Melbourne AWS User Group #154 - November 2025

# 🎉 Melbourne AWS User Group – November Meetup 🎉

📅 Wednesday, 26 November
📍 NAB Events Hub – 395 Bourke Street, Melbourne
⏰ Food at 6:00pm, talks from 6:30pm (with live stream)
AWS re:Invent (Dec 1–5) is just around the corner, and the excitement is building! Before the announcements drop in Las Vegas, join us in the heart of Melbourne for an evening of community, cloud conversations, and two insightful talks to close out the meetup year.
This month’s lineup features:

• The AWS User Group Committee with a walkthrough of the early pre:Invent announcements and what’s new across AWS.
• Malinda Kapuruge showing how teams can move beyond “vibe coding” through Spec-Driven Development with Kiro.

A huge thanks to Mantel Group for their continued sponsorship.
The event will be live-streamed on YouTube as always.

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# 🗓️ Agenda

• 6:00 pm – Food & Socialising
• 6:30 pm – Introductions
• 6:40 pm – What’s New in AWS
• 6:55 pm – pre:Invent Announcements (Level 100); Speakers: AWS User Group Committee
• 7:25 pm – Moving Beyond Vibe Coding — Spec-Driven Development with Kiro (Level 100); Speaker: Malinda Kapuruge
• 7:55 pm – Marketplace (Who’s Hiring)
• 8:00 pm – Networking + Close

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# 🎤 Talk Details

## pre:Invent Announcements

Speakers: AWS User Group Committee
Level: 100
Description:
With re:Invent just days away, the User Group Committee will walk through the early announcements, share expectations for this year’s big reveals, and highlight what to watch for across the AWS ecosystem.

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## Moving Beyond Vibe Coding — Spec-Driven Development with Kiro

Speaker: Malinda Kapuruge
Level: 100
Description:
AI tools have changed how we code — but often, teams find themselves stuck in vibe coding.
In this session, we’ll explore how Spec-Driven Development with Kiro moves beyond reactive, prompt-based coding toward an intentional, structured approach.
You’ll see how Kiro helps teams:

• Capture and evolve specifications as living system blueprints.
• Automate architecture, tests, and documentation directly from specs.
• Align AI agents and developers around a shared context instead of ad-hoc prompts.
• Integrate seamlessly with familiar workflows.

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# 🙌 Want to Speak at a Future Meetup?

We’re always looking for new speakers and believe everyone has an interesting talk waiting to be shared.
If you’d like to present at a future event, reach out at the meetup, via our website:
👉 https://melb.awsug.org.au/speak/