Architecture Groups Melbourne

Welcome to the next 2026 AWS Melbourne Well-Architected User Group Meetup!

Hi Architects, Welcome to our next AWS Melbourne Well-Architected User Group Meetup for 2026, including more exceptional speakers and topics! :-D At each meetup we covered off various pillars in detail, best-practices and insights from industry leaders that specialise in the Well-Architected Framework. And giving away drones, of course. Lots of drones. **Please also note that AWS Security now requests a company name and company email where it is available. If you are a student, please list your institution and your student email address at that institution 👍** We'll be announcing more speakers on [https://well-architected.me](https://well-architected.me/) and previewing presentations during the coming weeks - our speakers and details this month include: * **Mystery Speaker** **Generative AI Cost Optimisation (Part 2)** Cost Optimisation is essential but with all the anecdotal stories of massive token budget blowouts, staying on top of Generative AI best-practices is essential to avoiding these scenarios. This month's menu will include: * Pizzas * Beer: Nastro Azzurro * Wine: Big and red 🤤 NB: Please check in up the stairs from the ground floor to the Mezzanine Level. So come join us at 5:30 for a 6pm **SHARP** start, followed by beer, wine, pizza and friendly networking after our talks :-) Tired of Linkedin’s "thought leadership”, spam and advertising? Join https://well-architected.me/ , the AWS community built for architects, developers and cloud professionals. * Connect with experienced AWS practitioners * Preview upcoming AWS Meetups and relive past content * Create and review beautiful AWS case studies in minutes * Prepare for AWS certifications with curated quizzes * Show your manager and reports you’re well-architected (Please note that by registering to attend you agree to your details being shared as and where required with Amazon Web Services and AWS Well-Architected User Group partners) in

Becoming Zen with CSS

From tables, to floats, to flex, to grid, from Bootstrap to Tailwind to CSS modules and more, CSS has evolved and changed a lot over the years. Whether creating a design system or just trying to center a button, CSS is a powerful and often misunderstood part of software development. In this session we will go back to basics, learning the fundamentals of CSS and applying them in your very own CSS Zen Garden project. CSS Zen Garden was introduced in 2013, all designs start with the same HTML file and rely on just the power of CSS to make unique and eye catching designs. No experience with CSS or HTML or code is required. Participation requires minimal set up as it has been designed to empower everyone to create an entry by the end of the session that is unique to them. **Agenda:** 5:30 - 6:00 Networking 6:00 - 7:00 Workshop 7:00 - 7:30 Networking **Sponsors:** This event is sponsored by Stile Education. Thanks for empowering women and allies to excel in their technology careers 💙

East Melbourne Real Work AI: Understand Claude Deeply

**🚀 Claude Vibe Coding Workshop – Practical AI Skills You Can Use Tomorrow** Two hours, zero filler. Learn how to turn Claude into a daily workhorse for your actual job. 🧑‍💻 **Your host:** a vibe-coded entrepreneur earning 4 figures a day with Claude — and he's sharing the exact blueprint he used to get there. **⚠️ Seats are limited.** An RSVP alone doesn't hold your place — register through the link below. ### [🚀 REGISTER HERE 🚀](https://lotus-005cb.aiventurelab.org/product/ClaudeVibeCode?city=East%20Melbourne&groupurlname=harmonize-together-our-local-choir-collective&productId=130001&startgmtdatetime=2026-10-18T09:30:00Z) --- Most people only scratch the surface of what Claude can do. In this workshop we go deeper: how it reasons, how to steer it, and how to build a personal set of workflows you can rely on every day. 🔍 **What You'll Walk Away With:** - Real hands-on practice — not just slides and theory - Prompting techniques that noticeably improve your results - Templates and patterns you can reuse for your daily work - A solid grasp of how Claude actually thinks and responds 💡 **Real use cases we'll cover:** - Breaking down complex problems into clear next steps - Summarizing meetings and long documents in seconds - Research, decision making, and brainstorming - Writing and refining PRDs and project plans ⏱️ **2 hours of hands-on practice.** ✨ Learn it today, use it tomorrow. Grab your seat. 🤖 ✨

React Meetup - Kogan HQ - October 2026!

