Johannes "Lockhead" Koch
@lockhead.dev
π€ 752
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Builder, CI/CD and AWS enthusiasts, AWS DevTools Hero, creator of
https://www.youtube.com/@cicdonaws
pinned post!
In his keynote
@werner.social
social said βNow go buildβ and as we take Bias for Action serious, we built
listen-to-the-heroes.com
. Thanks
@hoegertn.de
@pgarbe.bsky.social
@osterjour.bsky.social
@abjoerne.bsky.social
@monica.aws-he.ro
for making this possible!
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Listen to the AWS Heroes
As Werner said at his AWS re:Invent Keynote 2024 - Listen to the AWS Heroes
https://listen-to-the-heroes.com
over 1 year ago
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NOW we talk about running Agents on #AWS #AgentCore Andres walks us through a setup of running gateway, runtime and memory fully on AWS connected to #Bedrock Very cool and actionable insights from a real shooting star! What's your #Agent experience so far?
https://lckhd.eu/azyPtr
about 14 hours ago
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6 months of Nexus Share on AWS serverless β real numbers π° π ~$150/mo total π #1 cost: CloudWatch (40%) ποΈ CodeBuild: 30% β‘ Lambda: surprisingly cheap π¦ DynamoDB on-demand: β right call Biggest surprise? CI/CD pipeline time is the hidden cost. What's your biggest AWS bill shock? #AWS
about 17 hours ago
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6 months ago I wrote specs by hand. Today Kiro writes them with me. What actually changed as an #AWSHero building solo: β Shipped 5 apps (not 1) β CI/CD in hours, not days β οΈ Architecture decisions matter MORE, not less β οΈ You still own your bugs AI amplifies β it doesn't replace
3 days ago
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Hot take: CI/CD alone isn't enough anymore π₯ The real conversation in 2024 is about: β Platform Engineering β Developer Experience (DevEx) β AI Agents in your pipeline This channel is evolving to cover all of it. Are you ready? π
https://lckhd.eu/OPmwsv
#DevOps #PlatformEngineering #AIAgents
4 days ago
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Now on my YouTube channel: Why This Channel Is Expanding Beyond CI/CD: Platform Engineering, Developer Experience & AI Agents
https://lckhd.eu/E6SmFy
#PlatformEngineering #CICD #Automation
8 days ago
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Anahit share ΓΆs her experiences with the hidden trade offs of distributed architectures at the #AWSCommunity stage π₯ Full house π and a lot of learnings π #AWSCloud #DevCommunity #DistributedSystems #TechSpeaker #AWSSummit
13 days ago
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Starting off the our #AWSSummit in Hamburg at the Developer Community Zone with friends β€οΈ Hey, there is a Kiro escape room too π₯
13 days ago
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The way we write and ship code is shifting. Fast. β‘ Kiro Web (renamed from Kiro Autonomous) brings autonomous coding agents into your GitHub workflows β and Ryan Cormack is here to explain why that matters. Catch the full episode π₯
https://lckhd.eu/6Eyden
#KiroWeb #FutureOfWork #CodingAgents
14 days ago
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Pre-#AWSSummit in Hamburg: #Housewarming Looking forward to two hopefully interesting sessions on GitOps, EKS, Kro and Automode and then on building Agents! #AWSCommunity #AWS
14 days ago
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π Ready to supercharge your development process? Check out our latest discussion on Kiro Web's powerful capabilities! Discover how agents are transforming coding as we know it & share your thoughts! #KiroWeb #AI π§΅
21 days ago
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Ryan and I have been playing around with Kiro Web - the newest addition to the #Kiro family. Here's a few details on how we liked it and where it falls short... Have a look and tell us what you think too:
https://lckhd.eu/rV355e
e.g. no mobile π§΅
22 days ago
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I'm planning to attend this #AWS #EKS focused session next week at the #AWSHouseWarming in Hamburg ahead of the AWS summit "GitOps-powered SaaS operations in Amazon EKS" Anyone up for joining me there? Send me a DM! π§΅
22 days ago
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My YouTube channel is back in active mode and I would appreciate any comments or questions. Topic suggestions are also welcomed. π₯ If you don't have time now - subscribe to get reminded with the next video π«Ά
https://lckhd.eu/zuV049
#YouTube #DevOps #TechCommunity
23 days ago
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Last week I already mentioned that being an #AWSHero is not fun. We see ourselves as users that hold #AwS teams accountable for their work and deliverables- and the mindset of raising the bar for builders. This week was great in that regards: multiple π§΅
24 days ago
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Ever thought about applying software engineering concepts to music production? Hector Zelaya from El Salvador didβand the results are fascinating. He demonstrates how AWS Kiro and an MCP Server can automate mixing tasks in Reaper using spec-driven approaches. Key π§΅
25 days ago
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I'm building a "Team Manager" for Sports-Clubs or teams as a side-project for my Handball-Club It combines a personal problem of managing the sports-team of my son and my personal interest of building fun stuff! Unfortunately I needed to implement a #WhatsApp π§΅
27 days ago
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A new video on my YouTube channel: Using AWS Kiro + an MCP Server to Automate Music Production in Reaper (Spec-Driven Mixing with AI)
https://lckhd.eu/i83Ju1
#Kiro #GenerativeAI #Music #AI
29 days ago
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New #AWSUserGroup alert! π₯ There's one starting up near me and I couldn't be more excited about it! First event: May 12th (won't make this one sadly) But hey, if you're in the Mannheim area, you should totally check it out! Building local cloud communities is so π§΅
about 1 month ago
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I can't believe this! I just one-shotted an App approval for the App Store! The app is only available in Germany right now and it solves a bunch of problems for the Handball Sports club that I am part of: Team management, Penalties, WhatsApp integration for polls! It π§΅
about 1 month ago
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Platform Engineering for Teams: Removing Roadblocks at Scale π New on my YT channel - diving into how we can actually make our teams move faster by removing friction (learned this the hard way!)
