The benefit of opting out of partisan politics // Lessons from Tiresias the Blind Prophet … Sort of // A more accurate telling of the story of Tiresias the Blind Prophet… Sort of // KIRO 7 breaks down how much of WA’s gas price is taxes // Anticipation build for Artemis II’s return to Earth

6pm - Trump Lashes Out at Prominent Conservatives Over Iran War Criticism // Melania Trump denies close ties to Jeffrey Epstein in rare public statement // The benefit of opting out of partisan politics // Lessons from Tiresias the Blind Prophet … Sort of // A more accurate telling of the story of Tiresias the Blind Prophet… Sort of // KIRO 7 breaks down how much of WA’s gas price is taxes // WA Supreme Court removes judge for faking document to get cheap parking

#345: Vibe coding works fine until your project gets complicated. That's the gap Amit Patel and his team at AWS built Kiro to fill. The tool launched with about six people in mid-2024, hit GA around October 2025, and the team still fits in a single room -- maybe a seven-pizza team by Darin's math. The core idea is spec-driven development, but not the kind where business analysts disappear for five years and come back with a document nobody needs anymore. Amit's version: you tell the agent what you want in a chat prompt, it writes the spec for you, and you iterate on it. Twenty minutes of back and forth and you've got requirements, a design, and a task breakdown. Then the agent executes. Two to three days later, working software. Here's where it gets interesting. Amit frames the human role as bookends. At the front, you define intent -- what needs to exist and why. At the back, you verify that what got built actually matches. Everything in the middle? That's where the tooling lives. And that middle is getting wider every month as agents run longer, handle more turns, and start working in parallel. But the gap between 'I can build it' and 'I built it right' is real. Amit's S3 example nails it. Ask an LLM to build a file upload app and you'll get one that works. Encryption at rest, encryption in transit, KMS, bucket policies -- none of that shows up unless you know to ask for it. The LLM will generate all of it on request. It just won't volunteer it. That's the experience gap, and it's why junior developers still need to become senior developers the old-fashioned way. One story that landed: a product manager on Amit's team used Kiro to go from conversation to working prototype overnight. Not a wireframe. Not a doc. A demo the engineering team could put into production. The roles aren't disappearing -- they're getting more fluid. The value was never in the writing. It was always in knowing what needed to be built. Kiro is now widely adopted inside AWS, with both an IDE and a CLI. Where it's headed next: agents that run in the background, handle multiple tasks at once, and get verified with formal methods instead of just hoping the output is right. But Amit's honest about the limits -- steering file adherence is, in his words, an art in itself. Non-deterministic LLMs will ignore your rules sometimes. Just like humans.   Amit's contact information: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amit-patel-040453/   YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/devopsparadox   Review the podcast on Apple Podcasts: https://www.devopsparadox.com/review-podcast/   Slack: https://www.devopsparadox.com/slack/   Connect with us at: https://www.devopsparadox.com/contact/

"On doit avoir des développeurs qui vont plus près du métier" Le D.E.V. de la semaine est Julien Lépine, Directeur de la Technologie chez Amazon Web Services France. Dans cet épisode, il revient sur les coulisses de l'AWS Summit, la transformation fulgurante du métier de développeur et l'impact des IA génératives sur la production de code à grande échelle. Julien partage son retour d'expérience sur Bedrock, la standardisation des outils (avec Kiro) et l'évolution des pratiques d'équipe dans un monde où tout s'accélère. Il questionne l'avenir des bonnes pratiques, l'importance de la communauté tech et la responsabilité humaine face à l'explosion du code généré. Un regard lucide sur l'avenir du développement et des organisations dans l'ère du cloud et de l'IA.Chapitrages00:00:58 : Introduction au Futur du Développement00:01:29 : Retour sur le AWS Summit00:04:23 : Transformation du Métier de Développeur00:06:29 : Outils et Services d'AWS pour les Développeurs00:12:18 : Adoption des Outils d'IA00:15:43 : Redéveloppement de Bedrock00:18:06 : Gestion des Changements et Responsabilité00:30:50 : Prise de Décision et Agents00:49:02 : Changements dans l'Organisation des Équipes00:58:21 : Recommandations de Lecture et Conclusion Liens évoqués pendant l'émission Wiring the winning organizationThe phoenix project The unicorn projectAccelerateAtomic Habits **MCP://IFTTD**Grande nouvelle, ce podcast t'a rendu meilleur.e dev, tu peux maintenant rendre ton IA meilleure aussi ! Avec le MCP IFTTD, ton Cursor ou Claude Code va enfin pouvoir utiliser toute l'expertise de ce podcast. Va tester sur mcp.ifttd.io et pour les 50 premiers, le code IFTTD3M offre 3 mois gratuits !

