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From Network Plumbing to Application Intent: What AWS Networking Reveals About Infrastructure's New Role

Rob Kennedy, AWS Vice President of Network Services, opened his re:Invent 2025 keynote with a simple metaphor: atoms bond into molecules, molecules combine into structures, and those structures become complex organisms. The implication was clear, networking is no longer about connectivity. It’s about intent.

The AI Agent Governance Gap: Why Policy and Evaluations Matter More Than the Model

Many organisations are rushing into deploying AI agents with the same enthusiasm they had for serverless in 2016, great technology, terrible operational discipline. The pattern is predictable: build a proof-of-concept that works brilliantly in a demo, deploy it cautiously to production, then discover you have no idea how to govern what it’s actually doing once users interact with it at scale.

Beyond Vibe Coding: The Renaissance Developer Framework for Infrastructure Leaders

I watched Werner Vogels deliver what he’s calling his final AWS re:Invent keynote, and it struck me that he wasn’t talking about new services or feature announcements. Instead, he spent an hour articulating why the tools matter less than the person holding them. After 14 years of keynotes, Amazon’s CTO decided to hand the microphone to younger voices—but not before leaving infrastructure leaders and architects with something more valuable than a roadmap: a framework for how to think about engineering in the AI era.

Finally! AWS Transit Gateway Gets Flexible Cost Allocation

If you’ve been managing AWS Transit Gateway costs in a multi-account environment, you’ve probably felt the pain of sender-pay billing. Well, I’ve got great news, AWS just launched Flexible Cost Allocation for Transit Gateway and your FinOps team is going to love this!

Understanding LLM Prompt Injection: The Security Risk You Can't Ignore

If you’ve been building with LLMs lately, you’re probably as excited as I am about the possibilities! But let me tell you about something that’s been keeping security folks up at night… prompt injection vulnerabilities.

I Used Amazon Q CLI to Build a Feature for Amazon Q CLI (And It Was Mind-Bending)

Ever wondered what it’s like to use an AI tool to improve itself? I just spent 2 hours using Amazon Q CLI to build a new feature for Amazon Q CLI, and the experience was genuinely mind-bending.

Multi-Agent Orchestration with Claude Code: When AI Teams Beat Solo Acts

Working with a single AI assistant on complex projects is like having one engineer handle an entire software delivery pipeline. Possible? Sure. Optimal? Not even close.

AWS Lands in New Zealand: What the ap-southeast-6 Region Means for Kiwi Cloud Builders

Summary AWS just flipped the switch on their newest region: Asia Pacific (New Zealand) - ap-southeast-6. After years of routing traffic through Sydney, Kiwi organizations finally have a local AWS presence. This isn’t just about national pride — it’s about single-digit millisecond latency, data sovereignty, and unlocking cloud-native architectures that were previously cost-prohibitive.

AWS VPC Route Server: The Game-Changer for Dynamic Routing You've Been Waiting For

Summary AWS just dropped a networking feature that’s going to change how we think about VPC routing forever. VPC Route Server brings dynamic routing capabilities directly into your VPC, automatically handling failover scenarios that used to require complex scripting or third-party solutions. If you’ve ever wrestled with static routes and manual failover for network appliances, this one’s for you.

Building AI-Powered Life Management Systems: The AWS Infrastructure Approach

Daniel Miessler just dropped a fascinating deep-dive into building what he calls a “Personal AI Infrastructure” (PAI) - essentially an AI-powered life management system that handles everything from content creation to security assessments. While his approach uses Claude Code and local tooling, it got me thinking about how we could architect something similar using AWS services.