Phil Strong

Building Jacked - AI strength coach for iPhone. Day job: Software Dev Manager @ AWS DevTools | Opinions are my own

[Phil Strong @philstrong]

Just shipped Jacked.

It's an AI strength coach for iPhone. Type "10 x 140" between sets — it logs the rep, compares to your last session, tells you what to do

Most fitness apps log your workouts. This one actually coaches them.

Free 7-day trial: https://t.co/ecaGE83hLc

[Phil Strong @philstrong]

@KanikaBK cross origin has me a bit nervous XSS

[AsyncTrix @asynctrix]

🚀 AWS just dropped AWS Blocks

A new open-source TypeScript framework that changes how we build full-stack apps on AWS.

Write once in TS → run locally in seconds → deploy to real AWS with zero changes.

No more heavy infra setup just to test auth + DB + realtime.

This one’s big.

Core Idea: Pre-built, composable Blocks (20+ ready modules) that are fully type-safe.

- Database (PGlite local → Postgres prod)
- Auth (email, social, SSO)
- Realtime (WebSockets)
- File Storage (S3-like)
- Async/Cron Jobs
- AI Agents + KnowledgeBase (Ollama local → Bedrock)
- Observability, Email, and more

All composable and progressively customizable down to raw CDK.

What it solves:

- Painfully slow local dev loops on AWS
- "Works on my machine" → prod drift
- Massive boilerplate & context switching
- Type safety nightmares between layers
- Friction when building AI/agent workflows

Basically brings Next.js/Vercel-style DX to AWS backends.

Getting started (literally seconds):

npm create @ aws-blocks/blocks-app@latest my-app
cd my-app
npm run dev

Local full-stack environment instantly. Deploy when ready.

Just announced in public preview (June 16, 2026). Perfect for solo devs, teams, and AI-augmented building.

If you’re doing DevOps, backend, or agentic workflows this deserves a look.

https://t.co/rk7P1V7lQk

[Phil Strong @philstrong]

A good breakdown of containers and microVM landscape - https://t.co/MHspPHex4Y. I've been out of the Kube land for a bit, are people running workloads on MicroVMs? Seems no different from the ECS vs. Lambda decision that many make on AWS.

[Phil Strong @philstrong]

@GergelyOrosz As an Amazon engineer. I can confirm. Customer obsession is the way

[Phil Strong @philstrong]

@jessfraz Maybe I give too much credit but I feel like Anthropic sees something we don't here. 1M ARR 😕
Did they patent something around agent identity or a new protocol?
Else this is a small acquihire and a major defensive move just before IPO to block competitors from this tech?

[Clare Liguori @clare_liguori]

The last couple weeks were busy for the Kiro team, with 35 updates shipped in the changelog. The two big ones I'm most excited about:

1) Kiro Web preview
- Autonomous agent mode
- Cloud sandboxes
- Direct integration with GitHub

2) New ways to practice spec-driven development
- New Quick Plan mode
- New spec analysis that catches logical inconsistencies, ambiguities, and conflicting constraints

Catch up at https://t.co/Do2FKYwa8W

[Phil Strong @philstrong]

@Zoom Full screen on share should be an option (I would uncheck). Focus should just be removed. Happy to provide more concrete examples or jump on a call

[Phil Strong @philstrong]

@Zoom frustrates me 🙉 daily. Don't focus my keyboard/mouse on incoming calls or full screen when someone shares theirs. As I type this, Zoom forced me to click back to X because a screen was shared. How is this not your #1 requested fix? This is reverse productivity.

[Phil Strong @philstrong]

@sairahul1 Im gonna need $500 for tokens and redbull

[Phil Strong @philstrong]

@karthikponna19 Russian roulette: Context window at 83%

[Phil Strong @philstrong]

Your AI gym coach that remembers every set and pushes you to make the most of your workouts. https://t.co/xK5xpm2Qwg

[Phil Strong @philstrong]

@mitchellh This sort of thing corrects itself

[Phil Strong @philstrong]

@Ladson_official Precisely what I mean by context 👍

[Phil Strong @philstrong]

More convinced than ever that team level context is key to collaborative AI engineering in 2026. Ops/Business/Team/Code/Architecure context for humans and agents.

[Phil Strong @philstrong]

@clairevo @levie Sadly this is true. Not everyone needs to trailblaze the others will follow.

[Phil Strong @philstrong]

@mcuban @levie School system needs a full reboot. Incentive system is completely broken. Having said that AI could help the best teachers reach more students.

[Phil Strong @philstrong]

https://t.co/wBzlgRoNNu

[Phil Strong @philstrong]

@Mappletons I loved your talk https://t.co/wBzlgRoNNu collaborative AI engineering. Is the Ace team hiring? Asking for a friend :)

[Clare Liguori @clare_liguori]

Ahh I have been so excited about the new AWS Agent Toolkit and it's finally here and I can talk about it!

🚀 40+ skills
🚀 3 agent plugins
🚀 Remote MCP server that agents can use to call all 15,000+ AWS APIs + run scripts, search docs, retrieve skills

https://t.co/11cSOzX1Kc

[Phil Strong @philstrong]

If you're using @claudeai Code (CLI) and not using https://t.co/NtKijoYnrx try it. /tui fullscreen isn't full screen but it does take over your terminal for improved UX