Massimo Re Ferré
mreferre.bsky.social
Massimo Re Ferré
@mreferre.bsky.social
Chief Psychology Officer @awscloud

More about me @ https://it20.info/about/
I am so glad I don't have to fly much with #britishairways these days...
October 28, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Thew new Outlook 16 for Mac isn't that bad looking .... I just wish it could do the basics.
October 3, 2025 at 1:27 PM
[ new blog ] "Using Kiro specs to build IaC out of a shell script"

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Using Kiro specs to build IaC out of a shell script
In this post, I am continuing my Kiro experiments to produce better specs outcomes. I am doing so using my demo app repository …
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September 15, 2025 at 8:46 AM
[ Blog ] Using Q CLI to validate the implementation of Kiros specs

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Using Q CLI to validate the implementation of Kiros specs
Many of us have one or more litmus tests for assessing the capabilities and workflows of generative AI code assistants. Simon Willison has his "Pelican on …
it20.info
September 2, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Very interesting (and on point) article on the state of coding agents with respect to their prices and costs. I love that more people are starting to speak the truth about the current situation.

ethanding.substack.com/p/ai-subscri...

TL/DR (from the article itself):
September 1, 2025 at 9:11 AM
On one hand I feel the world move too fast. And then I see these things were people still think “the cloud is just someone else’s computer”. And it suddenly feels 2015 all over again.
Post on HN about Serverless WebRTC... First comment: "This isn't serverless. It's just using someone else's servers"

... ummm ... well duh 🤦🏻‍♂️
August 29, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Reposted by Massimo Re Ferré
The AWS News Feed is currently without funding 😢 Meanwhile development of new features continues, the site's numbers are consistently growing, and with the pre:Invent season about to fire up we expect only more visitors and subscribers in the coming months! Will you become a sponsor? Send me a DM!
August 18, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Passimo is a first.
July 31, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The electronics version of “it works on my machine”.

We need a Docker for cords.
I have had this happen to me many times and every time it’s the fucking worst.

“What do you mean this doesn’t work when use that cord but works when I use this one??”

Often hours or days into debugging a problem.
One of the most common problems with electronics is "cord got bad" and when you figure out you can make "cord good again" or even "cord new now" that's a life-changing moment in your DIY life.
July 29, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Reposted by Massimo Re Ferré
I'm not a tech hype guy, but the more I use "AI" in software development, the more it enables me to move more quickly and write higher-quality code. It's not a panacea, and I am still highly skeptical of the "Devin"-style development, but the "all AI Is shit" developers are going to get run over.
July 26, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Blown away by your response to Kiro. 100k+ joined our preview in week one, more than we expected.

We've added a waitlist. To those waiting – thank you for your patience.

Using Kiro? Your feedback means everything.

Read the full update on our blog: bit.ly/4o31OHE
This is fine... (really)
bit.ly
July 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM
July 21, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Reposted by Massimo Re Ferré
Remote. Debugging. For. Lambda. This is the biggest change in Lambda since microsecond billing. You can set a breakpoint in VSCode on your machine, execute the function in the cloud, inspect its state, and step through the remote process. This is yuuuge!

aws-news.com/article/2025...
Simplify serverless development with console to IDE and remote debugging for AWS Lambda
AWS Lambda introduces console to IDE integration and remote debugging, enabling developers to streamline serverless development by easily moving function code ...
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July 17, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Introducing Amazon Bedrock AgentCore: Securely deploy and operate AI agents at any scale (preview) 👉 A comprehensive set of enterprise-grade services that help developers quickly and securely deploy and operate AI agents at scale using any framework and model

go.aws/46eKVUa

#AWS #AI #GenAI #MCP
Introducing Amazon Bedrock AgentCore: Securely deploy and operate AI agents at any scale (preview) | Amazon Web Services
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore enables rapid deployment and scaling of AI agents with enterprise-grade security. It provides memory management, identity controls, and tool integration—streamlining…
go.aws
July 16, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Reposted by Massimo Re Ferré
IMO, this is the equivalent of 2 Michelin Stars 😅
Well, this is awkward. AWS released a Cursor clone and it's... actually not terrible? It may be time to re-evaluate my life. kiro.dev/blog/introdu...
Introducing Kiro
A new agentic IDE that works alongside you from prototype to production
kiro.dev
July 14, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I will take "not terrible" from @quinnypig.com ...

How do they say? "It means a lot coming from you" ?
Well, this is awkward. AWS released a Cursor clone and it's... actually not terrible? It may be time to re-evaluate my life. kiro.dev/blog/introdu...
Introducing Kiro
A new agentic IDE that works alongside you from prototype to production
kiro.dev
July 14, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Don't worry Patricia! I am going to be your safe!
July 4, 2025 at 2:12 PM
“There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” (Oscar Wilde)
Time to do more to promote Amazon Q’s CLI tool than AWS Marketing has all year:

Add this cursed function to your shell profile:

fukken() { qchat chat "$*"; }

Then skip the dumb keywords and just ask the damn question:

fukken tell me how many S3 buckets I have

Yes, it works. Yes, it’s glorious.
July 3, 2025 at 5:40 AM
"I have received an email that you can find in the file lambda-email.txt. You have access to the AWS account. Can you figure what I should be doing to resolve this problem and anticipate issues?"

Using #QCLI to deal with Lambda runtime deprecations.
July 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
This world is doomed.
Source: Mark Zuckerberg has, on 10+ occasions, offered to pay AI research talent up to $300M over four years, with $100M+ in compensation for the first year (Zoë Schiffer/Wired)

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July 2, 2025 at 4:52 AM
TIL that Anthropic credits expire. But you can set auto-renew so that you can invest even more money in credits (that will expire). 🤔💁‍♂️
July 1, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Where do we sit (today) on the spectrum that goes from... "GenAI is going to replace all developers" to... "Gen AI doesn't work and won't work"?
June 13, 2025 at 12:58 PM
I have to concur
June 5, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Kubernetes homelab
something something kubernetes at home
May 26, 2025 at 4:04 PM