--- title: Getting Started with IBM Bob - Migrating Existing AWS... description: A developer shares their first experience using IBM Bob, an AI-powered IDE, to migrate existing AWS infrastructure from AWS App Runner (which is reaching end... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/getting-started-with-ibm-bob---migrating-existing-aws-infrastructure-e1lhxtnt9 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Getting Started with IBM Bob - Migrating Existing AWS Infrastructure | daily.dev og:description: A developer shares their first experience using IBM Bob, an AI-powered IDE, to migrate existing AWS infrastructure from AWS App Runner (which is reaching end... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/getting-started-with-ibm-bob---migrating-existing-aws-infrastructure-e1lhxtnt9 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/E1lhxtNT9.png og:image:alt: Getting Started with IBM Bob - Migrating Existing AWS Infrastructure og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Getting Started with IBM Bob - Migrating Existing AWS Infrastructure **[We Are .NET](https://daily.dev/sources/wearedotnet)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A developer shares their first experience using IBM Bob, an AI-powered IDE, to migrate existing AWS infrastructure from AWS App Runner (which is reaching end of support) to Amazon ECS Express Mode using AWS CDK. The author describes using IBM Bob's Plan and Agent modes to generate migration code, noting that the tool initially defaulted to standard ECS with Fargate rather than the newer ECS Express Mode. By providing additional documentation and guiding Bob to explore the `CfnExpressGatewayService` construct, the migration was eventually completed. A post-migration debugging session revealed the real issue was an undetected environment variable in the application, not the infrastructure config. The post emphasizes the importance of providing AI tools with the right context and documentation to get accurate results. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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