Welcome to the next AWS Auckland Well-Architected Meetup for 2026!

Hi Architects,

Welcome to the next AWS Auckland Well Architected User Group Meetup of 2026!

At each meetup, we focus on learning and networking in a friendly and inclusive atmosphere and explore best-practices in AWS. This has resulted in the AWS Well-Architected Meetups becoming the most popular AWS Meetups in ANZ 🥳

Please also note that AWS Security now requests a company name and company email where it is available. If you are a student, please list your institution and your student email address at that institution 👍

• **Yadwinder Sharma, Founder, Nimbal.io**

From 5 Days to 5 Minutes: Reimagining QA with Autonomous AI
In this talk we will go into the detail of not only the launch of the first Well-Architected agents from both AWS and other AWS partners (and what they can and can't do) but will also go through best-practice agentic architecture as verified by AWS senior architects.

Modern software delivery is accelerating faster than traditional QA can keep up. Teams are facing rising costs, delayed releases and significant reputational risks when quality is compromised. At the same time, AI-generated code and rapid release cycles are outpacing manual testing capabilities.

This session explores how autonomous, cloud-native QA powered by AI agents is transforming software verification—reducing testing time from days to minutes and costs from thousands to tens of dollars, supported by AWS Well-Architected principles of:

Operational Excellence: Automating QA workflows with self-service, zero-setup AI agents
Reliability: Detecting broken links, errors and performance issues before production
Cost Optimization: Moving from high fixed QA costs to on-demand, per-run pricing models and more

• Mystery Speaker

Well-Architected Agents
In this talk we will go into the detail of not only the launch of the first Well-Architected agents from both AWS and other AWS partners (and what they can and can't do) but will also go through best-practice agentic architecture as verified by AWS senior architects.

This month's menu will include:

• Pizzas
• Beer: Nastro Azzurro
• Wine: Big and red 🤤

So come join us at 5:30pm for a 6pm SHARP start, followed by beer, wine, pizza and networking after our talks :-)