AWS User Group January Meetup

Dear AWS users,

our January event will happen soon!
Thanks to Aclue for providing us the space, drinks and food for this AWS User Group Meetup.

Agenda & Talks:

• 18:00 Warm-up
• 18:30 - 19:15 No Lambda, No Problem: Building Functionless Serverless Workflows by Vincent Martens, Principal Consultant, Aclue
• 19:30 - 20:15 AWS re:Invent re:Cap by Alexey Vidanov, Senior Consultant, Storm Reply
• 20:15 - 21:00 Wrap up & Networking

No Lambda, No Problem: Building Functionless Serverless Workflows
While serverless frees us from managing servers, we still have to take care of application code, dependencies, and integrations. So why not go all in on managed services and embrace service‑to‑service communication?
In this talk, we’ll explore how to build serverless workflows without any Lambda functions at all: which native cloud services you can combine, common integration patterns, and how to design “functionless” architectures. We’ll also look at the hard edges: where this approach breaks down, which trade‑offs you’re making in terms of vendor lock‑in, and when you really do need a function again.

AWS re:Invent re:Cap
AWS re:Invent once again delivered what everyone expects from the event: major announcements, fast keynotes, and a large volume of new services and features that are hard to process during the week itself.
This year also included something unexpected. Werner Vogels’ final keynote appearance gave the conference a different tone and emotional weight.
In this re:Cap session, we will quickly walk through the most relevant announcements from re:Invent, focus on what actually matters in practice, and share personal observations from the event, including why this re:Invent felt different from previous years.