Woah Amazon’s new Kiro IDE is absolutely HUGE.
And if you think this is just another Cursor or Copilot competitor then you are dead wrong on the spot…
This is a revolutionary approach to how AI coding assistants are supposed to be… This is real software development.
Development based on real GOALS — not just randomly prompting an agent here and there.
No more blind stateless changes — everything is grounded on real specs, requirements, and goals 👇

Amazon Kiro understands that you’re not just coding for coding sake — you have actual targets in mind.
Targets it can even define for you — in an incredibly detailed and comprehensive way:

Look — it can even make unbelievably sophisticated designs for you based on your requirements

I told you — this is REAL software development.
This is just one of the incredibly innovative Kiro features that no other IDE has.
And guess what — It’s based on VS Code — switching is so ridiculously easy — you can even keep your VS Code settings and most extensions.
Goal-first thinking, agentic automation, and deep integration with tools developers already use.
Two big ideas
Kiro is based on two big ideas it implements in an unprecedented way:
Spec-driven development
This is very similar to what Windsurf tried to do with their recent Markdown planning mode update:

You don’t start with code. You start with intent — written in natural language or diagrams.

These specs live alongside your codebase, guiding it as the project evolves. Kiro continuously uses them to generate and align features, update documentation, track architectural intent, and catch inconsistencies.
Background hooks
This one is absolutely insane — how come no one ever thought of this until now?
Hooks — automated…
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