Greg Abbott

travel addict. ex-expat. father. friend & husband to a very tolerant wife. 'I am prepared to go anywhere, provided it be forward.'
-D.Livingstone

[Andy Jassy @ajassy]

One of the most tedious (but critical tasks) for software development teams is updating foundational software. It’s not new feature work, and it doesn’t feel like you’re moving the experience forward. As a result, this work is either dreaded or put off for more exciting work—or both.

Amazon Q, our GenAI assistant for software development, is trying to bring some light to this heaviness. We have a new code transformation capability, and here’s what we found when we integrated it into our internal systems and applied it to our needed Java upgrades:

- The average time to upgrade an application to Java 17 plummeted from what’s typically 50 developer-days to just a few hours. We estimate this has saved us the equivalent of 4,500 developer-years of work (yes, that number is crazy but, real).

- In under six months, we've been able to upgrade more than 50% of our production Java systems to modernized Java versions at a fraction of the usual time and effort. And, our developers shipped 79% of the auto-generated code reviews without any additional changes.

- The benefits go beyond how much effort we’ve saved developers. The upgrades have enhanced security and reduced infrastructure costs, providing an estimated $260M in annualized efficiency gains.

This is a great example of how large-scale enterprises can gain significant efficiencies in foundational software hygiene work by leveraging Amazon Q. It’s been a game changer for us, and not only do our Amazon teams plan to use this transformation capability more, but our Q team plans to add more transformations for developers to leverage.

[Greg Abbott @jgabbott]

This sums up my experience with @delta flights last 2 weeks. Cancel, delay or cancel. Take your pick. Extremely Frustrating.

[Greg Abbott @jgabbott]

@reginacoston Reg!! It’s your ole buddy Greg (UCF) days. I have something to share with you if you’re interested to reconnect.

[DataArt @DataArt]

Get to know more about what the future holds for STR’s in our talk with @jgabbott, and @KlausKohlmayr, Chief Evangelist & Development Officer at @IDeaS_RevOpt. #DataArt #DataArtTravel #ShortTermRentals

https://t.co/XMz6yFyiAS

[Greg Abbott @jgabbott]

@TexasMommamary This is not the Governor’s feed.

[Greg Abbott @jgabbott]

@skalleberga Keep that to encourage her when she’s pulling nightshifts as a resident!

[Greg Abbott @jgabbott]

Stan Boyer joins DataArt’s Travel, Transportation & Hospitality Practice as Airline Industry Advisor | TravelDailyNews International https://t.co/fKnLFXiwR0

[Greg Abbott @jgabbott]

Man, as if they’re aren’t enough issues with ramping back up #aviation #traveltech

[Dennis Schaal @denschaal]

U.S. Airlines Ground Portions of Their 737 Max Fleets to Check on Electrical Power Issue https://t.co/4sZPNhEGmt via @Skift

[Greg Abbott @jgabbott]

@englishpaulm Frontline

[Dennis Schaal @denschaal]

An Expedia-Airbnb-UniteHere Local 30-backed ordinance to reduce str inventory 70% in exchange for legal status in San Diego was approved in an initial 8-1 vote by the city council tonight. It’s subject to a final vote in early March and would be effective July 1, 2022 ...

[Greg Abbott @jgabbott]

@denschaal @gillianim @hitlist_app Say that quickly 3 times!

[Greg Abbott @jgabbott]

@evankonwiser @amexgbt @OvationTravel Congratulations! Our journey often has loops, this is a good one!

[Greg Abbott @jgabbott]

@Airbnb IPO on tap, take note! #traveltech

[modest proposal @modestproposal1]

gah, ok trying again. if you're gonna troll, at least have your numbers right!

Clearly, BKNG margins were in a different strata at the same scale as ABNB is today.

[DataArt @DataArt]

Next week, @Phocuswright Conference: @jgabbott, @pwcomeau and Dan Boyan are moderating #Travel #technology Roundtable entitled "How Technology is Helping Travel Transform in the Post-COVID Era".
Save the date: Nov 18th at 11am ET, and register: https://t.co/XIaN1BWvPg

[Skift @skift]

Barry Diller at Skift Global Forum @skiftforum makes the case for small company gatherings every few months in "innovation rooms," supplanting regular business travel. He took pics of those rooms at @MGMResortsIntl last week in Vegas.

[Peter Rakowsky @peter_rakowsky]

Join "Automate to Regenerate: Part Two" #webinar tomorrow, August 27, 2020
#DataArt #Travel #Automation @jgabbott

@SpirosMargaris @formerlyx @andi_staub @diioannid @JFramel @flee @scottmallinson @VesnaKuralt @DenisPitcher

[𝚂𝚎𝚊𝚗 𝙾'𝙽𝚎𝚒𝚕𝚕 @sean_oneill]

Ireland has set aside a 1 billion euro pot of funds to support startups, says Enterprise Ireland's SVP Digital Technologies, Máire Walsh @Entirl @mairepwalsh #skiftsummit