Stephen Howell

@NIDeveloper @andrewbrown @robcube What? A magpie carrying an apple? #mpathg

@andrewbrown @robcube Big magpies steal the apples from my trees and fly off with them to eat elsewhere

So weird. Checked out my two apple trees in my backyard. All the apples are gone?! Is it squirrels, raccoons, or dare I say it, humans?

AWS Hero @BandoloCyril giving a deep and thoughtful keynote on Day 1 of #AWSCD24 West Africa AWS Community Day. Watch live: youtube.com/live/tcMJiBGpB…

And, we kick off #AWSCommunityDay with @awsugdelhincr! @RKridhima #ACDDelhi2024 #AWSDeewaniaKiDilli

🚀New Amazon Q Developer agent for software development is available to customers: aws.amazon.com/blogs/devops/r… This agent is based on a new agent architecture that has exciting results coming from the SWE-bench scores (on the full and verified benchmarks) representing AI models’ ability to resolve real-world coding problems. Interesting aspect of Q Agent is that with these newest updates, Q drove nearly 50% more successful coding tasks completed. What makes Q Dev Agent remarkable? The agent architecture is not just about using the best LLMs (which we do), but also giving the agent the ability to constantly explore multiple paths to find the best way to resolve a particular problem (and back tracking when it has reached dead end like a developer would do). Needless to say, we are just getting started on the developer agent and we are constantly pushing to advance our AI capabilities while maintaining quality, security, privacy, and reliability to keep Amazon Q Developer an innovative and trusted option available to our customers using agents for software development. We highlighted the results of our first SWE-bench submission of Amazon Q Developer back in June blog post; with these updates, our new agent resolves 51% more coding tasks than its previous iteration on the SWE-bench verified dataset, and 43% more on the full dataset. That’s the difference a few months make, and I can’t wait to share what our teams will deliver at re:Invent this December. Here's a quick demo showcasing our new Agent in action:

We are honoured to have DevClub IIT Delhi as our official Venue Partner for #ACDDelhi2024 Their state-of-the-art facilities and vibrant campus will create the perfect environment for our community to gather, learn, and thrive. #AWSDeewanoKiDilli

🗓️ Mark your calendars! Join us on Sep 21, 2024, for an #AWSome community event packed with: ✨ Keynotes from AWS experts 🛠️ Technical sessions & workshops 🎁 Giveaways & surprises 🤝 Networking with the AWS community Register now: lnkd.in/g-nKxZy7

Great to see full house at amazing PSG Convention Centre Coimbatore @psgitarofficial. The AWS User Group Coimbatore and AWS Team are here and wonderful to see so many students. I'm speaking after lunch and I hope some students attend my session on "From Code to Cloud".

We’re excited to invite you to the Builders Hub Coimbatore powered by AWS, one-of-a-kind, free event in association with PSG iTech College. - 12th September, 2024 at PSG Convention Centre, Coimbatore #aws #cloud #cloudcomputing #amazonwebservices #amazon #awscloud

📌 𝗭𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗺𝗮𝘇𝗼𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗸: 𝗖𝗿𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗲𝗯 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝘀 We’re excited to share that Stephen Howell, Developer Advocate for UK & Ireland at AWS, will be delivering the technical keynote at #ACDDelhi2024 #AWSDeewanoKiDilli

Belfast CD #awscommunityday was amazing, and a great start to a month of AWS Community Days for me. I'm honoured to be speaking at: Delhi CD (21st) Indore Student CD (26th) West Africa (Lagos) CD (28th) Nairobi Student CD (Oct 5th) aws.amazon.com/events/communi…

Coming soon! A special guest from Ireland @howell_cloud for a hands-on-workshop creating an app using Amazon Bedrock on the 14th Sep. Register today: awsughyd.com/build-genai-we…

Super excited for this event! Huge thanks to the organisers for the opportunity to share some insights on my experiences in the cloud! #AWSCloudClubs #belfAWSt #AWSCommunityDay #belfast

Workshop Announcement 💫 Join us for a hands-on workshop led by Stephen Howell, Academic Developer Advocate @awscloud! 🎉 Learn to integrate Amazon Bedrock with web applications to leverage LLMs. Limited capacity, so register now -tinyurl.com/3ym24c4t #AWSCommunityDay #AWS

I'm speaking at awscommunitybelfast.co.uk on September 6th! Presenting a relaxed workshop on Building Generative AI Web Apps with Amazon Bedrock. Get tickets to the event and workshop: eventbrite.com/e/aws-communit… @keysniall @YuanMitchell @matt_codes @NIDeveloper #awscloudclubs

@pixelpage @NIDeveloper @matt_codes That thing's name is Marshmallow and it's not squeezing, they needed me to hold them while we took a selfie together

@howell_cloud @NIDeveloper @matt_codes Well if you squeeze that thing much harder you'll find out...😊

Lots of excitement at the new additions to the farm today! 🦆

@NIDeveloper @matt_codes I don't understand how you can code *without* a duck!

@matt_codes @howell_cloud

@matt_codes This is my duck-typing mentor

@howell_cloud Taking rubber duck debugging to a whole new level

Do I know anyone strong with Java, Open-source experience, and passionate about DX and Serverless? Powertools for AWS team is hiring a fully remote and distributed (AMER, LATAM or EMEA) Link below

@NIDeveloper @YuanMitchell I stopped using Twitter a while ago, keep the account for folks who only have this way to contact me. I'm on all the AWS* Slacks though!

@YuanMitchell No problem, I DM’d @howell_cloud too cos I couldn’t remember his handle here 😂

Was preparing for the AWS Solution Architect Associate certification for two months, just when I'm about book the exam, found out the exam fee is way over budget ffs 🥲 Does anyone know is there any student discount for that exam? 👀