#9 - Matheus Guimaraes - From Apps to Agents: When AI Should — and Shouldn't — Be Your Answer

In this episode I talk to Matheus, a Senior Developer Advocate at AWS, about the rise of agentic AI and how it fits into digital transformation. They discuss when to use traditional application architectures, when to adopt agentic systems, and the practical middle ground of smart APIs.

Matheus emphasizes working backwards from requirements, weighing trade-offs like cost, maintainability, and operational complexity, and using spec-driven development tools such as Kiro and Kiro Crew to plan and accelerate delivery without falling for hype.