Amazon S3 Files eliminates the tedious download-to-/tmp pattern in Lambda functions, letting you work directly with S3 objects without transfer overhead. The article walks through three modernization patterns—image processing, ETL pipelines, and multi-agent AI workloads—with practical code examples showing when and how to ditch legacy approaches.
source: [aws/compute-blog]
AWS IoT Core now supports direct point-to-point messaging, ditching the old MQTT topic subscription model for cleaner server-to-device communication with built-in delivery confirmation. This means lower costs and better observability when you need to talk to a single device without the pub/sub overhead.
source: [aws/iot-blog]
Amazon Q Developer IDE plugins (VS Code, JetBrains, Eclipse, Visual Studio) need urgent updates due to two vulnerabilities in Language Servers for AWS. CVE-2026-12957 allows malicious workspace configs to execute commands if you trust the workspace, while CVE-2026-12958 exploits symlink validation gaps. Update to Language Servers for AWS 1.69.0 or your IDE plugin's latest version immediately—user action is required.
source: [aws/security-bulletin]
AWS Lambda introduces MicroVMs, a new serverless compute primitive that gives you VM-level isolation without shared kernels or resources between sessions. Perfect for developers who need rapid startup, full lifecycle management, and state preservation up to 8 hours—all without touching infrastructure.
source: [aws/aws-blog]
Tired of wrestling with generic migration tools that don't understand your team's quirks? AWS Transform custom lets you build and run code transformations directly in your editor, tackling the custom work that off-the-shelf tools skip—like migrating internal libraries, enforcing error-handling standards, or standardizing logging across your services.
source: [aws/devops-blog]
AWS just rolled out self-service capabilities for managing AWS Outposts throughout their entire lifecycle—from initial setup and quoting through renewal and decommissioning. You'll now have direct control over your infrastructure without the usual back-and-forth coordination, and these tools are live across all commercial AWS Regions supporting Outposts.
source: [aws/compute-blog]
AWS dropped a fresh wave of AI innovations at their New York Summit, with VP Swami Sivasubramanian showcasing new agent-based tools in Bedrock—including Grok 4.3—designed to help developers build smarter, compounding AI solutions. If you're building with AWS, you'll want to catch the price cuts and new Local Zone in Hanoi that came with the announcements.
source: [aws/aws-blog]