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AWS Weekly Roundup: Student Rewards on AWS Builder Center, Local Zone in Las Vegas, and more (August 24, 2026)

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AWS Weekly Roundup: Student Rewards on AWS Builder Center, Local Zone in Las Vegas, and more (August 24, 2026)

Deven Goratela 31 August 2026 0

During my time at AWS, I have always looked for opportunities to work with students. I have...

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Happy 20th Birthday, Amazon EC2

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Happy 20th Birthday, Amazon EC2

Deven Goratela 30 August 2026 0

Twenty years ago today, Jeff Barr wrote a blog post that launched the Amazon EC2 Beta. That...

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AWS Glue 6.0 now available with 30% lower price and full Apache Iceberg v3 support

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AWS Glue 6.0 now available with 30% lower price and full Apache Iceberg v3 support

Deven Goratela 22 August 2026 0

Today, we are announcing the general availability of AWS Glue 6.0, delivering 30% lower pricing than previous...

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In the works: AWS Builder Lofts in Berlin, Hyderabad, and São Paulo

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In the works: AWS Builder Lofts in Berlin, Hyderabad, and São Paulo

Deven Goratela 19 August 2026 0

In the early days of cloud computing, AWS supported intensive learning for builders in a physical space...

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AWS Weekly Roundup: EC2 application status checks, IAM role manager, OpenAI Daybreak on Bedrock, and more (August 17, 2026)

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AWS Weekly Roundup: EC2 application status checks, IAM role manager, OpenAI Daybreak on Bedrock, and more (August 17, 2026)

Deven Goratela 18 August 2026 0

Last week, AWS contributors joined the OpenSearch and Valkey communities at Open Source Summit Korea 2026 and...

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AWS Weekly Roundup: AWS Heroes Summit, Web Search on Amazon Bedrock, Dogwood, Kiro Crew, and more (August 10, 2026)

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AWS Weekly Roundup: AWS Heroes Summit, Web Search on Amazon Bedrock, Dogwood, Kiro Crew, and more (August 10, 2026)

Deven Goratela 11 August 2026 0

Last week, we brought together AWS Heroes from around the world to connect, collaborate, and celebrate the...

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Runtime instances: persistent compute for production AI agents on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore

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Runtime instances: persistent compute for production AI agents on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore

Deven Goratela 7 August 2026 0

When you move AI agents from prototype to production, the infrastructure challenges multiply. Your agents need to...

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Amazon DynamoDB now supports real-time vector search at any scale

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Amazon DynamoDB now supports real-time vector search at any scale

Deven Goratela 6 August 2026 0

Today, we’re announcing the general availability of vector search in Amazon DynamoDB. You can now store vector...

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AWS Weekly Roundup: Local Zone in Athens, Claude Opus 5 on AWS, Lambda durable execution for .NET, and more (July 27, 2026)

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AWS Weekly Roundup: Local Zone in Athens, Claude Opus 5 on AWS, Lambda durable execution for .NET, and more (July 27, 2026)

Deven Goratela 28 July 2026 0

Last week I had the privilege of spending three days in São Paulo with technical builders from...

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AWS Weekly Roundup: One-click Lambda setup prompt, OpenAI GPT-5.6 models on Bedrock, and more (July 20, 2026)

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AWS Weekly Roundup: One-click Lambda setup prompt, OpenAI GPT-5.6 models on Bedrock, and more (July 20, 2026)

Deven Goratela 20 July 2026 0

Last week, my team visited Seoul to meet AWS Korea User Group (AWSKRUG) leaders. AWSKRUG is the...

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