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AWS UG UK @awsuguk.bsky.social · 1d

Turning days of insurance paperwork into minutes with #IDP on #AWS - join Phil Basford, London 12 Nov

Textract + Comprehend + Bedrock + SageMaker → 90% accuracy & ~500× faster & across £500m+ of business.

RSVP: www.meetup.com/awsuguk-ai-i...

#awscommunity #SageMaker #AI #Bedrock

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AWS UG UK @awsuguk.bsky.social · 5d

Our latest videos are out!
1️⃣ From Prototype to Production with Strands Agents & Amazon Bedrock AgentCore - @danilop.bsky.social
2️⃣ My AI Coding Partner: Building the London Improv Calendar on AWS - Diana Ionita
youtube.com/c/AWSUserGro...
#AWS #AI #AmazonBedrock #Agents #Serverless #AWSCommunity

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AWS UG UK @awsuguk.bsky.social · 7d

Join us for AI in Practice - 12 Nov 6pm

🎙️Using AI to help process documents in Insurance – Phil Basford

🎙️How to Put Amazon Q or Any Agentic Coding on Steroids – Ashraful Alam

RSVP👉 www.meetup.com/awsuguk-ai-i...

#AWS #AI #AmazonBedrock #Agents #AmazonQ #MCP #SageMaker #mcp

AWS AI In Practice #2, Wed, Nov 12, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup

We are delighted to welcome [Phil Basford,](https://www.linkedin.com/in/philipbasford/) Senior Director at Cognizant UK&I Consulting and [Ashraful Alam](https://www.linkedi

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AWS UG UK @awsuguk.bsky.social · 8d

Join Andrew Langhorn on the 22 Oct

🎙️A Hitchhiker's Guide to Nitro. How it boosts performance, security, and flexibility for your workloads.
www.meetup.com/awsuguk/even...

#AWS #AWSCommunity #AWSNitro #EC2 #security #CloudComputing #hyperscaler

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AWS UG UK @awsuguk.bsky.social · 11d

Had a great time at our first AWS AI in Practice meetup last night. Thanks to all! Big thank you to @danilop.bsky.social & Diana Ionita for 2 great talks! Cannot wait for the next one - 12th Nov. www.meetup.com/awsuguk-ai-i...

#AWS #AI #AmazonBedrock #Agents #Serverless #AWSCommunity #APIGateway

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AWS UG UK @awsuguk.bsky.social · 14d

Join us on the 22 Oct 🎙️@sheenbrisals.bsky.social - Advanced Event-Driven Patterns with Amazon #EventBridge - Building truly decoupled, resilient systems & how teams are applying these patterns in production.
www.meetup.com/awsuguk/even...

#AWS #AWSCommunity #DevOps #AWSCloud #Serverless

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AWS UG UK @awsuguk.bsky.social · 19d

Next week - Wed 8 Oct London.
🎙️ @danilop.bsky.social - From Prototype to Production with #StrandsAgents & #AmazonBedrock #AgentCore.
🎙️Diana Ionita - My #AI Coding Partner: Building the London Improv Calendar on #AWS
www.meetup.com/awsuguk-ai-i...
#AWSCommunity #Serverless #DynamoDB #APIGateway

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AWS UG UK @awsuguk.bsky.social · 25d

⚡ ServerlessDays Cardiff - 23 Oct
🎟️ Our Special Community Discount -> Tickets Only £25 -> ti.to/serverlessda...
Non-profit, dev-focused, great talks, fantastic speakers
🗒️ cardiff.serverlessdays.io
#Serverless #AWSCloud #DevOps #AWSCommnity

ServerlessDays Cardiff 2025 - Home

One Day. One Track. One Community. ServerlessDays Cardiff is coming soon

cardiff.serverlessdays.io

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AWS UG UK @awsuguk.bsky.social · 29d

AI as your coding buddy? Diana Ionita shows how she built a fully serverless London Improv Calendar on AWS - warts & all. London 8 Oct.
RSVP: www.meetup.com/awsuguk-ai-i...
#AWS #AI #Serverless #Lambda #DynamoDB #AWSCommunity #APIGateway

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AWS UG UK @awsuguk.bsky.social · Sep 18

Join us Wed, 22 Oct @ 6pm in London for 2 great #AWS talks.
🎤 @sheenbrisals.bsky.social - Advanced #EventDriven Patterns with Amazon #EventBridge
🎤 Andrew Langhorn - A Hitchhiker’s Guide to #Nitro

www.meetup.com/awsuguk/even...

#AWSCommunity #AWSCloud

AWS User Group UK Meetup #73, Wed, Oct 22, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup

We're delighted to welcome [Sheen Brisals](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sheen-brisals/), Engineering Leader, AWS Hero and Author and [Andrew Langhorn](https://www.linkedin.c

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AWS UG UK @awsuguk.bsky.social · Sep 15

8 Oct, London - #AWS AI In Practice: From prototype → production with AI agents. Danilo Poccia on #StrandsAgents + #AmazonBedrock #AgentCore: secure sessions, memory, identity, observability. www.meetup.com/awsuguk-ai-i...
#AWSCloud #AWSCommunity

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AWS UG UK @awsuguk.bsky.social · Sep 9

Our first-ever AWS AI In Practice event is live - Wed 8 Oct, 6pm.
• @danilop.bsky.social - Prototype → Production with #Strands Agents & Amazon Bedrock #AgentCore
• Diana Ionita - “My AI Coding Partner” (#serverless: Lambda/#DynamoDB/API GW)
🍕+🥤 included RSVP: www.meetup.com/awsuguk-ai-i...

