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Did you know Amazon Quick now builds apps just from what you say?

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Hi everyone, it's me! Today I found some exciting news from AWS, so let me share it with you right away!

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What was announced?

In the AWS What's New, it was announced that a new capability of Amazon Quick is now generally available. This feature lets you build custom applications just by describing what you need in natural language. You can create project trackers, customer dashboards, and training portals in minutes instead of months!

Whether you're a product manager, a finance lead, an HR partner, or an ops analyst, you can now turn your ideas into working apps without writing any code. Just tell Quick what you need, and it builds a live, connected application using real-time data from your existing business systems.

The story so far

Until now, building a business application usually meant you needed development resources. Because of that, many teams ended up relying on spreadsheets or disconnected tools instead, since even a simple tracker or dashboard required securing engineering time first.

What changes

With this update, non-engineers can now build apps themselves, and that's what makes this so exciting! A product manager can build an app to track project progress, a finance lead can put together a dashboard tailored to their needs, an HR partner can turn an onboarding flow into an app, and an ops analyst can create visibility into their operations.

And it doesn't stop once the app is built. If you want to add AI, update the visual style, or connect to another system, you just describe what you want in natural language again, and Quick handles it. Not having to go back to a developer every time you need a change sounds like a huge relief!

Dive Deep

Here are the concrete details from the original announcement.

  • Amazon Quick connects directly to the tools and data your business already uses, including:
    • Salesforce
    • Jira
    • Asana
    • ServiceNow
    • Microsoft 365
    • Google Workspace
    • Databases
    • Data warehouses
  • Your apps stay current automatically as the underlying data changes
  • Every connection respects your organization's existing identity, authorization, and access control policies
  • Once built, you can publish and share apps instantly with specific users or your entire organization
  • During preview, New York Life built an e-learning portal for their Institutional Life team that consolidates onboarding, training, and compliance courses into a single experience
  • The Amazon Quick team itself uses this to track pipeline, customer requests, and adoption metrics in a weekly leadership review

Wrap-up

  • Amazon Quick's natural-language app building feature is now generally available
  • Until now, building business apps required development resources, often leading teams to rely on spreadsheets or disconnected tools
  • Non-engineers can now turn their ideas into apps without writing code
  • It connects to existing systems like Salesforce, Jira, and Microsoft 365, while respecting your organization's existing access control policies
  • Apps you build can be shared or published instantly, and real-world examples like New York Life show it already being put to use

If you're a product manager, in finance, HR, or operations, and you've ever wished you could just build the app you needed yourself, this update is definitely worth checking out!

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