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Before software engineers even begin writing code, they have to set the stage of the entire development process. This process requires engineers to make complex tradeoffs between requirements, system design, and implementations details. Current IDEs that rely on AI features, like chat and inline coding, can help engineers get...

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Muktesh11 months ago

Interesting. Looking forward to try this as spec driven development is the future and the current direction.

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Mobile Scanner11 months ago

Scan any documents, convert images into text, PDF files, etc. 👍

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Serge Doubinski11 months ago

congrats on the launch! recognizing importance of specs is better these days - claude code planning mode, cursor todos, but making it an even more core feature is a great call. kind of makes sense that it comes from amazon and given the writing culture

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redsquare11 months ago

Why is it devoid of any aws branding?

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Scalevise11 months ago

This what we were looking for🙌

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