[Gen-C October Monthly Sharing]: Accelerating Software Development with AI-Powered Productivity

​🔗 Accelerating Software Development with AI-Powered Productivity

*Talks by Gen-C (Generative AI Learning Community) - October 2025 edition*

💡 Join us for talks about Generative AI on 18 Oct 2025 (Sat)! Seats are limited so please register early to avoid disappointment! 🙂
Event details: https://www.nlb.gov.sg/main/whats-on/event-detail?event-id=175928276138

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🏠 LOCATION: Level 5 Programme Room, Punggol Regional Library, 1 Punggol Drive One, S828629

Below is the schedule,

🧱 10.30am - 11.10am : Topic - Graduating from Vibe Coding: Spec‑Driven Development with Kiro

Tired of vibe coding that feels like throwing prompts at the wall? Kiro is the AI IDE that transforms ad-hoc AI development into structured, predictable workflows. By turning your prompts into clear requirements, design and implementation tasks, Kiro helps you go from prototype to production without the usual AI coding mess. Learn how this spec-driven approach eliminates guesswork, improves code quality, and gets you from concept to working software faster than ever.

About the Speaker:

Ray Goh is a Digital Transformation specialist responsible for digital strategy in Global Financial Markets at DBS Bank. Previously, he was also instrumental in leading the delivery of FX, Fixed Income Trading and Core Finance technology at the bank. Ray is a passionate Cloud advocate with deep interest in Serverless services and has multiple AWS Certifications under his belt. He is also active in the Machine Learning & AWS DeepRacer communities.

11.10am - 11.30am : Q&A session

🤖 11.30am - 12.10pm : Topic - Supercharging your coding productivity with Amazon Q Developer

In this presentation, participants will gain a basic understanding of several Gen AI services in AWS. The session will cover the use cases of Amazon Q Developer and how it can help increase coding productivity. Most importantly, the presentation will demonstrate how to do specification-driven development using Amazon Q Dev. Participants will also learn about setting up Amazon Q Dev CLI and using profiles and contexts for different use cases. At the end of the presentation, there will be a demo session on two apps created using Q Dev (IDE) and Q Dev (CLI).

About the Speaker:

Jiawei Lin is currently a senior software engineer and AWS Community Builder. He is also one of the leads of Gen-C, a Gen AI learning community. He has over 10 years of experience in building software applications. Jiawei is also an ADPList mentor in the field of Generative AI and software engineering.

12.10pm - 12.30pm : Q&A session