https://lckhd.eu/SYq5gg
Would love to hear what π§΅
about 1 month ago
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does anyone know if free apps get a different treatment in the App Store reviews compared to apps that Iβm monetized? #BuildInPublic #MobileDev
about 1 month ago
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reposted by
Johannes "Lockhead" Koch
Luke
about 1 month ago
New podcast with
@lockhead.dev
on the platform engineer's journey π Includes the
@cncf.io
KubeCon talk
@juliafmorgado.bsky.social
and I gave last year.
lckhd.eu/iCZO4q
#PlatformEngineering
#KubeCon
#ArgoCD
#GitOps
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Platform Engineering for Teams: Removing Roadblocks at Scale
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
https://lckhd.eu/iCZO4q
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Remember when building AI backends meant wrestling with complex infrastructure for weeks? π€― Just discovered this game-changing approach: GenKit + AWS Bedrock + Lambda The best part? It's all open-source and serverless. No more server management headaches, no vendor lock-in nightmares. If you're
about 1 month ago
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What's keeping me busy at nights & weekends is #BuildInPublic and having fun experimenting. My portfolio is growing and AI (#Kiro / @kirodotdev ) is making things (too) simple for me. What are you working on right now? Share a story - or give π§΅
about 1 month ago
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Are you still watching YouTube videos that are not AI generated? I've kicked off a few more recordings for my YouTube channel and I really hope you do, otherwise it's not worth recording with real people anymore! Top 3 videos in the last 365 days (from a views π§΅
about 1 month ago
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β¨ New video is live! This one explores a powerful open source framework from Google + brilliant maintainers like Xavier. Check it out and share your questions below β excited to discuss with you all! β€οΈ
https://lckhd.eu/qc41rp
#GenKit #GenerativeAI #SDK #Google #Agents
about 1 month ago
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Nexus Share at 6 months: π 100+ users π° AWS costs: $150/mo (30% CloudWatch, 30% CodeBuild) π± >50 mobile installs π 200+ production deploys β±οΈ CI/CD: 28min avg Not hockey stick growth, but sustainable. The unsexy truth of bootstrapping: slow, steady, learning constantly. #BuildInPublic #SaaS
about 1 month ago
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3 months into Q2 2026: Nexus Share now supports 6 platforms, 100+ users, and saved me 200+ hours of manual posting. Biggest lesson? Your first users teach you more than any analytics dashboard ever will. What's the most valuable feedback you've received lately? #BuildInPublic #SaaS
about 1 month ago
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Fantastic, Apple approved the update of the Minecraft finder in just a few hours! The Android review is pending, but on iOS you can already choose the Minecraft edition and version :-) Would love your feedback! #BuildInPublic #Minecraft #SideProjects π§΅
about 2 months ago
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Fun time - I just pushed an update for my #Minecraft app to app and play store and at the same time I also pushed the initial version of "Train with Joe" Let's see how long Apple and Google take this time to review the cool stuff I built! #BuildInPublic π§΅
about 2 months ago
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The dopamine hit was incredible. Claude rebuilt Ran Isenberg's entire site in 3 hours. Zero code written by me. Then reality hit: β Security issues β Poor performance β Failed accessibility β No analytics β Zero tests It took 2 weeks and 4,000+ tests to make it π§΅
about 2 months ago
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The dopamine hit was incredible. Claude rebuilt Ran Isenberg's entire site in 3 hours. Zero code written by me. Then reality hit: β Security issues β Poor performance β Failed accessibility β No analytics β Zero tests It took 2 weeks and 4,000+ tests to make it π§΅
about 2 months ago
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Story time: A colleague once spent 6 months trying to fill a senior cloud role. β¬10K in recruiter fees. Dozens of mismatched interviews. Then they sponsored a community event. Met their perfect hire during a hallway conversation. Person wasn't even actively looking. AWS Community Day DACH creates
about 2 months ago
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Real talk from the organizing team: We have 3 months left for speaker submissions, and honestly? We're hoping YOU submit. Yes, you. The person thinking "my talk isn't good enough" or "someone else probably already covered this." Here's the truth - your perspective is unique. Your implementation
about 2 months ago
