Todd Sharp

Todd Sharp @recursivecodes

About: I've been a full stack developer since 2004. I have a lot of experience with the cloud and everything from Java to JavaScript. I love code, technology, gaming, microcontrollers, and hiking!

Location:
Blairsville, GA
Joined:
Jul 20, 2022

Todd Sharp
articles - 71 total

Virtual Assistants with Amazon IVS and OpenAI's Realtime API

We recently explored building a virtual agent that seamlessly joins your Amazon Interactive Video...

Learn More 14 1Oct 1 '25

Live Streaming to Amazon IVS on an ESP32 Microcontroller with Embedded Sensor Metadata

Until recently, quality live streaming from embedded devices like an ESP32 was severely limited....

Learn More 8 1Sep 19 '25

4 Ways to Supercharge Your HLS Live Streaming App with AI-Powered Analysis

Amazon IVS customers building live streaming platforms want to focus on creating engaging...

Learn More 4 0Sep 17 '25

5 Ways to Improve Your UGC Live Streaming App with AI

Most of the customers that depend on Amazon IVS for managed live streaming would rather focus on what...

Learn More 6 0Sep 3 '25

Publishing Real-Time Video via WHIP to Amazon IVS

Traditionally, Amazon IVS real-time stages are used in mobile or web applications. For these types of...

Learn More 10 3Aug 29 '25

Strands Agents SDK を使用してライブストリームからソーシャルメディア用のクリップを自動生成する

生成 AI...

Learn More 0 0Aug 25 '25

Building Virtual Agents with Amazon Nova Sonic S2S

One of the more intriguing and helpful use cases of generative AI is voice agents. Advancements in...

Learn More 2 3Aug 13 '25

Auto-Generating Clips for Social Media from Live Streams with the Strands Agents SDK

Generative AI is excellent at analyzing large amounts of data and identifying and summarizing a...

Learn More 5 2Jun 6 '25

MCP サーバーを活用して Amazon Q デベロッパーCLIの能力を強化しよう

少し前に、Model Context Protocol (MCP) が LLM...

Learn More 0 0May 2 '25

What Would a Live Stream Look Like on a Commodore 64?

This morning my buddy Raymond Camden shared a fun little experiment. He has been playing around with...

Learn More 3 0May 2 '25

Live Streaming From the Amazon Q Developer CLI

I've blogged recently about building your own Model Context Protocol (MCP) server and client to help...

Learn More 5 0May 1 '25

Turbo Charge the Amazon Q Developer CLI with MCP Servers

Recently, I blogged a 4 part series about how the Model Context Protocol (MCP) can provide the...

Learn More 20 4Apr 30 '25

AWS のサービスとリソースを学習および管理するためのカスタム MCP クライアントを作成する

これまでの記事では、Amazon Interactive Video Service(Amazon IVS)リソースについて深い知識を持つカスタム MCP...

Learn More 0 0Apr 23 '25

AWS サービスと連携するためのカスタム MCP サーバーの構築 - RAG ナレッジベースとユーティリティの追加

前回の投稿では、モデルコンテキストプロトコル(MCP)を使用して、LLMクライアントがAWSアカウント内のAmazon Interactive Video Service(Amazon...

Learn More 0 0Apr 23 '25

AWS サービスと連携するためのカスタム MCP サーバーを作成する - リソースの管理

前回の記事では、モデルコンテキストプロトコル (MCP) を使用して、ドメイン固有の問題を解決するためのツールを作成し、驚くべき結果を得ることについて説明しました。この短いシリーズは Amazon...

Learn More 0 0Apr 23 '25

ハイプか希望か - MCPはパズルの最後のピースなのか?

モデル・コンテキスト・プロトコル(MCP)についてはもう耳にしたことがあるでしょう。生成AIのハイプトレーン🚂は全速力で進んでおり、MCPは事前学習モデルの隙間を埋め、複雑な問題を解決するための追加ツー...

Learn More 0 0Apr 23 '25

Translating Live Streams in Real-Time with On-Device AI Models

I've built demos of real-time transcription and translation in the past. But this? This is different....

Learn More 1 0Apr 15 '25

Using the Momento Topics HTTP API to Update Nixie Tubes

Tinkering with hardware projects is one of my absolute favorite hobbies. Of course I love to write...

Learn More 4 0Apr 15 '25

Create a Custom MCP Client To Learn and Manage Your AWS Services and Resources

In the last few posts, we've learned how to create a custom MCP server that has deep knowledge of our...

Learn More 3 0Apr 9 '25

Create a Custom MCP Server for Working with AWS Services - Adding a RAG Knowledge Base and Utilities

In the last post, we built a custom server that uses the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to expose tools...

Learn More 5 0Apr 9 '25

Create a Custom MCP Server for Working with AWS Services - Managing Your Resources

In my last post, I showed how the Model Context Protocol (MCP) can help us to create tools to solve...

Learn More 8 0Apr 9 '25

Hype or Hope - Is MCP The Missing Piece of the Puzzle?

By now you've heard about the Model Context Protocol - or MCP. The Generative AI hype train 🚂 is...

Learn More 4 0Apr 9 '25

Publishing Real-Time Participant Transcripts via SEI with Amazon IVS

Last time, we learned about Supplemental Enhancement Information (SEI) which provides a way to add...

Learn More 1 0Mar 24 '25

Intro to Supplemental Enhancement Information (SEI) with Amazon IVS

In my last post, we explored how to use AWS AppSync to add interactivity like emotes and reactions to...

Learn More 1 0Mar 12 '25

Adding Real-Time Interactivity to Your Live Streams With AWS AppSync

Real-Time live streaming applications need ultra-low latency to give their streamers the ability to...

Learn More -2 0Nov 13 '24

Creating OBS Browser Sources with Amazon IVS Real-Time Stages

In this short series, we've looked at enhancing the broadcasting experience with Amazon Interactive...

Learn More 4 1Aug 26 '24

Live Streaming from Unity - Adding Real-Time Interactions with Momento Topics

In a previous series, we looked at creating interactive real-time live streaming experiences with...

Learn More 5 0Aug 19 '24

Adding a Remote Participant View for Real-Time Streams in OBS

In the last post in this series, we saw that utilizing custom docks in OBS is a great way to improve...

Learn More 10 1Aug 12 '24

Generating Amazon IVS Stage Tokens for OBS via a Custom Dock

So you've created an amazing live streaming application with Amazon Interactive Video Service (Amazon...

Learn More 2 0Jul 30 '24

Amazon IVS Live Stream Playback with Chat Replay using the Sync Time API

In a previous post, we looked at an undocumented approach to assist with chat replay by using an...

Learn More 3 0Mar 27 '24