Kiroverse — Week 1
Opened Kiroverse, a 10-week program all about Kiro, with a talk on writing requirements before generating a single line of code.
Kiroverse is a 10-week program centered entirely on Kiro, and I had the privilege of speaking on its very first day.
My talk focused on a simple but important idea: requirements should be created first, before generating a single line of code. From there, I walked through Kiro's spec-driven development workflow and the features that support it — steering, hooks, and MCP — along with other capabilities like sub-agents, checkpointing, and the Kiro CLI.
The second session featured a live demonstration by David Gabriele, where we built Flappy Kiro from the ground up using spec-driven development.
This was my first time speaking with professionals in the audience. It was overwhelming, but ultimately a satisfying and genuinely great experience that I'll carry with me.
Thank you to the organizers, and to the Kiro ambassador, James Torzar, for giving me the opportunity to share Kiro's abilities.
Highlights
- Spoke on day one of the 10-week Kiroverse program
- Made the case for defining requirements before writing code
- Walked through Kiro's spec-driven development, steering, hooks, and MCP
- Covered sub-agents, checkpointing, and the Kiro CLI
- Second session: a live demo by David Gabriele building Flappy Kiro via spec-driven development
Appreciation
I'm deeply grateful to my family for supporting me all throughout this journey. To my girlfriend, Nea, thank you for always cheering me up whenever I get overwhelmed. And to Jayson, thank you for accompanying me through it all.