Feliks Banel's guests on this SPECIAL BROADCAST of CASCADE OF HISTORY include Heather Bosch, Tim Haeck, Gregg Hersholt, Steve Knight, Andy Ludlum and Dave Ross. The group gathered to hold a wake - or "celebration of life" - for CBS Radio News, which will shutdown for good after May 22, 2026. Each member of the panel - an "AUDIO MOUNT RUSHMORE" for many longtime radio listeners - has decades of experience working in radio news at the local level in the Pacific Northwest (mostly at KIRO in Seattle), and several also worked at one time for the CBS Radio Network (which has also been known as CBS News Radio and CBS Radio News). All valued and depended on CBS for what its national and international coverage meant to local stations in a not-so-distant age when radio news was far less diminished in resources, listeners and impact. In this timely and topical conversation, which was recorded on Good Friday (April 3, 2026), each panelist shares his/her memories of CBS and reflects on the significance of the hourly radio newscasts, and theorizes about what will be lost by listeners in 700 communities where those newscasts currently air. Also discussed is the impact on already significantly reduced news operations at local stations, and what might come next - or what might replace the functions of CBS - for those 700 affiliates. Links to more information about most topics discussed on the show are often available at the CASCADE OF HISTORY Facebook page: www.facebook.com/groups/cascadeofhistory This broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, April 5, 2026 via SPACE 101.1 FM and gallantly streaming via www.space101fm.org from historic Magnuson Park - formerly Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle. CASCADE OF HISTORY programming also airs on affiliated stations around the Pacific Northwest via the CASCADE OF HISTORY RADIO NETWORK. To stay connected, subscribe to the CASCADE OF HISTORY podcast via most podcast platforms and never miss regular weekly episodes of Sunday night broadcasts as well as frequent bonus episodes. Also, be sure and "LIKE" the CASCADE OF HISTORY Facebook page to get timely updates and other stories throughout the week, as well as advance notice of special LIVE REMOTE BROADCASTS taking place in your part of the Old Oregon Country.

Hoy hablamos de modelos de lenguaje, las nuevas IAs, y en concreto, de agentes de programación. Claude Code, Kiro, Cursor, Codex... ¿nos ayudan a desarrollar más rápido? ¿Son seguros? ¿Qué ventajas e inconvenientes tienen? También hablamos de otras muchas cosas como barras de sonido, redes sociales, dominios propios y correo electrónico, además de repasar los comentarios del último episodio. ¡Esperamos que os guste! Noticias U.S. Says Anthropic Is an ‘Unacceptable' National Security Risk Anthropic sues the Trump administration after it was designated a supply chain risk Sánchez anuncia que España prohibirá acceder a las redes sociales a los menores de 16 años El fundador de Telegram carga contra Pedro Sánchez y alerta a España con un mensaje masivo Música del episodio Introducción: Safe and Warm in Hunter's Arms - Roller Genoa Cierre: Inspiring Course Of Life - Alex Che Puedes encontrarnos en Mastodon y apoyarnos escuchando nuestro podcast en Podimo o haciéndote fan en iVoox. Si quieres un mes gratis en iVoox Premium, haz click aquí.

