AWS Serverless Hero, all round nice guy 😬 All opinions expressed are (c) @walmsles
Joined August 2012
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Apr 27
MCP = what. Skills = how. Nobody has solved when.
New article open source reference implementation exploring that gap — and why every local model I tested failed.
🔗 Blog: serverlessdna.com/strands/ai…
🔗 Repo: github.com/serverless-dna/te…
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Anyone else noticing tension between models. I provided feedback to claude Opus 4.6 from a Gemma model running locally on Ollama.
Claude: "Decent review for a local model .... Point 1 is the only actionable one — want me to add a doc comment ..."
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Feb 16
All you marketing people out there that need to hear this. YOU provide the unsubscribe link so make that what it does! Don't ask for my phone number or login coz I'm done with you!!!! Unsubscribe me!!!
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Just published serverless-dna/sop-agents to npm
AWS released Strands Agent SOPs in Nov - markdown files that define agent workflows. But they didn't ship any tooling.
LLM coordinates agents at runtime. Write markdown get agents.
npmjs.com/package/@serverles…
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Jan 22
AWS Lambda Durable Functions uses AWS-owned keys for checkpoint encryption.
Need customer-managed KMS keys for compliance? AWS recommends custom serialization.
I wrote a guide with working TypeScript implementations: serverlessdna.com/strands/la…
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MCP servers run with full user permissions.
Your SSH keys, AWS credentials, and browser cookies are all visible.
run-mcp fixes that.
One-word change: full container isolation.
No Docker knowledge needed.
github.com/serverless-dna/ru…
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Wrote up full details with config examples here: serverlessdna.com/strands/pr…
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27 Nov 2025
Fresh @ServerlessDNA stickers!
New logo, refreshed site, plus features built prepping for #reInvent:
✅ Email signup
✅ Article engagement
✅ Favourites
✅ Follow strands
Evolving into an interactive community platform.
Reserve your handle: serverlessdna.com/profile
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16 Nov 2025
Just shipped walmsles.dev 🚀
Work in progress, but live now with serverless architecture work, MCP servers, CDK constructs, and conference talks.
Feedback welcome 👇
walmsles.dev
#Serverless #AWS
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16 Nov 2025
Classic "works on my machine" moment 🤦♂️
Fixed the MCP server setup example in my Kiro WSL guide after cleaning up my shell init, which broke them.
Updated guide: serverlessdna.com/strands/co…
Hit issues? Let's debug in the comments.
#MCP #WSL #Kiro
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13 Nov 2025
Just published: Kiro WSL setup guide
- Open Remote WSL extension (not MS version)
- WSL default terminal
- MCP in WSL (no dual installs)
- Git safe.directory fix
serverlessdna.com/strands/co…
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30 Oct 2025
Can’t wait to be on this wild ride!!!!
24 Oct 2025
Five buses. Two cities. One champion. 🚌 💻 ⭐️
On November 30, developers race to re:Invent in a live-streamed hackathon road trip from LA to Vegas, where one team will be crowned champion at Midday Madness.
Sign up for livestream notifications. 👉 go.aws/3JrABiw
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Michael Walmsley retweeted
13 Aug 2025
🎉 Meet our newest AWS Heroes!
Six exceptional leaders making waves across the globe, driving community innovation, advancing AI solutions, and reshaping cloud development. Their work is inspiring the next generation of builders.
@Christi85769907, Nadia Reyhani, Raphael Manke, @elrowan, Sangwoon (Chris) Park, @toshalk
Learn more: go.aws/3UpdzuH
#AWSHeroes #AWSCommunity #AWSHero
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17 May 2025
So excited for the new open source release from @awscloud!!! Can't wait to start building, so EXCITED
16 May 2025
Thrilled to see @awscloud making a major contribution to the open source AI community with the launch of the Strands Agents, an open source AI agents SDK! aws.amazon.com/blogs/opensou…
The core of Strands is the simple agentic loop that connects the model and tools together, like the two strands of DNA. This model-driven approach to agent building eliminates the need for complex agent orchestration by embracing the capabilities of state-of-the-art models to plan, chain thoughts, call tools, and reflect. Providing open source tools and interoperability with open source protocols is an important part of our strategy to enable an agentic future. Can't wait to see what you build with Strands!
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Michael Walmsley retweeted
2 May 2025
Pleased to announce v0.4.0 of the Unofficial Powertools MCP Server has been published!
Check out the release notes for all the details: github.com/serverless-dna/po…
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Michael Walmsley retweeted
30 Apr 2025
🙌 Thanks for the contributions
Thomas Taylor
Davide De Sio
Satyam Gupta
@LeeJamesGilmore
@henriquemarcos5
Orel Bello
Jigar Panchmatia
@EliasBrange
Harsh Mishra
Marco Edoardo Palma
Quetzalli Writes
@zachjonesnoel
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30 Apr 2025
Are you a Vibe Coder?
Do you want your Vibe-coded Lambda functions to incorporate best practices?
Amazon Q Cli has support for MCP servers. I took it for a test drive today and plugged in my Unofficial Powertools MCP Server.
What could go wrong ??!?
youtube.com/watch?v=5qz8ysWT…
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22 Apr 2025
Over the weekend I dug deeper on MCP and decided to build something useful - an MCP local server that work across live docs for ALL runtimes.
22 Apr 2025
🚀 Just launched: Unofficial Powertools MCP Search Server!
Let Claude search AWS Lambda Powertools docs for all runtimes. No more outdated info!
Learn more on GitHub: github.com/serverless-dna/po…
#AWS #Serverless #MCP
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6 Mar 2025
Momento is a great Serverless cache, but right now they are keeping my head warm while visiting Japan, thanks @momentohq!!
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Michael Walmsley retweeted
4 Mar 2025
Our first cohort of #AWSHeroes this year is here!☁️🦸 go.aws/3QGvPhf
Congratulations to these amazing community leaders for their incredible contributions and sharing knowledge.
Ahmed Bebars, Badri Kesavan, Marcelo Paiva, Raphael Jambalos, Stav Ochakovski
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