AWS has launched Kiro, a spec-driven, agentic AI IDE based on Visual Studio Code. It joins a growing lineup of VS Code forks built for AI-assisted development, and it arrives just as Microsoft pushes ...

AI-powered coding agents are now real and usable, if not without their foibles. Here’s a brief look at the top prospects.

Initial community reactions to Kiro were mixed, but developers were intrigued, praising the emphasis on specs, hooks and structure.