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Agent Plugins Are the Future. But You Might Be Giving Away Your Best Engineering.

• Stephen Jones
• Aws , Ai

A few weeks ago AWS dropped Agent Plugins, a packaging model that bundles skills, MCP servers, hooks, and reference docs into installable units for AI coding agents. Two commands and your Claude Code or Cursor agent knows how to deploy to AWS, estimate costs, and generate IaC.

CloudWatch Logs Just Got an HTTP Endpoint. That Changes More Than You Think.

• Stephen Jones
• Aws

Every time I set up log shipping from a non-AWS source to CloudWatch, the same friction shows up. Install an agent. Configure IAM credentials. Implement SigV4 signing. Manage rotation. It works, but it is a lot of ceremony for “send this text to that place.”

OpenAI Symphony: When AI Agents Run Your Sprint Board

• Stephen Jones
• Ai

We’ve spent the last two years watching AI coding assistants evolve from glorified autocomplete to genuine collaborators. But there’s been a persistent gap between “AI that helps you code” and “AI that ships features while you sleep.” On March 5, 2026, OpenAI quietly open-sourced the bridge: OpenAI Symphony.

How We Built Race Radio Control in a Week With Claude Code and Airia

Last week, Chris Porter and I entered the Airia F1 Atlassian Williams Racing virtual hackathon as team JoPoCo (Jones + Porter + Co). We had seven days to build an AI-powered fan experience for remote motorsport viewers. What we shipped was Race Radio Control: a second-screen companion that lets fans tune into four AI-powered radio feeds — Carlos Sainz, Alex Albon, team principal James Vowles, and stats host Max Folds — all grounded in live telemetry data.