Hello everyone and welcome back to the Cognixia podcast. Every week, we get together to talk about the latest happenings, bust some myths, discuss new concepts, and a lot more from the world of digital emerging technologies. From cloud computing to DevOps, containers to ChatGPT, and Project management to IT service management, we cover a little bit of everything week after week, to inspire our listeners to learn something new, sharpen their skills, and move ahead in their careers.
In today’s episode, we will talk about two very important platforms and how they have come together to optimize things, which would in turn, enable developers to ideate more quickly, rapidly prototype new features, and accelerate the process of application development.
Today, we will talk about MongoDB and Amazon CodeWhisperer. Earlier in November 2023, MongoDB and Amazon Web Services made a groundbreaking announcement. MongoDB, Inc. and Amazon Web Servinces, Inc. announced that “The two companies are collaborating to optimize Amazon CodeWhisperer to provide enhanced suggestions for application development & modernization on MongoDB’s industry-leading developer data platform that millions of developers and tens of thousands of customers rely on every day for business-critical applications. Trained on billions of lines of Amazon and publicly available code, Amazon CodeWhisperer is an AI-powered coding companion from AWS that generates code suggestions based on natural-language comments or existing code in developers’ Integrated Development Environments or IDE.”
“Working together with AWS, MongoDB provided curated training data for MongoDB use cases and took part in the evaluation of Amazon CodeWhisperer outputs throughout the training process to promote high-quality code suggestions. While Amazon CodeWhisperer already provided support for building applications on MongoDB, developers can now get enhanced suggestions that reflect best practices, allowing developers to ideate more quickly, rapidly prototype new features, as well as accelerate application development,” the Press Release continued.
The developer landscape is buzzing with excitement around Generative AI coding companions like Amazon CodeWhisperer. These coding companions are unlocking new ways to work, freeing developers from routine tasks and letting them tackle truly challenging problems. CodeWhisperer already shines when working on common coding and AWS API tasks, and now, thanks to the collaboration with MongoDB, the combined capabilities would be extended to millions more developers who build with MongoDB.
With Amazon CodeWhisperer coming into the hands of even more developers courtesy of this collaboration, they would be more empowered than ever before to tap into the transformative power of Generative AI. This isn’t just about changing how users interact with apps; it is about changing how developers build them. The partnership between AWS and MongoDB to train Amazon CodeWhisperer on MongoDB is a major step in that direction, giving developers the boost they need to build faster and focus on higher-value tasks.
And it gets better. CodeWhisperer’s built-in security scanning and source/licensing information ensure transparency and peace of mind. For developers building on MongoDB, this collaboration unlocks a unique experience that will only get better with time.
This isn’t just about tools; it’s about possibilities!
According to recent estimates by IDC, 750 million cloud-native applications will be built by 2025. This number is likely to increase as enterprises & startups alike take advantage of Generative AI for both – building applications and reinventing end-user application experiences. There is a growing demand from developers to deploy coding assistants into their daily workflows which would be very helpful in improving their productivity and focusing their attention as well as energy on more critical and challenging tasks that require their expertise & attention.
Cloud-native apps are mushrooming and developers are sprinting to keep pace. The pressure is on to churn out fresh features and conquer new frontiers, but who has time for tedious coding chores? That’s where Generative AI code assistants come in, promising superpowers for developers tired of repetitive tasks. These AI buddies could be game-changers, freeing up brainpower for bigger challenges.
But hold your horses, code cowboys! Most assistants train on public datasets or company code, which isn’t always a recipe for best practices. Sure, they might offer a helping hand, but some recommendations might not be feasible or realistic at all! Developers see the potential of these tools, no doubts there, but they crave AI solutions tailored to their specific tools, ones that unlock the full magic of AI in their daily grind.
The future is bright for AI-powered partners in code, but we need to bridge the gap between generic bots and custom-trained allies. That’s where the real revolution lies – giving developers the tools to unleash the full potential of AI, right at their fingertips. Buckle up, folks, because the coding landscape is about to get a whole lot wilder, and AI is in the driver’s seat!
What does this partnership between MongoDB and AWS mean for you? Faster, smoother sailing when building and modernizing your MongoDB apps. CodeWhisperer will now be your first mate, helping you whip up data aggregations, breeze through database operations, and even turbocharge your app migration to MongoDB.
And it’s not just one language feast; CodeWhisperer speaks C#, Go, Java, JavaScript, and Python! Plus, you get all the usual perks – built-in security scanning and a handy reference tracker, so you know where your code suggestions come from.
The best part? This party’s open to everyone! CodeWhisperer is free for individual developers, with no strings attached. Just grab the extension for your favorite IDE, sprinkle in your AWS Builder ID, and start coding with the power of MongoDB magic at your fingertips.
So, the time is ripe for you to ditch the tedious coding chores and raise a toast to this AI dream team! CodeWhisperer just got a serious MongoDB upgrade, and your data-driven app development is about to become a whole lot smoother sailing.
Today, between open-source and cloud-hosted solutions and proprietary solutions, there are so many AI-powered code-generating tools to choose from, that a developer would really be spoiled for choice. So how does one choose?
This, in our opinion, is a more nuanced question. Beyond stronger performance on specific sets of programming languages or logic problems, are there any significant differences that set one code-generating tool from another?
Maybe not. But this partnership between MongoDB and AWS is sure to change that. How things develop further, only time will tell.
Needless to say, these are exciting times to be a developer, isn’t it? If you would like to sharpen your skills and learn new ones to keep up with this rapidly evolving environment we live in, might we recommend visiting our website – www.cognixia.com. We offer a range of live online instructor-led training and certification courses for individuals as well as complete end-to-end talent transformation solutions for corporate workforce designed to ensure that you have the skills you need when opportunities present itself, and move ahead in your journey of digital transformation. You can check out our entire range of courses on the website. For any questions you may have, you can get in touch with us directly over the live chat function on the website, and our team will help you out with anything you need.
With that, we come to the end of this week’s episode of the Cognixia podcast. We will be back next week with another interesting and exciting episode, sharing something new from the world of emerging digital technologies.
Until next week then, happy learning!
