# Why the AWS PACE Team Built Its Full-Stack Scaffolding as an Nx Plugin

DevFeed: [Why the AWS PACE Team Built Its Full-Stack Scaffolding as an Nx Plugin](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/why-the-aws-pace-team-built-its-full-stack-scaffolding-as-an-nx-plugin-21437.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://nx.dev/blog/nx-plugin-for-aws-devkit>)

Author: Juri Strumpflohner

Published: 2026-09-10T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Juri Strumpflohner](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/juri-strumpflohner.md>)

Topics: [Amazon Web Services](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/aws.md>), [coding](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/coding.md>), [AI-assisted coding](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-assisted-coding.md>), [Infrastructure as code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/infrastructure-as-code.md>), [Template](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/template.md>)

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## AI overview

The article explains why the AWS PACE team built full-stack scaffolding as an Nx plugin using Nx Devkit generators. It discusses predictable prototyping, generated code ownership, infrastructure and application components, and how coding agents affect plugin development.

## Source excerpt

How the AWS PACE team built the Nx Plugin for AWS on the Nx Devkit, and why coding agents make building your own Nx plugin cheaper than ever.