June, 2025 (#75) - Boost Your Productivity & Build a game using Amazon Q CLI

Tēnā Koutou AWS Wellington Community,

Overview:
Welcome back to the AWS User Group Wellington Meetup Series. Join us for another enlightening meetup-up that covers two exciting topics - "Boost Productivity with Amazon Q CLI" and "Built a Game in Under an Hour with Amazon Q CLI" by awesome speakers.

Special gratitude to Xero for providing the venue for the event.

Xero Wellington Office is confirmed as our venue for this meetup.

Venue details:
Xero, Level 3
19/23 Taranaki Street, Te Aro, Wellington 6011
Special Note About the Venue Access: Take lifts from the ground floor to Level 3 Xero Reception area. Register in before enter the meetup.

Agenda:
4:30 PM - Doors Open, Networking
5:00 PM - Talk Track #1 – John Ajera - “Boost Productivity with Amazon Q CLI”
5:30 PM – Talk Track #2 – Michael Gealogo – "Built a Game in Under an Hour with Amazon Q CLI"
6:00 PM - Wrap Up, Networking, Fun, Pizza

Meetup Talk Track:
🎤 Speaker: John Ajera (LinkedIn): “Boost Productivity with Amazon Q CLI”

In this session, John Ajera demonstrates how Amazon Q brings AI-powered assistance directly into the developer workflow. Learn how to use Q CLI to ask AWS questions, generate infrastructure scripts, and debug issues — all from your terminal. This session covers installation, effective prompting strategies, and common pitfalls. John wraps up with a live demo, showcasing real-world use cases — including building a game using Q CLI conversations.

🎤 Speaker: Michael Gealogo (LinkedIn): “Built a Game in Under an Hour with Amazon Q CLI (and Scored a Shirt!)”

Curious about how fast you can build a game using AI tools? In this talk, Michael will go through his experience of using only Amazon Q CLI to build a fully functional game in under an hour—all for the challenge of winning a T-shirt! He'll share what worked, what didn't, and how Amazon Q accelerated the development process from idea to execution. Whether you're new to Amazon Q or just looking for a fun project to try, come along to see some of the awesome things you can do with AI. Who knows, you might even end up giving it a go and winning a cool shirt!

Sponsors:

A special thanks to our sponsors - AWS, Deloitte, MongoDB, CCL, Mantel group, api connects, CyberCX, inIT soluctions and Datacom for their generous financial contributions, which play a vital role in supporting the monthly expenses of AWS User Groups across Aotearoa (including Christchurch, Wellington, Auckland and Northland).

A big shout-out to AWS for generously providing pizza, and enhancing the overall experience for our attendees.

Our sponsors are the lifeblood of our community events, and without their support, none of this would be possible. Ngā mihi maioha!

We look forward to seeing you at the meetup! Mā te wa.

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