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π Check out Nexus Share: Automate posts across social media with AI enhancement Launched on @peerpush_net:
https://lckhd.eu/iAM54a
#BuildInPublic
about 2 months ago
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6 months running Nexus Share on AWS serverless taught me: π° CloudWatch still #1 cost (40%) β‘ 130+ Lambda functions = complex but scalable π CI/CD time is the real bottleneck π DynamoDB on-demand perfect for variable traffic Building for scale from day 1 pays off. #AWS #Serverless
about 2 months ago
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Just shipped an open-source mobile UI for AWS Kiro Autonomous Agent. Here's what I learned: 1οΈβ£ It's becoming TOO EASY to reverse-engineer applications Used HAR files + OAuth flow analysis to understand the backend API 2οΈβ£ Three months in agentic coding = a decade of π§΅
about 2 months ago
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Slowly my portfolio of apps on TestFlight is growing. all apps built by me and Kiro β€οΈ #BuildInPublic
about 2 months ago
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Hot take: The best developers aren't browsing job boardsβthey're at community events. π AWS Community Day DACH = hundreds of engaged cloud professionals in one place. Sponsor the event. Support the community. Meet your next hire. It's that simple.
https://lckhd.eu/FE4ZI5
#AWSCommunityDay
2 months ago
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You have valuable ideas to share. You just don't have hours to spend on social media logistics. That's exactly why Nexus Share exists. We built an AI-powered platform that makes professional-grade social media management accessible to everyone: β’ Entrepreneurs launching their brand β’
2 months ago
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oh no πββοΈ productivity loss for me as a MacBook Pro user - my touchid finger is not available πππ Did that happen to you before? How did you workaround that?
2 months ago
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After 60+ days with Kiro autonomous agents, I've hit an interesting plateau: β Speed gains plateaued at 3x π§ Context switching across agents is MY bottleneck now π Architecture decisions matter more than ever The future isn't autonomous agentsβit's AI teammates that learn YOUR
2 months ago
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OK, this is pretty cool! Apple and Google approved updates for my two apps in the different stores within less than 20 hours! #BuildInPublic #vibecoding #agenticdevelopment Nexus Share v1.0.225 UX improvements, calendar view, new AI options, ... π§΅
2 months ago
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One of these PRs that make me sad and remind me of my early engagements as a #ContentCreator
https://lckhd.eu/TIRCoH
Don't forget, "How to migrate away from π§΅
2 months ago
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YouTube is weird some times... As a few of you might know and remember I've been running a YT channel for a while - I've shifted focus a bit, but the channel is still going. Today I looked at analytics again and I saw that this video is going π§΅
2 months ago
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Building platform engineering teams at scale is fascinating. At FICO, we're looking for Lead/Principal engineers who understand: β Self-service developer experiences β ArgoCD/Crossplane patterns β Blameless culture What makes a great platform engineer in 2026? π€ #PlatformEngineering #DevOps
2 months ago
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Scheduling your social media posts simplifies my day-day-day as I can plan posts way in advance. But... ...the planning of the posts cannot and should not replace interactions on the different platforms. Nexus Share is not meant to replace them but to augment them and π§΅
2 months ago
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I think it's a good sign if one of your users uses the product you have built more than you do yourself, right? Darryl will soon take over position number #1 in our leaderboard as he has been REALLY active in the past few weeks. Check out the π§΅
2 months ago
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What do you think influences the growth of the product you are building moreβ¦ 1) feedback of your users 2) price 3).showing your face in a social media post 4) missing out #KubeCon tell me what you think and then head over to nexus-share.com and create your account ππ«Ά #BuildInPublic
2 months ago
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After interviewing platform engineering candidates at FICO, I've noticed a pattern: The best engineers don't just know Kubernetes/ArgoCD/Crossplaneβthey understand WHY platform engineering exists. It's about developer experience, not just infrastructure. What's your take?
2 months ago
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