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title: "AWS Emulator and the engineer's job when agents write the code"
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published_at: "2026-11-11T18:28:31.000Z"
category: "Tools"
topics: ["amazon","agent","devtools","open-source"]
source_urls: ["https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50456740","https://www.techmeme.com/261111/p41","https://simonwillison.net/2026/Nov/11/aws-emulator/"]
summary: "AWS Emulator was launched today and was written and tested entirely by agents. It provides a local copy of more than 200 AWS services for testing."
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# AWS Emulator and the engineer's job when agents write the code

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**Published:** 2026-11-11T18:28:31.000Z
**Category:** Tools
**Topics:** amazon, agent, devtools, open\-source

## Summary

AWS Emulator was launched today and was written and tested entirely by agents\. It provides a local copy of more than 200 AWS services for testing\.

## Sources

- [Discussion](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50456740>)
- [Story source](<https://www.techmeme.com/261111/p41>)
- [Story source](<https://simonwillison.net/2026/Nov/11/aws-emulator/>)