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Technologist // Trackboss // ex AWS // ex DevEx Connect All opinions are my own

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David Smith @davidfsmith.bsky.social · Nov 10

Special thanks to Raul for sharing this clip from 2019 where I was outsmarted and outrun by an #AWSDeepRacer on a mission to remain free.
DeepRacer 1, Trackboss 0 ;-)

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David Smith @davidfsmith.bsky.social · 1h

🛫 LGW -> AGP 🛬

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AWS UG UK @awsuguk.bsky.social · 8d

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 · 9d

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 · 10d

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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David Smith @davidfsmith.bsky.social · 11d

Managed to land the feature wakeboarding (also managed to not land it)

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Hove Lagoon - Wakeboarding - 20251010 - Run 2

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AWS UG UK @awsuguk.bsky.social · 14d

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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David Smith @davidfsmith.bsky.social · 15d

Amazing how someone can afford the latest shiny phone but not the headphones to go with it

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AWS UG UK @awsuguk.bsky.social · 17d

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 · 22d

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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David Smith @davidfsmith.bsky.social · 24d

Note for future self, don’t swap your laptop dock out and expect it work straight off in clamshell mode - you need to approve access first for the dock to work (OSX)

David Smith @davidfsmith.bsky.social · 24d

Went wakeboarding over the weekend with a GoPro strapped to me and then decided to learn how to do slow-motion and fast forward in DaVinci (very easy) - youtu.be/PoY9dApk_fg?...

Hove Lagoon - Wakeboarding - 20250928 - Run 1

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

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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David Smith @davidfsmith.bsky.social · Sep 18

Made it

David Smith @davidfsmith.bsky.social · Sep 18

Goodbye rainy UK

David Smith @davidfsmith.bsky.social · Sep 16

Appear to have killed my Oura Ring 4 - with the updates to Apple Watch in the last few years I suspect I won’t really miss it

David Smith @davidfsmith.bsky.social · Sep 16

Always amused to visit a hospital, walking past the smokers outside puffing away under the “No smoking / No vaping” signs and wondering what health condition means they are there (MRI scan in my case)

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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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David Smith @davidfsmith.bsky.social · Sep 9

Apparently I’m having a mid-life crisis (my second)

Exhibit A:

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Wear The Peace @wearthepeace.bsky.social · Sep 2

A man on the streets of the UK is asked about the “problem of immigration” and dismantles talking points with ease.

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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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David Smith @davidfsmith.bsky.social · Aug 29

I always enjoyed expensing my lunch at “Daddy Donkey”

David Smith @davidfsmith.bsky.social · Aug 29

Tried to drown a GoPro whilst wakeboarding - youtu.be/sRs-9j8JnOE?...

Hove Lagoon - Wakeboarding - 20250829 - Run 1

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David Smith @davidfsmith.bsky.social · Aug 29

Glad my TTS Roadster is arriving today, timed it well

David Smith @davidfsmith.bsky.social · Aug 27

Heading to London shortly for the @awsuguk.bsky.social meet-up, looking forward to the next new way my GoPro’s will disappoint me when recording the sessions

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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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