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Rachel Stephens, Research Director
Kate Holterhoff, Senior Industry Analyst
Join the developer-focused industry analysts at RedMonk as they discuss news and trends in the software space with leaders and practicioners in cloud, AI, IaC, security, DevOps, developer relations, observability, data, and more.
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James Governor, Principal Analyst & Co-founder
Stephen O'Grady, Principal Analyst & Co-founder
Rachel Stephens, Research Director
Kate Holterhoff, Senior Industry Analyst

In this New Builders conversation, Al Harris, Principal Engineer at AWS, discusses the development of a natural language system aimed at helping developers translate specifications into code and vice versa, particularly as it relates to AWS's agentic IDE, Kiro. The conversation explores the significance of this translation process, the challenges faced in natural language processing, and the potential future of software development with AI integration.
This is a RedMonk video, sponsored by Amazon.
Show notes: https://redmonk.com/videos/al-harris-on-kiro-and-spec-driven-development/