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Ali Spittel

@alispit.tel

Mom // software engineer // developer stuff @ aws

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I Skied Down Mount Everest (world first, no oxygen)
I Skied Down Mount Everest (world first, no oxygen) YouTube video by Red Bull

This is the most beautiful and terrifying video I’ve seen

youtu.be/cjZvFY6__qw?...

07.12.2025 04:33 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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AWS Developer Experience State of the Nation with Ali Spittel In this New Builders conversation, RedMonk’s Stephen O’Grady chats with Ali Spittel, head of DevRel at AWS, about the importance of developer experience, how the role of developers is evolving, and th...

For this New Builders, hear @sogrady.org chat with @alispit.tel, Head of DevRel at @awscloud.bsky.social, about the importance of developer experience, how the role of developers is evolving, and the new challenges and opportunities devs face in the AI era. redmonk.com/videos/aws-d...

04.12.2025 15:54 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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what an incredible time in history

18.11.2025 14:20 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

how do people survive fall through spring in Seattle?

17.11.2025 04:24 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0
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Toddler fashion is iconic. Not pictured: her full arm and leg sleeves of temporary thanksgiving and Halloween tattoos.

12.11.2025 15:20 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Joke of the day from Moscow: Russia tried to unveil its first humanoid AI robot, Aidol. Key word: tried. The robot collapsed during its debut, forcing organizers to cut the presentation short. Their rushed attempt to lift the prop only made things worse.

11.11.2025 18:53 πŸ‘ 1742 πŸ” 410 πŸ’¬ 188 πŸ“Œ 353

all the aurora pics make me wish I didn’t live downtown for the first time in my adult life!

12.11.2025 05:47 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Best badge clip?

30.10.2025 01:14 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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AWS Cloud Club Captain Application: 2025 Cohort 5 AWS Pulse

πŸ‘©β€πŸ« Are you a college student who wants hands-on leadership experience that recruiters notice?

πŸ“• AWS training, cloud resources, and credits? Direct support from AWS employees?

🏫To lead events on your campus?

Apply to be an AWS Cloud Club Captain! ☁️

pulse.aws/application/...

25.09.2025 18:58 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ms. Rachel grew up on Mister Rogers. Now she’s carrying on his legacy. The YouTube star wants her audiences β€” adults and children alike β€” to see the humanity of all people.

Ms. Rachel forever

31.07.2025 15:22 πŸ‘ 2445 πŸ” 362 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 33
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Senior Developer Advocate, Generative AI, AWS Developer Experience At AWS, we're looking for technical pioneers who are shaping the future of AI. As a Senior Developer Advocate on our Developer Experience team, you'll combine your software development expertise with ...

Are you interested in teaching developers about agentic AI? Working on the cutting edge of what we're working on at AWS?

Join us!

www.amazon.jobs/en/jobs/3011...

31.07.2025 02:42 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Senior Developer Advocate, Generative AI, AWS Developer Experience At AWS, we're looking for technical pioneers who are shaping the future of AI. As a Senior Developer Advocate on our Developer Experience team, you'll combine your software development expertise with ...

The third is focused on Agentic AI - doing thought leadership around tooling like Strands, Bedrock, and more!

amazon.jobs/en/jobs/3011...

15.07.2025 14:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Sr Developer Advocate, Developer Productivity, DevEx Developers are at the heart of everything AWS builds. We are creating AI-powered development tools like Amazon Q Developer that help developers write code more efficiently, debug faster, and eliminate...

There are three US-based Developer Advocate roles open in the org I manage right now!

The first two are focused on telling AWS's developer tools story - for example, Kiro, Serverless, Amplify, etc.

amazon.jobs/en/jobs/3021...

amazon.jobs/en/jobs/3029...

15.07.2025 14:33 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I like these a lot!

15.07.2025 04:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

these are awesome!

15.07.2025 04:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

here are a few of mine (many are copied from others!)
- How have i been complicit in creating [X situation i don't like]
- what brings me joy?
- what would i do if time and money weren't factors?
- what can i stop doing?
- what is something i want to do that i'm not right now?

15.07.2025 03:51 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

it's my birthday, and i'm reflecting on the year.

My computer background image is "the quality of your life will mirror the quality of questions you ask yourself"

what are some of your favorite questions to ask yourself?

15.07.2025 03:48 πŸ‘ 33 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 0
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Kiro The AI IDE for prototype to production

Introducing Kiro - I've been testing it out for a while. It's truly a game changer.

Spec-driven development and agent hooks are a new paradigm in AI-assisted development. Check it out! πŸ‘»

kiro.dev

14.07.2025 16:15 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸͺ

13.07.2025 20:58 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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ferry weekends 🚒

06.07.2025 04:35 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Build Games Challenge: Build Classics with Amazon Q Developer CLI Join our global Build Games Challenge! Create classic games like Pong and Tetris using Amazon Q Developer CLI's AI-powered conversational programming. Free tier available.

Corey, want a free t-shirt?

community.aws/content/2y6e...

03.07.2025 14:12 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

good marketing is storytelling

03.07.2025 05:09 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Therapist: And what do we do when we feel stressed

Me: rm -rf .git

Therapist: No

03.07.2025 04:27 πŸ‘ 103 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

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02.07.2025 03:19 πŸ‘ 87 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

Following non-developers is so confusing. Couple definitions for some words you may see pop up on your time line:

πŸ“• library: a place with books
πŸ“ˆ graph: a chart
πŸ—Ί map: used for navigation
🐍 python: snake
πŸ“š heap: a pile of things
🌲 tree: a tall plant
🐞 bug: an insect

01.07.2025 04:05 πŸ‘ 72 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 0

i have a private repo that stores my dotfiles to use across computers, going to start doing the same for my everyday context files.

01.07.2025 03:16 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I work for AWS, use the Q CLI constantly - happy to help answer any questions for folks!

01.07.2025 03:09 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh interesting, I think a lot of python is pretty elegant β€” except the dunders

26.06.2025 15:18 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My favorites right now are the "Growth tactics from OpenAI and Stripe's first marketer" and "How to build a team that can take a punch"!

26.06.2025 14:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I think that's just where so many people's minds are at right now (to be fair I also work on AI so I'm biased)

26.06.2025 14:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0