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Moving beyond application development and learning to think in terms of cloud architecture, serverless computing, automation, and AI. Here are five lessons from my journey as a developer transitioning into cloud engineering.

Amazon Q Developer in the AWS Management Console and Console Mobile Apps is now called the AWS assistant. Previously, customers interacted with Amazon Q Developer across these surfaces. Now, the AWS assistant provides the same personalized, account-aware guidance and actions with a name that immediately communicates what the product does. The AWS assistant simplifies how customers build, operate, and optimize on AWS. The AWS assistant is currently offered for free. Existing Amazon Q Developer Pro subscribers will automatically retain their Pro Tier capabilities under the AWS assistant. The AWS assistant is available globally. To learn more, visit https://aws.amazon.com/products/assistant/.

Amazon Q Developer in the AWS Management Console is now rebranded as the AWS assistant, offering free personalized account-aware guidance and actions.

Amazon Q Developer in the AWS Management Console and Console Mobile Apps is now called the AWS assistant. Previously, customers interacted with Amazon Q Developer across these surfaces. Now, the AWS assistant provides the same personalized, account-aware guidance and actions with a name that immediately communicates what the product does. The AWS assistant simplifies how customers build, operate, and optimize on AWS. The AWS assistant is currently offered for free. Existing Amazon Q Developer Pro subscribers will automatically retain their Pro Tier capabilities under the AWS assistant. The AWS assistant is available globally. To learn more, visit aws.amazon.com/products/assistant/.

Amazon Q Developer in the AWS Management Console and Console Mobile Apps is now called the AWS assistant. Previously, customers interacted with Amazon Q Developer across these surfaces. Now, the AWS assistant provides the same personalized, account-aware guidance and actions with a name that immediately communicates what the product does. The AWS assistant simplifies how customers build, operate, and optimize on AWS. The AWS assistant is currently offered for free. Existing Amazon Q Developer Pro subscribers will automatically retain their Pro Tier capabilities under the AWS assistant. The AWS assistant is available globally. To learn more, visit aws.amazon.com/products/assistant/.

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A high-severity vulnerability (CVE-2026-12957, CVSS 8.5) in Amazon Q Developer allowed malicious repositories to execute arbitrary commands and steal developers' cloud credentials. The flaw stemmed from how the AI coding assistant processed Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, enabling exploitation when a developer opened a compromised repository and trusted the workspace. Amazon has since patched the issue. The discovery was credited to security firm Wiz. No specific timeline or affected versions were disclosed beyond the patch status.