AWS AI In Practice #1, Wed, Oct 8, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup

Our inaugural event! We are delighted to welcome [Danilo Poccia](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dpoccia/), Chief Evangelist (EMEA) at AWS, who will share insights on Strands A

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AWS UG UK @awsuguk.bsky.social · Sep 2

Our latest videos…
1️⃣ How We Built an Ai-Powered Code Reviewer with Serverless and Bedrock with @theburningmonk.com
2️⃣ Backend in the Age of Serverless with Marina Kim
youtube.com/c/AWSUserGro...
Thanks to @scalefactory.com
#AWS #AI #DevOps #Serverless

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AWS UG UK @awsuguk.bsky.social · Sep 1

Join the free AWS Community pre:Invent Warmup (online) on Tue 9 Sep, 09:00–14:00 BST. Great talks + global networking and a chance to win a re:Invent experience.
Register: www.awscommunity.global
#AWS #AWSCommunity #Cloud #Devops

AWS Community pre:Invent Warmup

Join us on Sept 9th 2025, for an online event...

www.awscommunity.global

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AWS UG UK @awsuguk.bsky.social · Aug 28

A big thanks to everyone who joined us last night - it was standing room only! Incredible talks by @theburningmonk.com and Marina Kim - thank you!

Shoutout to our sponsor @scalefactory.com & to our host AutogenAI for making this all possible.

#awscloud #CloudCommunity #serverless

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AWS UG UK @awsuguk.bsky.social · Aug 21

Next week - Wed, 27 Aug @ 6pm in London
🎤 @theburningmonk on building an #AI code reviewer with #AWSBedrock
🎤 Marina Kim on making smart #serverless stack & architecture decisions
www.meetup.com/awsuguk/even...
#AWS #AWSCommunity #awscloud

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AWS UG UK @awsuguk.bsky.social · Aug 11

How do you choose the right backend in the age of #serverless?

Find out on 27 Aug as Marina Kim shares a practical framework, real #AWS architecture examples, and lessons from MVPs to production apps. www.meetup.com/awsuguk/even...

#AWSCommunity #Cloudcomputing #awscloud

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AWS UG UK @awsuguk.bsky.social · Jul 24

AWS ComSum 2025 is the UK’s premier independent AWS Community conference - happening 25th Sept in Manchester!
• One day, three tracks
• 25+ amazing talks & workshops
• Amazing community networking

Secure your spot: www.comsum.co.uk/comsum-2025

#PlatformEngineering #DevOps #AWSCloud

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AWS UG UK @awsuguk.bsky.social · Jul 22

How do you build an AI-powered code reviewer with #LLM, #serverless & #AmazonBedrock?
Join us in London 27 Aug as @theburningmonk.com shares the real lessons from the trenches.
Surprises, stumbles & insights await!
www.meetup.com/awsuguk/even...
#AI #AWSCommunity #LondonTech

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AWS UG UK @awsuguk.bsky.social · Jun 24

Join us Wed, 27 Aug @ 6pm in London for our next meetup!
🎤 @theburningmonk on building an #AI code reviewer with #AWSBedrock
🎤 @Marina Kim on making smart #serverless stack & architecture decisions
www.meetup.com/awsuguk/even...
#AWS #AWSCommunity

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AWS UG UK @awsuguk.bsky.social · Jun 16

Our latest videos…
1️⃣ Building a Serverless Podcast Workflow: Adventures with AI by Jon Goodall
2️⃣ Harness generative AI creativity with automated reasoning with @danilop.bsky.social
youtube.com/c/AWSUserGro...
Thanks to @scalefactory.com & AutogenAI!
#AWS #GenAI #DevOps

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AWS UG UK @awsuguk.bsky.social · Jun 5

🎉 Thank you for joining AWS UG UK #71 last night.

🧠 Great talks by Danilo Poccia & Jon Goodall

🙏 Big thanks to NetApp & The Scale Factory for sponsoring

#AWS #Serverless #AI #AWSUGUK

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AWS UG UK @awsuguk.bsky.social · Jun 3

🚨 Tomorrow at #AWSUGUK Meetup #71 we will talks from Danilo Poccia (AWS) & Jon Goodall (Logicata)

📍 Central London

🕕 Doors open at 6PM

🍕 Free food & drinks + networking after the talks

🙏 Thanks to our sponsors: NetApp and The Scale Factory

🎟 Last chance to RSVP: shorturl.at/FXYhh

#AWS #AI

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AWS UG UK @awsuguk.bsky.social · May 28

⏳ 1 WEEK TO GO! AWS UG UK #71 is happening on 4th June

🎤 Talks from Danilo Poccia (AWS) & Jon Goodall (Logicata)

📍 London | 🍕 + ☕ + tech

🙏 Thanks to our sponsors: NetApp and The Scale Factory

RSVP: shorturl.at/FXYhh

#AWS #Serverless #AI #AWSUGUK

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AWS UG UK @awsuguk.bsky.social · May 14

🎤 Speaker Spotlight: Jon Goodall (Logicata) at AWS UG UK Meetup on 4th June.

🔧 Building a serverless podcast workflow using AI

💡 Practical tips w/ Amazon Bedrock

🙏 Thanks to our sponsors: NetApp and The Scale Factory

RSVP 👉 shorturl.at/FXYhh

#AWS #Serverless #Bedrock #Cloud #AWSUGUK

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