May, 2026 (#28) - Mock it till you make it with LocalStack

Tēnā Koutou AWS Christchurch Community,
Overview:
Welcome back to the AWS User Group Christchurch Meetup Series.
Join us for a hands-on session designed for developers and cloud engineers who want to streamline their AWS development workflow. This meetup cuts through the complexity of local cloud testing and shows you how to ship better code with confidence — before it ever hits a live environment.
Venue details:
Special gratitude to MadeCurious for providing the venue for the event.
100 Carlyle Street, Sydenham, Christchurch 8023
Agenda:
5:30 PM - Doors Open, Networking
6:00 PM - Talk Track – Michael Jarry - "Mock it till you make it: testing AWS apps locally with LocalStack"
7:00 PM - Wrap Up, Networking, Fun, Pizza
Meetup Talk Track:
🎤 Speaker Michael Jarry will walk you through LocalStack — a powerful tool that emulates AWS services locally, so you can test your application's AWS integrations before deploying to a live environment. While LocalStack is a game-changer for development workflows, its wide range of integrations and configurations can make it tricky to implement effectively. In this talk, Michael will cover how to set up LocalStack for testing your code, dive into what it can (and can't) do, and most importantly, how to integrate it into your development pipeline — so you can automate testing and catch issues early, right where they belong.
About the Speaker:
Michael Jarry, Cloud Specialist at Inde Technology.
We look forward to seeing you at the meetup! Mā te wa.