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by orliesaurus 286 days ago
Is it just me or the new Amazon/AWS is giving off some serious early-Satya Nadella Microsoft vibes. Kiro, Q....

Think back to when they (MSOFT) were putting out tools like TypeScript, WSL, and VS Code. It looks like Amazon is doing something similar now, building cool tech for developers without plastering the AWS brand all over it.

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It is literally called amazonq.nvim and it makes it so some Amazon service is usable with NeoVIM.
You're right, my bad.
Your thesis is valid until "without plastering the AWS brand all over it." Lol
yeah what I meant by that was like, I have to signup via AWS console or something stupid like that - i mis-explained my thought
AWS Builder Id does not require an AWS account, just an email address and that's pretty much it.

https://us-east-1.credentials.signin.aws/

From the README:

> After installation, authenticate through IAM Identity Center or AWS Builder ID.

RIP