We ended the year with the General Availability of Kiro (Frontier Agents). Kiro is not just a chatbot; it’s a Virtual Software Development Team.
Technically, Kiro is an Autonomous Coding Agent. You can assign it a ticket from Jira, and it will:
- Pull context from your Git repos.
- Draft the implementation in a secure sandbox.
- Run the unit and integration tests.
- Submit the Pull Request for your review.
It understands the context of your entire codebase, not just a single file. We also saw the launch of Database Savings Plans, which finally aggregate your spend across RDS, Aurora, and DynamoDB into one flexible commitment.
2025 closed with a clear message: the developer’s role is shifting from “Writing Code” to “Reviewing Agentic Intent.”