The AWS Developers Podcast

In this episode, Dave chats with Danielle Kucera, Sr. Product Marketing Manager,

AWS Marketing, and Adam Ruka, Software Development Engineer for AWS SDKs and Tools. They

cover the launch of Construct Hub, a simplified way of finding and using open-source Cloud

Development Kit (CDK) libraries, as well as all things CDK V2, including new changes to the

core libraries, payload size, as well as the new CDK Watch command.

Danielle on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielleraekucera/

Adam on Twitter: https://twitter.com/adam_ruka

Adam on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamruka/

Adam’s Blog: https://www.endoflineblog.com

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AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) - https://aws.amazon.com/cdk/

Construct Hub - https://constructs.dev/

CDK Git Repo - https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk

Increasing Development Speed with CDK Watch - https://go.aws/3EN8Vgi

Best Practices for Discoverability of a Construct Library on Construct Hub -

https://go.aws/33koFd3

CDK V1 Maintenance Policy: https://go.aws/3pKrvj8

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In this episode, Dave chats with Kevin Lappe, Research Product Manager at Amazon

Web Services. Kevin owns a unique space within AWS Developer Tools where his team thinks

about the developer tool chain, and what AWS can build for developers in 2023 in beyond.

This research combines quantitative data, usability testing, observation, and anecdotes to

bridge the gap between engineering teams and customer feedback. Along the way, Kevin

discusses breaking down the tasks developers need to go through (over 65 have shown up in

research so far) from idea to production, and how AWS hopes to simplify the process.

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Kevin's Blog: https://rhymeswithhappy.co/

Help Inspire AWS Design – Customer Council: https://aws.amazon.com/customer-council/

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In this episode, Emily and Dave chat with Harshita Daddala, Sr. Product Manager -

Technical at Amazon Web Services. Harshita covers her career path at Amazon, the benefits of

AWS Amplify for developers, and the recent launch of the AWS Amplify Geo library for

JavaScript. Amplify Geo enables developers to quickly add location-aware features to their

frontend web and mobile applications. It includes a set of abstracted client libraries built

on top of Amazon Location Service, pre-integrated map UI components (based on the popular

MapLibre open-source library) aa well as an Amplify Command Line Interface (CLI) tool that

supports provisioning for all required cloud location services.

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Harshita on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/harshita-daddala-682ab138/

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Announcing General Availability of Amplify Geo for AWS Amplify – https://go.aws/2Z2NAQq

Add Maps to your App in 3 Steps with AWS Amplify Geo powered by Amazon Location Service -

https://go.aws/3FwKiEH

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AWS Amplify Documentation: https://docs.amplify.aws

Amplify Discord Server: https://discord.gg/amplify

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In this episode, Emily and Dave chat with Kesha Williams, Principal Training

Architect at A Cloud Guru. Kesha is both an Alexa Champion and an AWS Hero where she focuses

on helping others get up to speed with machine learning. Kesha discusses her multi decade

career, her time as a senior Java developer, her journey to the cloud, learning Python, and

steps she took to get started in machine learning. Along the way we cover the ethics of AI,

the importance of diverse data sets, and what machine learning can bring to help us all

build a better future.

Kesha on Twitter: https://twitter.com/KeshaWillz

Kesha on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/java-rock-star-kesha/

Kesha’s Website: http://www.kesha.tech/

Kesha’s AWS Hero Page: https://aws.amazon.com/developer/community/heroes/kesha-williams

Kesha’s Alexa Champion Page:

https://developer.amazon.com/en-US/alexa/champions/kesha-williams

AWS Getting Started with Machine Learning: https://aws.amazon.com/machine-learning/learn/

AWS SageMaker: https://aws.amazon.com/sagemaker/

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In this episode, Dave chats with Farrah Campbell, Senior Product Marketing

Manager for Modern Applications at Amazon Web Services. Farrah runs multiple community

programs within AWS including Serverless and Containers Heroes categories. She is a

well-known face of the community both online and at events. Farrah chats about her start,

the impact of the serverless developer community on her own career, and some of the

surprises she has planned for re:Invent 2021.