Brice Budke (President) and Zeek Earl (Executive Creative Director) run two Seattle studios: Shep, a video agency that works with tech companies like Amazon and Microsoft, and Packrat, a creative studio that specializes in miniature worlds, handmade sets, and retro creative projects. You might know Packrat's work from the epic and widely watched 2025 Seahawks schedule release video, which won a Gold Clio. They also made Prospect, an indie sci-fi film that premiered at SXSW in 2018 with Pedro Pascal and Sophie Thatcher. GeekWire met them last fall on the set of a stop-motion shoot for Kiro, an AI-powered agentic software development tool from Amazon Web Services. Check out the video they made from that shoot here. On this episode, Brice and Zeek discuss how AI is transforming their work — from photorealistic storyboarding to stop-motion animation filled in by AI-generated frames — and what still requires human creativity, taste, and intuition. Plus: the psychology of working with "infinite tools," why AI doesn't always save money, and the GeekWire Trivia Challenge. With GeekWire co-founder Todd Bishop; Edited by Curt Milton.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode we join AWS Senior GTM Specialists Aidin Khosrowshahi and Rakesh Kumar to unpack how Kiro is transforming software development through a spec-driven approach that goes beyond traditional AI-assisted coding. We cover what sets spec-driven development apart from "vibe coding" and why Kiro's spec-first approach matters. We also tackle the mindset shifts developers must make when adopting Kiro. The episode closes with a forward-looking discussion on whether the "Software Engineer" title could eventually be redefined—and the skills and first steps anyone needs to get started with Kiro today.Try Kiro today:kiro.devAWS Hosts: Nolan Chen & Malini ChatterjeeEmail Your Feedback: rethinkpodcast@amazon.com

Washington state residents are feeling the pinch at the pump as gas prices skyrocket, reaching the second-highest in the nation at an average of $4.23 per gallon. This surge, a 40-cent increase in just one month, is largely attributed to the state's gas tax and Climate Commitment Act (CCA), which adds approximately 40-50 cents per gallon. Critics, including KIRO host Gee Scott, point out that working families are disproportionately affected, facing tough choices between essential trips and getting to work. Despite billions raised by the CCA since 2021, the state has yet to provide concrete data on its environmental impact, raising concerns about transparency and the true cost of these climate policies. Former Governor Jay Inslee's promise of 'pennies' is now a distant memory as Washington drivers face some of the highest gas prices in the country.

AI-assisted coding tools have made it easier than ever to spin up prototypes, but turning those prototypes into reliable, production-grade systems remains a major challenge. Large language models are non-deterministic, prone to drift, and often lose track of intent over long development sessions. Kiro is an AI-powered IDE that's built around a spec-driven development workflow. The post Amazon's IDE for Spec-Driven Development with David Yanacek appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

AI-assisted coding tools have made it easier than ever to spin up prototypes, but turning those prototypes into reliable, production-grade systems remains a major challenge. Large language models are non-deterministic, prone to drift, and often lose track of intent over long development sessions. Kiro is an AI-powered IDE that’s built around a spec-driven development workflow. It’s focused on helping developers capture intent up front, translate it into concrete requirements and designs, and systematically validate implementations through tasks, testing, and guardrails. It aims to preserve the creativity of AI-assisted development while producing software that is ready for real-world use. David Yanacek is a Senior Principal Engineer and a lead advisor on the Agentic AI team at AWS. Today, his work focuses on Kiro, frontier agents, Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, and AWS's operational agents. He joins the show with Kevin Ball to discuss the design of Kiro, how spec-driven development changes the way teams work with AI coding agents, and what the next generation of agentic software development might look like. Kevin Ball or KBall, is the vice president of engineering at Mento and an independent coach for engineers and engineering leaders. He co-founded and served as CTO for two companies, founded the San Diego JavaScript meetup, and organizes the AI inaction discussion group through Latent Space. Please click here to see the transcript of this episode. Sponsorship inquiries: sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com The post Amazon's IDE for Spec-Driven Development with David Yanacek appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

