Devlopment tales

Below, continues my reflections session by session — what I learnt, what resonated, and why I think it matters for practitioners in New Zealand and beyond. Secure MCP on AWS Speaker: Kobe Xu - Cloud Solutions Architect @ Deloitte - AWS Cloud Club NZ Lead This was one of my favourite deep-dive sessions. Kobe unpacked Model Context Protocol (MCP) , developed by Anthropic in late 2024. The analogy was neat: MCP is like a USB-C port for AI applications — a standard way to connect AI to external systems. By early 2025, there were already over 1,000 community-built MCP servers. He broke down the architecture: MCP host (the AI application with the MCP client). MCP servers (resource providers with primitives like tools, resources, prompts). Evolving separation between MCP servers and authorisation servers. Security risks loomed large: misconfigured authentication, tool poisoning, prompt injection, and the lack of standard enterprise authentication flows. Solutions included: OAuth 2.1 integra...

This year’s AWS Community Day Aotearoa felt very different from the last few years. The conversations have matured, the demos are sharper, and the big shift I sensed is that agentic AI and conversational development are no longer just experimental curiosities — they’re becoming part of mainstream engineering workflows . The event was brought to life by AWS Heroes, community builders, ambassadors, and a buzzing group of professionals who carved time out of their work schedules to share ideas, debate, and learn. While the keynotes were important, it was the breakouts and hallway conversations that gave the clearest signal of where things are heading in AWS Cloud, Developer workflow, and AI frontiers. Below, I’ve structured my reflections session by session — what I learnt, what resonated, and why I think it matters for practitioners in New Zealand and beyond. 1. Beyond Boundaries: The Kuiper Revolution for New Zealand’s Enterprises (Keynote) Speaker : Russell Hall - ANZ Country Lead @ Am...