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Yesterday

Nidhi Gupta 12 min read

Introducing the Snowflake and AWS Custom Lens for the AWS Well-Architected Framework

AWS Architecture

The Snowflake and AWS Custom Well-Architected Framework Lens brings together AWS Well-Architected best practices and Snowflake guidance into a single review experience, with integrated recommendations that reflect how the two services compose in production. In this post, we walk through each pillar, the three access points (AWS Management Console, Kiro, and Snowflake Cortex Code), and how to run your first…

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9 Jun

3 Jun

Sébastien Stormacq 6 min read

Improve your application resilience with Amazon Cognito multi-Region replication

AWS

Amazon Cognito now offers multi-Region replication that automatically synchronizes user data, credentials, and pool configurations to a secondary AWS Region, enabling uninterrupted authentication during regional failovers without forced password resets—plus new support for customer managed KMS keys for encryption control.

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27 May

Taylor Jacobsen 2 min read

Meet Our Newest AWS Heroes – May 2026

AWS

We’re excited to welcome four outstanding community leaders as our newest AWS Heroes. These individuals embody the spirit of collaboration and knowledge sharing that makes the AWS community thrive. From building AI-powered tools that help fellow builders navigate AWS re:Invent, to leading some of the largest AWS communities in Latin America, to sharing deep cloud […]

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25 May

Daniel Abib 6 min read

AWS Weekly Roundup: AWS Local Zones in Istanbul, open-source ExtendDB, Kiro Web, and more (May 25, 2026)

AWS

There’s something genuinely energizing about working with startups — something I’ve been doing intensely for more than two years now. Startups operate at a different frequency: the urgency is real, the constraints are tight, and the stakes are personal. Helping them navigate the challenge of proving their business model requires not just technical depth but […]

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6 May

Sébastien Stormacq 6 min read

The AWS MCP Server is now generally available

AWS

AWS announces the general availability of the AWS MCP Server, a managed remote Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that gives AI agents and coding assistants secure, authenticated access to all AWS services. The AWS MCP Server is part of the Agent Toolkit for AWS, a suite of tooling that includes the MCP Server, skills, and plugins that help coding agents…

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4 May

Esra Kayabali 6 min read

AWS Weekly Roundup: What’s Next with AWS 2026, Amazon Quick, OpenAI partnership, and more (May 4, 2026)

AWS

Last week, I took some time off in York, England, often described as the most haunted city in the country. I wandered through the ruins of abbeys that have stood for nearly a thousand years, walked along medieval walls, and spent an evening on a ghost tour hearing stories passed down through centuries. There’s something […]

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27 Apr

Daniel Abib 6 min read

AWS Weekly Roundup: Anthropic & Meta partnership, AWS Lambda S3 Files, Amazon Bedrock AgentCore CLI, and more (April 27, 2026)

AWS

Late March took me to Seattle for the Specialist Tech Conference, one of the most energizing gatherings of AWS specialists from around the world. It was an incredible opportunity to connect with peers, exchange experiences, and go deep on the latest advancements in Generative AI and Amazon Bedrock — and a powerful reminder of something […]

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16 Dec 2025