AI-assisted coding tools have made it easier than ever to spin up prototypes, but turning those prototypes into reliable, production-grade systems remains a major challenge. Large language models are non-deterministic, prone to drift, and often lose track of intent over long development sessions. Kiro is an AI-powered IDE that’s built around a spec-driven development workflow. It’s focused on helping developers capture intent up front, translate it into concrete requirements and designs, and systematically validate implementations through tasks, testing, and guardrails. It aims to preserve the creativity of AI-assisted development while producing software that is ready for real-world use. David Yanacek is a Senior Principal Engineer and a lead advisor on the Agentic AI team at AWS. Today, his work focuses on Kiro, frontier agents, Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, and AWS's operational agents. He joins the show with Kevin Ball to discuss the design of Kiro, how spec-driven development changes the way teams work with AI coding agents, and what the next generation of agentic software development might look like. Kevin Ball or KBall, is the vice president of engineering at Mento and an independent coach for engineers and engineering leaders. He co-founded and served as CTO for two companies, founded the San Diego JavaScript meetup, and organizes the AI inaction discussion group through Latent Space. Please click here to see the transcript of this episode. Sponsorship inquiries: sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com The post Amazon's IDE for Spec-Driven Development with David Yanacek appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

AI-assisted coding tools have made it easier than ever to spin up prototypes, but turning those prototypes into reliable, production-grade systems remains a major challenge. Large language models are non-deterministic, prone to drift, and often lose track of intent over long development sessions. Kiro is an AI-powered IDE that’s built around a spec-driven development workflow. It’s focused on helping developers capture intent up front, translate it into concrete requirements and designs, and systematically validate implementations through tasks, testing, and guardrails. It aims to preserve the creativity of AI-assisted development while producing software that is ready for real-world use. David Yanacek is a Senior Principal Engineer and a lead advisor on the Agentic AI team at AWS. Today, his work focuses on Kiro, frontier agents, Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, and AWS's operational agents. He joins the show with Kevin Ball to discuss the design of Kiro, how spec-driven development changes the way teams work with AI coding agents, and what the next generation of agentic software development might look like. Kevin Ball or KBall, is the vice president of engineering at Mento and an independent coach for engineers and engineering leaders. He co-founded and served as CTO for two companies, founded the San Diego JavaScript meetup, and organizes the AI inaction discussion group through Latent Space. Please click here to see the transcript of this episode. Sponsorship inquiries: sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com The post Amazon's IDE for Spec-Driven Development with David Yanacek appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

AI-assisted coding tools have made it easier than ever to spin up prototypes, but turning those prototypes into reliable, production-grade systems remains a major challenge. Large language models are non-deterministic, prone to drift, and often lose track of intent over long development sessions. Kiro is an AI-powered IDE that’s built around a spec-driven development workflow. The post Amazon's IDE for Spec-Driven Development with David Yanacek appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

AI-Accelerated FortiGate Breaches, Amazon Kiro Prod Disruption, Claude Code Security, Salt Typhoon Warning, and Youth Radicalization Risks Episode of Cybersecurity Today (hosted by David Shipley) covering: a Russian-speaking hacker using AI-written automation tools to breach 600+ Fortinet FortiGate firewalls across 55 countries by exploiting weak passwords and exposed management interfaces without MFA, with advice to lock down edge management access, enforce MFA, and strengthen password policies; an Amazon Kiro AI coding tool incident tied to a misconfigured role that allegedly deleted and recreated a production environment, causing a 13-hour disruption to AWS Cost Explorer services in one of two mainland China regions, prompting warnings about giving AI agents access to production and the need for guardrails and review processes; Anthropic's Claude Code Security launch, an AI-driven code vulnerability analysis feature that maps code interactions and data flows, provides severity and confidence scoring, keeps humans in the loop, and sparked stock drops for CrowdStrike and Cloudflare while noting limits for legacy code; an FBI warning that China-linked Salt Typhoon remains a serious threat in 80+ countries by exploiting basic weaknesses like unpatched systems, old code, reused passwords, and phishing, alongside concern over the FCC loosening US telecom cybersecurity requirements and calls for stronger critical infrastructure regulation and secure-by-default equipment; and a Canada-focused segment on youth online radicalization including a second RCMP terrorism peace bond in New Brunswick linked to the 764 extremist network (designated a terrorist organization in December 2025), plus reporting that the Tumbr Ridge, BC school shooting suspect had a ChatGPT account suspended in June 2025 and that OpenAI employees allegedly sought to notify authorities but were rebuffed, drawing condemnation from BC Premier David Eby and federal AI minister Evan Solomon and renewed calls for stronger cooperation, accountability, and intervention frameworks. Cybersecurity Today  would like to thank Meter for their support in bringing you this podcast. Meter delivers a complete networking stack, wired, wireless and cellular in one integrated solution that's built for performance and scale.  You can find them at Meter.com/cst 00:00 Sponsor: Meter + Today's Cybersecurity Headlines 00:48 AI-Automated Hacking: 600+ FortiGate Firewalls Breached 02:25 How to Defend: Lock Down Edge Management, MFA, Strong Passwords 03:28 Amazon's Kiro AI Coding Tool Incident: 'Deleted Prod' and Lessons Learned 06:44 Claude Code Security: AI-Powered AppSec for Developers (and the Hype) 10:20 FBI Warning: Salt Typhoon Still Hitting Telecoms Worldwide 13:32 Youth Radicalization & AI Safety Failures: 764 Network and Tumblr Ridge Aftermath 18:12 Wrap-Up + Sponsor Message: Meter Demo Info

