Simplifying Coding with Amazon Q

Recently, I set out to create a Lambda function to blur faces in images, using a combination of AWS services like S3, SQS, Rekognition, and others. While I had a solid foundation in IT, my experience with machine learning was fairly limited, and building an entire face-detection app from scratch felt daunting.

That’s where Amazon Q came to the rescue. With a simple login using my Builder ID, I was able to rapidly complete my solution. Amazon Q not only integrated smoothly with my development environment but also provided the functions I needed to manage the background processes—saving me countless hours of coding. What’s more, it walked me through the logic behind each step, helping me understand the finer details.

Thanks to Amazon Q, I was able to focus on what I love—building serverless applications and designing robust architectures—while the platform handled the heavy lifting. Without it, a task that would have taken days was completed in a fraction of the time, with a better understanding of how everything worked under the hood.

AWS continues to impress me with its innovative tools, empowering developers to create efficiently and focus on what truly matters.

Check out my LinkedIn post for more details on the project: link