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

[Andrew M. Dai @AndrewDai]

Spent years watching models ace a single image and completely whiff on anything that moves or changes angle. Today we’re fixing that.

Try Glimpse now, our first visual thinking model with competitive frontier performance compared to Astra on key public visual reasoning benchmarks.

[Phil Strong @philstrong]

Jacked helps you get more results from every workout 🏋️
The same time at the gym can lead to a leaner, healthier, and stronger you.

Try for free at https://t.co/3CmcYsD8zC.

[Phil Strong @philstrong]

@investorhorlly8 @banhussain @AppleSupport I used passkey as workaround

[Phil Strong @philstrong]

@investorhorlly8 @banhussain @AppleSupport I used passkey as workaround

[Phil Strong @philstrong]

https://t.co/2cFaCSaOR0 says all green but calling BS

[Phil Strong @philstrong]

https://t.co/iJunHsLQTO

[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.