Patrick (@PatrickJD)

Scaling AWS WAF Exceptions Across Your Org

Here's a problem that comes up frequently once you're running AWS WAF across more than a handful of accounts. You turn on the AWS Managed Rules everywhere, same baseline for every app, and one app sta

Oct 14 · 10 min readblog.patrickjduffy.net

Expert Advisor Agents: AI Sparring Partners Built from Real Frameworks

"What happens when DynamoDB throttles during a flash sale? Your cart service and catalog share a table. One hot partition and both go down. What's the blast radius?" "You have SQS between checkout and

1Jul 24 · 8 min readblog.patrickjduffy.net

How to Get the Most Out of Amazon Quick Desktop

Updated May 2026: Added three new principles (6, 7, 8) based on patterns that emerged after several weeks of daily use. I've been using the Amazon Quick desktop app as my primary work interface for a

Apr 30 · 18 min readblog.patrickjduffy.net

Building a Guardrail System for Kiro

AI coding agents can write code, run shell commands, and modify your file system. That's the value proposition. It's also the risk surface. Kiro CLI supports hooks — scripts that intercept agent actio

Apr 6 · 6 min readblog.patrickjduffy.net

The Kiro CLI Flywheel: Teaching your AI agent from its own mistakes

Every time you correct your AI coding agent, you're generating training data, but are you just throwing it away? "You need to run CLI commands non-interactively." "Try again but split it into smaller

Apr 2 · 6 min readblog.patrickjduffy.net

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Scaling AWS WAF Exceptions Across Your Org

Expert Advisor Agents: AI Sparring Partners Built from Real Frameworks

How to Get the Most Out of Amazon Quick Desktop

Building a Guardrail System for Kiro

The Kiro CLI Flywheel: Teaching your AI agent from its own mistakes

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Scaling AWS WAF Exceptions Across Your Org

Expert Advisor Agents: AI Sparring Partners Built from Real Frameworks

How to Get the Most Out of Amazon Quick Desktop

Building a Guardrail System for Kiro

The Kiro CLI Flywheel: Teaching your AI agent from its own mistakes

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Patrick's blogs

Scaling AWS WAF Exceptions Across Your Org

Expert Advisor Agents: AI Sparring Partners Built from Real Frameworks

How to Get the Most Out of Amazon Quick Desktop

Building a Guardrail System for Kiro

The Kiro CLI Flywheel: Teaching your AI agent from its own mistakes

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Patrick's blogs

Scaling AWS WAF Exceptions Across Your Org

Expert Advisor Agents: AI Sparring Partners Built from Real Frameworks

How to Get the Most Out of Amazon Quick Desktop

Building a Guardrail System for Kiro

The Kiro CLI Flywheel: Teaching your AI agent from its own mistakes