Back from Summer Break: Amplify Your Projects & Meet Kiro

Hello, AWSome AWS UG Skåne community!

Summer might be winding down, but we’re coming back from the break stronger than ever, and we’re bringing two sizzling cloud talks to kick off the season! 🔥

Join us on September 16 for an evening of inspiration, learning, and community vibes. This time, the spotlight is on our very own organizers, Suzana and Marcus, who will be sharing their passion for AWS Amplify and Kiro.

Whether you’re curious about how AWS Amplify can help you finally ship that side project (without needing to be a cloud guru), or you want the inside scoop on AWS’s brand-new AI IDE Kiro, this meetup is for you. Expect practical insights, fresh perspectives, and plenty of tips you can take straight back to your own work.

🗓️ Agenda
17:30 - Entry & Networking
18:00 - Welcome & Introduction
18:10 - From Procrastination to Publishing: How AWS Amplify Helped Me Finally Start Blogging - Suzana Melo - AWS Community Builder, AWS Women’s User Group Sweden organizer, and software developer
18:40 - Networking Break, Food, and Drinks
18:50 - Let's talk about Kiro - Marcus Bladh - AWS Community Builder and DevOps Evangelist at Knowit
19:20 - More Food, Drinks & Networking

📅 Event Details
Date: Tuesday, Sep 16, 2025
Time: Doors open at 17:30
Location: Knowit, Stortorget 9 · Malmö

Talk 1
From Procrastination to Publishing: How AWS Amplify Helped Me Finally Start Blogging
As software developers, we’re all guilty of having at least a few unfinished side projects collecting dust on our GitHub repositories. For me, blogging was one of those ideas that stayed on my to-do list for ages until AWS Amplify changed the game.
In this session, I’ll share how I used AWS Amplify to stop procrastinating and finally build a platform to share content focused on helping women and tech beginners navigate their tech journeys. We’ll explore how Amplify makes it easy to deploy frontend apps, add storage, connect to real-time data sources, and scale seamlessly. The best part? All of that without needing deep cloud expertise.
Join me as I walk through my journey from idea to execution with AWS Amplify and learn how you can do the same to bring your projects to life, breaking free from procrastination.

Key Takeaways:
- How AWS Amplify removes barriers to launching web apps
- Practical steps to go from an idea to a deployed project
- Insights on content creation and sharing knowledge in tech
- When done is better than perfect. Just ship it!
Level: Foundational to intermediate (200)

Speaker: Suzana Melo - AWS Community Builder, AWS Women’s User Group Sweden organizer, and software developer
Suzana Melo is a full-stack developer and a certified AWS Cloud Practitioner who transitioned into software development in her 40s without a tech background. She holds a bachelor's degree in Communications and has over 20 years of experience. As a strong advocate of diversity and inclusion, she actively works on initiatives that empower women and underrepresented groups in tech, mentors juniors and graduates, and drives tech community engagement across APAC, Europe, and the Americas. Suzana is an AWS Community Builder, an AWS User Group Leader in Sweden, and a Women in Tech Sweden Social Media Specialist. She also volunteers to teach digital skills to women from immigrant and refugee backgrounds.

Talk 2
Let's talk about Kiro
AWS just launched its AI IDE called Kiro, and I got to try it out. In this talk, I'll talk about what Kiro is, what it isn't, and share my overall experience. Is it time to abandon Co-Pilot, Cursor, and Claude code? Tune in to find out!
Level: Foundational to intermediate (200)

Speaker: Marcus Bladh - AWS Community Builder and DevOps Evangelist at Knowit
Marcus is an AWS enthusiast with a strong passion for learning and sharing knowledge. He is also the longest leader of our AWS User Group and an AWS community Builder.
Working as a DevOps engineer for a while, he is very interested in finding ways to improve both the technical parts of the system and the organisation that builds it.
Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Neapolitan-style pizza, and video games are great topics if you want to distract him!

🎟️ RSVP
There are a limited number of seats, so please keep your RSVP up to date so that if you can't make it, someone else will have the opportunity to come.

A special thank you to our sponsor
Knowit - (Consultancy that creates unique customer values by offering digital and cross-functional solutions from four business areas: Solutions, Experience, Connectivity, and Insight)

We can’t wait to see you there!
Marcus, Jimmy, and Suzana

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Code of Conduct
AWS User Group Skåne is committed to providing a safe place for our members, regardless of gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, race, age, religion, or any other protected classification. Everyone attending our events is expected to follow this code of conduct. Harassment in any form will not be tolerated.