AWS User Group UK Meetup #72

We're delighted to welcome Yan Cui, AWS Serverless Hero, aka The Burning Monk and Marina Kim, Technical Lead at Vidatec Ltd.

Yan will take you through the surprises, challenges, and lessons learned from building an AI-powered code reviewer. Marina will share a practical decision-making framework for choosing your stack.

A big thank you to our sponsors - NetApp and The Scale Factory.

Programme:
18:00: Arrival, registration
18:30: Talks start
20:00: Networking with food and a drink provided by the generosity of our sponsors.

Talk 1
How we built an AI-powered code reviewer with serverless and Bedrock with Yan Cui
How hard can it be to build an AI-powered code reviewer using modern LLMs? Easier than you think - until it isn't! Yan recently helped a client launch an AI-powered code reviewer. They built the initial prototype in the first few hours. But they soon encountered many unexpected challenges as they tried to productionize the idea into a coherent user experience. In this session, let's hear the surprises, challenges, and lessons learned from building an AI-powered code reviewer and what it can tell us about the current state of LLM technologies.

Talk 2
Backend in the age of serverless with Marina Kim
Drawing from real-world projects, including MVPs and production apps built with AWS, I’ll share a practical decision-making framework for choosing your stack with a focus on architecture and AWS services.
Level 200

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