Apparently, Amazon's own AI coding assistant, Kiro, was to blame for an AWS outage. The AI decided the human code needed rewriting and... did it. Taking down a bunch of sites in the process. Of course, Amazon is downplaying this because AI is magic. Like Microsoft, they're apparently relying on "vibe coding" and the results speak for themselves.Watch the podcast episodes on YouTube and all major podcast hosts including Spotify.CLOWNFISH TV is an independent, opinionated news and commentary podcast that covers Entertainment and Tech from a consumer's point of view. We talk about Gaming, Comics, Anime, TV, Movies, Animation and more. Hosted by Kneon and Geeky Sparkles.Get more news, views and reviews on Clownfish TV News - https://more.clownfishtv.com/On YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/ClownfishTVOn Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/4Tu83D1NcCmh7K1zHIedvgOn Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/clownfish-tv-audio-edition/id1726838629

Join Chief Technologist John Janek, Technical Director for Digital Identity & Biometrics Niroop Gonchikar, Technical Director for Partnerships Tiffany Ceasor, and Application Developer Kurtis Miles as they talk about their experience at the 2025 AWS re:Invent Conference.The team highlighted what they learned from the conference including significant trends and innovations including AI advancements, quantum computing, data modeling, serverless technology, and emerging practices in security and compliance. The team reflects on the impact of these technologies on their work and the future of the public sector. They also touch on the surge in agentic AI applications, and the transformative impact of AI tools like Kiro on software development workflows.The conversation concludes with insights on the benefits of attending, who should attend AWS re:Invent, and underscores the importance of staying ahead of technological advancements in your career.

Clark/Vancouver Television will broadcast live KIRO television coverage of Seattle's Super Bowl celebration parade, airing locally on CVTV cable channels and online during the scheduled event window. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/sports/watch-seattles-super-bowl-celebration-parade-on-cvtv/ #ClarkCounty #CVTV #Seattle #SuperBowl #Parade #LocalTV

Host Bill Radke discusses the week’s news with Seattle City Councilmember, Position 8, Alexis Mercedes Rinck, lead singer of The Long Winters, co-host of the Omnibus and Roderick on the Line podcasts John Roderick, and longtime KIRO radio host Dave Ross.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Formal verification already consumes years of human effort.In this episode, Lukas Biewald talks with Carina Hong, Founder & CEO of Axiom, about why verification is becoming the real bottleneck in high stakes AI systems.They discuss how Axiom uses AI to take on the tedious checking that stretches verification cycles across years, starting with formal mathematics and extending to hardware and software.Carina also explains why Axiom's approach to auto-formalization mirrors spec driven models like Kiro from AWS.Connect with us here:Carina Hong: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carina-hong/Axiom: https://www.linkedin.com/company/axiommath/Lukas Biewald: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lbiewald/Weights & Biases: https://www.linkedin.com/company/wandb/

What are the advantages of spec-driven development compared to vibe coding with an LLM? Are these recent trends a move toward declarative programming? This week on the show, Marc Brooker, VP and Distinguished Engineer at AWS, joins us to discuss specification-driven development and Kiro.

