Editorial

Tools change, but the fundamentals endure. As generative AI reshapes how we build software, a familiar trope has re-emerged, the narrative that developers will become obsolete. But if history has taught us anything, this is not the end of the developer, it’s the dawn of something new, the renaissance developer.

Fear is actually a pretty good signal that you are pushing into the unknown, that real growth doesn’t happen without a bit of that associated discomfort, and that it’s worth becoming aware when it happens. Aware enough to consider actually leaning into it.

A conversation between Werner Vogels and Byron Cook on automated reasoning, neural networks, and the future of secure and provably correct AI systems.

Our Working Backwards process remains as relevant as ever. But in the age of AI, sometimes the fastest path to clarity is a quick prototype.

Ultimately, the work security teams do—whether it’s adding controls, a stronger set of libraries, or eliminating unnecessary functionality—aims to make sure that what you’re building does what you intend it to do, and only what you intend it to do.

Amazon Science is where researchers and scientists from across Amazon and academic institutions share their research with the broader scientific community. As we near the end of 2025, our editorial team has pulled together 5 blog posts that really demonstrate the innovation coming out of AWS. Amazon announces Ocelot quantum chip By Fernando Brandão and Oskar Painter AWS’s first-generation quantum chip, Ocelot, represents a major step forward in realizing practical quantum computing.

Why is scalability so hard? Because scalability cannot be an after-thought.