Farrah on Twitter: https://twitter.com/farrahC32

Farrah on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/farrahcampbell/

AWS Heroes Content Library: https://go.aws/3GNMhWC

All the re:Invent 2021 parties:. http://conferenceparties.com/reinvent2021/

Sessions - links not available on re:Invent website, but here is all the info:

Productizing a Serverless MVPP – COM201 – Monday, November 29th 4-5pm in the Venetian.

Caesars Forum – Monday, November 29th through Friday, Decemmber 3rd: The first ever AWS

Containers and Serverless Zone in Caesar’s forum to increase customer awareness, educate

customers on AWS services. We are working to provide a unique experience to our customers

with this zone and get them excited about Containers and Serverless on AWS (80% Containers

on the cloud run on AWS).

Dev Lounge (Expo Hall)

Tuesday, November 30

2:00pm - 3:00pm Meetup: Serverless - Multiple SERVERLESS COMMUNITY BUILDERS PRESENTING

4:00pm - 5:00pm Meetup: Containers- Multiple CONTAINER COMMUNITY BUILDERS PRESENTING

EXPO HALL

OSS Kiosk - Many Heroes/Community Builders Presenting their OSS projects

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In this episode, Emily and Dave chat with Maish Saidel-Keesing, a Senior

Developer Advocate at Amazon Web Services. Maish discusses challenges enterprises face when

moving to the cloud, his approach to challenging customers and organizational boundaries, as

well as the effects of the global covid pandemic has had on how developers work.

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Maish’s Blog: https://blog.technodrone.cloud/

Maish’s Session IDs at re:Invent 2021: CON309-R1/R2, CON314, and CON313-R1/R2

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In this episode, Dave chats with Marcia Villalba, Developer Advocate at Amazon

Web Services. Marcia is the creator of the popular FooBar Serverless YouTube channel, whose

unique approach to content blends a love of learning with technical deep dives. Marcia

discusses her approach to staying up to date with the latest developer technologies, and her

career journey to becoming a Developer Advocate.

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Marcia's Tech Talk Podcast (Spanish Speaking): https://podcast.marcia.dev/

Marcia’s Foobar Serverless YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/foobar_codes

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In this episode, Emily and Dave chat with Clare Liguori, Principal Software

Engineer at Amazon. Clare discusses Amazon’s culture of DevOps, everything from how it

implements CI/CD, root cause analysis reviews, to the life of a code commit, after a

software engineer is ready to deploy.

Clare on Twitter: https://twitter.com/clare_liguori

Clare’s Bio: https://www.clareliguori.com/

Clare’s Git: https://github.com/clareliguori

Builders Library Article on Automating Safe Hands-Off Deployments - https://go.aws/3BaAn68

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In the second episode of this two-part conversation, Dave and Emily chat with

Paul Cutsinger, Head of Developer Strategy at Amazon. Paul discusses how AWS has been a

foundation for developers building on Alexa, and what the future of the voice spaces holds

for daily interaction with the technology in our lives.

Paul on Twitter: https://twitter.com/PaulCutsinger

Paul on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulcutsinger/

Alexa Skills Developer Portal: https://developer.amazon.com

Alexa Blueprints: https://blueprints.amazon.com

Amazon Polly: https://aws.amazon.com/polly/

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In this episode Dave and Emily chat with Paul Cutsinger, Head of Developer

Strategy at Alexa. Paul joined the Alexa team in the very early years, lead the worldwide

developer education team, and helped mold the vision for the developer roadmap. In his

current role, Paul leads an incubation team working on new ways for customers to interact

with Alexa and Voice. Paul discusses how AWS has been a foundation for developers building

on Alexa and how simple it is for anyone to get started building their own experiences

today.

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Paul on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulcutsinger/

Alexa Skills Developer Portal: https://developer.amazon.com

Alexa Blueprints: https://blueprints.amazon.com

Amazon Polly: https://aws.amazon.com/polly/

New for AWS CloudFormation – Quickly Retry Stack Operations from the Point of Failure:

https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-for-aws-cloudformation-quickly-retry-stack-operations-from-the-point-of-failure/

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