Send us a textA bus-powered hackathon, a $100K prize for a gloriously “useless” app, and keynotes that said AI so many times you could turn it into a supercut—re:Invent 2025 brought energy, irony, and real signals hiding in the noise. We're joined by AWS Hero Chris Williams to unpack what actually matters: where AI is genuinely useful, where it's lipstick on a feature, and how builders should adapt without losing the plot.We dig into the Road to re:Invent hackathon and why the winning project—turning a tiny script into a sprawling multi-repo monster—was the sharpest commentary on over-engineering all week. From there, we break down the AI-first keynotes, new Graviton efficiency gains that could tame power budgets, and the push to own the entire stack from silicon to agents. Kiro's spec-driven development gets real talk too: amazing for scaffolding, documentation, and repo exploration; risky when you ask a confident hallucination to write production without tests, reviews, or security controls.The conversation shifts to careers and craft with Werner Vogels' parting challenge: become a “Renaissance developer.” Learn systems, networking, security, and economics, then layer AI to explore design space faster. If you're just starting out, don't begin with prompts—build fundamentals and use AI to shape your learning plan. We wrap with the sleeper headline: first-party multi-cloud connectivity. It's overdue, it's serious, and it could reshape how enterprises stitch providers together while raising new questions about SLAs, accountability, and incident response between hyperscalers.Hit play for a clear-eyed debrief that filters the hype, celebrates real progress, and offers practical guidance for teams shipping in 2025. If this helped you make sense of re:Invent, follow the show, share it with a teammate, and drop your bold prediction for the year ahead.Where to find Chris:https://x.com/mistwirehttps://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisfwilliams/https://vbrownbag.com/Purchase Chris and Tim's book on AWS Cloud Networking: https://www.amazon.com/Certified-Advanced-Networking-Certification-certification/dp/1835080839/ Check out the Monthly Cloud Networking Newshttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1fkBWCGwXDUX9OfZ9_MvSVup8tJJzJeqrauaE6VPT2b0/Visit our website and subscribe: https://www.cables2clouds.com/Follow us on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/cables2clouds.comFollow us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@cables2clouds/Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cables2cloudsMerch Store: https://store.cables2clouds.com/Join the Discord Study group: https://artofneteng.com/iaatj

