Introducing Amazon Application Recovery Controller Region switch: A multi-Region application recovery service

By Dustin Ward

As a developer advocate at AWS, I’ve worked with many enterprise organizations who operate critical applications across multiple AWS Regions. A key concern they often share is the lack of confidence in their Region failover strategy—whether it will work when needed, whether all dependencies have been identified, and whether their teams have practiced the procedures…

Amazon DocumentDB Serverless is now available

By Dustin Ward

Today, we’re announcing the general availability of Amazon DocumentDB Serverless, a new configuration for Amazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility) that automatically scales compute and memory based on your application’s demand. Amazon DocumentDB Serverless simplifies database management with no upfront commitments or additional costs, offering up to 90 percent cost savings compared to provisioning for peak…

Simplify serverless development with console to IDE and remote debugging for AWS Lambda

By Dustin Ward

Today, we’re announcing two significant enhancements to AWS Lambda that make it easier than ever for developers to build and debug serverless applications in their local development environments: console to IDE integration and remote debugging. These new capabilities build upon our recent improvements to the Lambda development experience, including the enhanced in-console editing experience and…

AWS AI League: Learn, innovate, and compete in our new ultimate AI showdown

By Dustin Ward

Since 2018, AWS DeepRacer has engaged over 560,000 builders worldwide, demonstrating that developers learn and grow through competitive experiences. Today, we’re excited to expand into the generative AI era with AWS Artificial Intelligence (AI) League. This is a unique competitive experience – your chance to dive deep into generative AI regardless of your skill level,…