The episode elucidates the current atmospheric conditions affecting various regions of the United States, particularly highlighting the ongoing Pacific atmospheric river that is inundating Washington and Oregon. The National Weather Service has issued multiple flood warnings, including a flood watch for the Seattle Metro area, which is expected to persist through Friday. Concurrently, a winter storm is advancing through the Northern Plains, bringing significant snowfall and hazardous conditions that may lead to treacherous travel. Additionally, damaging winds are impacting South Central regions, compounding the challenges faced by restoration efforts in areas previously affected by severe weather. As we navigate these multifaceted weather phenomena, I urge all listeners to exercise caution and remain informed about local conditions.Takeaways:* The Pacific atmospheric river is significantly impacting Washington and Oregon, leading to multiple flood warnings. * Residents are urged to avoid flooded roads and remain vigilant for potential landslides in steep areas. * A fast-moving winter storm is expected to bring severe weather conditions across parts of the Midwest. * High winds are causing additional challenges in South Central Alaska, with ongoing power restoration efforts indicated. * Winter storm warnings are in effect for several states, including Minnesota and Michigan, with substantial snowfall predicted. * Ongoing flooding concerns persist in western Washington as river flood warnings remain active through Friday. Sources[NWS Mat-Su High Wind Warning | https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=61.5814&lon=-149.4410][Anchorage Daily News | https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/mat-su/2025/12/08/mat-su-residents-many-still-without-power-brace-for-another-day-of-wind/][NWS Gaylord WSW (W. Mackinac) | https://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=mqt&wwa=winter+storm+warning][Detroit Free Press roundup | https://www.freep.com/story/weather/2025/12/08/michigan-snow-rain-winter-storm-warning-doppler-radar/87670899007/][NWS Twin Cities WSW | https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=MPX&issuedby=MPX&product=WSW][MPR News forecast | https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/12/09/latest-winter-storm-to-bring-a-wintry-mix-and-heavy-snow][NWS MT advisories/warnings (statewide excerpts) | https://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=byz&wwa=winter+weather+advisory][NBC Montana forecast update | https://nbcmontana.com/weather/forecasts/cold-front-to-bring-increasing-wind-atmospheric-river-continue-through-thursday][NWS Bismarck/Grand Forks hazard pages | https://www.weather.gov/bis/; https://www.weather.gov/fgf/][Valley News Live First Alert | https://www.valleynewslive.com/2025/12/08/first-alert-tuesdays-winter-storm-brings-mix-snow-wind/?outputType=amp][NWS Portland hazards | https://www.weather.gov/pqr/][OPB regional flood watch coverage | https://www.opb.org/article/2025/12/08/weather-oregon-wahington-atmospheric-river-rain-flooding/][NWS Flood Warnings text (Seattle) | https://a.atmos.washington.edu/data/warning_report.WWA.html][KIRO-7 roundup | https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/heres-where-expect-rising-rivers-strong-atmospheric-river-comes-washington/QDZWK3R2DVGQ5EZWXSAMMLZE4Q/][NWS Twin Cities WSW (NW WI counties) | https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=MPX&issuedby=MPX&product=WSW][Wausau Pilot & Review update | https://wausaupilotandreview.com/2025/12/09/winter-storm-warning-issued-for-central-wisconsin-as-heavy-snow-bitter-cold-loom/][NWS Riverton WSW (Yellowstone/Absaroka) | https://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=usa&wwa=winter+storm+warning][WYDOT 511 road conditions (I-80 district example) | https://www.wyoroad.info/pls/Browse/WRR.STATIC5?SelectedDistrict=1] This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit emnetwork.substack.com/subscribe

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What is "spec-driven development," and why is this structured approach the key to unlocking complex AI projects? We're joined by Amit Patel, Director of Software Development for Kiro at AWS, to explore this methodology. He explains why "vibe coding" in a chat window fails on multi-day initiatives: the AI (and the developer) loses context. Kiro solves this by turning requirements and design into a persistent, structured spec that acts as the agent's long-term memory, enabling it to maintain context and build sophisticated applications.Amit shares the inside story of how his team at AWS built Kiro from scratch in under a year. He reveals their virtuous feedback loop with internal developers testing nightly builds and providing real-time feedback. This rapid iteration, which included six full revs of the spec experience, was so successful that the Kiro team famously "used the tool to build the tool," turning a multi-week feature into a two-day task. LinearB: Your AI productivity journey starts hereFollow the show:Subscribe to our Substack Follow us on LinkedInSubscribe to our YouTube ChannelLeave us a ReviewFollow the hosts:Follow AndrewFollow BenFollow DanFollow today's guest(s):Learn more and try Kiro: kiro.devJoin the Kiro Community: Kiro Discord Channel OFFERS Start Free Trial: Get started with LinearB's AI productivity platform for free. Book a Demo: Learn how you can ship faster, improve DevEx, and lead with confidence in the AI era. LEARN ABOUT LINEARB AI Code Reviews: Automate reviews to catch bugs, security risks, and performance issues before they hit production. AI & Productivity Insights: Go beyond DORA with AI-powered recommendations and dashboards to measure and improve performance. AI-Powered Workflow Automations: Use AI-generated PR descriptions, smart routing, and other automations to reduce developer toil. MCP Server: Interact with your engineering data using natural language to build custom reports and get answers on the fly.

We're joined by Deepak Singh from the Kiro team. Kiro is AWS's attempt at building an AI coding environment to take you from prototype to production. It does that by bringing structure to your agentic workflow with spec-driven development. Their aim: the flow of AI coding, leveled up with mature engineering practices.