⚛️ **We’re back! React Meetup is returning to Kogan.com HQ.** Join us for an evening of React talks, learning and connecting with Melbourne’s developer community. 📍 Kogan.com HQ, South Melbourne 📅 Wednesday, 21 October 🕕 From 6:00pm 🎤 **Got something to share? We’re also looking for speakers!** If you’ve been working on something interesting, learnt something worth sharing, or have a React topic you’d love to talk about, [sign up ](https://forms.gle/2hboWSZ1bcE1ChpD6)to give a talk. 🎟️ **Register to attend or put your hand up to speak via the Meetup page.** More details coming soon. 🚀

Melbourne Vibe Coding Workshop: Claude in Action

**🔥 Master Claude in One Evening – The Vibe Coding Workshop** Two hours, zero filler. Learn how to turn Claude into a daily workhorse for your actual job. 🧑‍💻 **About your host:** a vibe coded entrepreneur making 4 figures/day. He's pulling back the curtain and sharing his secret blueprint, step by step. **⚠️ Seats are limited.** An RSVP alone doesn't hold your place — register through the link below. ### [🚀 REGISTER HERE 🚀](https://crest-005cb.aiventurelab.org/product/ClaudeVibeCode?city=Melbourne&groupurlname=harmonize-together-our-local-choir-collective&productId=130001&startgmtdatetime=2026-10-18T09:30:00Z) --- Claude is far more capable than a Q&A box. We'll show you how it actually processes your requests, and how a few simple techniques can dramatically improve the quality of everything it gives you. 🔍 **What You'll Walk Away With:** - A solid grasp of how Claude actually thinks and responds - Templates and patterns you can reuse for your daily work - A personal toolkit of use cases you can apply the next morning - Real hands-on practice — not just slides and theory 💡 **Real use cases we'll cover:** - Breaking down complex problems into clear next steps - Drafting stakeholder communications in your own voice - Research, decision making, and brainstorming - Summarizing meetings and long documents in seconds ⏱️ **2 hours of hands-on practice.** ✨ Come learn. Come connect. See you there. 🤖 ✨

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Street Photography - Entering the Frame

The theme for this street photography event in Melbourne CBD is to find one (or maybe two) locations with an interesting background and to wait for a subject to walk into the scene. **How this is going to work** We will move to 3 different spots in the city where we will allocate about 1.5 hours per spot and let you loose during that time. Find an interesting background and wait for a subject(s) to walk pass to photograph. We ask that you avoid wandering off too far as we will re-group before moving to our next location and do the same thing. I anticipate we will still run this event even if it's a bit wet - you can do photography in the rain. However if the weather is really wet - we may need to postpone. So please check this page the day before the event. **Draft Schedule** 10.00am - Meet in front of the State Library on Swanston St for a welcome and briefing. 10.15am - **Location 1** \- surrounding areas near the **State Library** to find your background. 11.15am - Re-group at the front of the State Library and move to **Location 2 (Bourke Mall - in front of Myer)** 11.30am - Explore around Bourke Mall and you could include Chinatown 12.45pm - Re-group at Bourke Mall in front of Myer and head to Federation Square for lunch at Time Out. 1.00pm - Lunch at **Food Court (South Bank)** 2.15pm - Location 3 - Federation Square and it's surrounding area 3.30pm - Back to Time Out for coffee and cake 4.30pm - Event ends Look forward to having you join us at this event. Rowan and Tracey

Sketching at Bundoora Homestead

Hey Guys, For this event, we'll be sketching at Bundoora Homestead. A Queen Anne Federation styled, heritage home built in 1900 on Wurundjeri grounds by John Matthews and Vincent Smith. The property had previously served as a family home and repatriation facility before being refurbished as a public gallery in 2001. **Meetup Details:** We'll be meeting at the centre entrance at **11:00am** before making our way to the Cafe (adjacent to the exhibition entrance.) I've booked a table for 11 people. You guys can chill, draw, have something to eat/drink, and soak in the view of the Mansion gardens before viewing the exhibition upstairs. Or if you want, do it the other way around. *If you're looking to eat something substantial, I highly recommend having lunch beforehand as the cafe only serves light refreshments* **Public Transport and Parking:** **Route 86 tram** You can get off either at **Mt Cooper Dr** or **Greenwood Dr** to get to the homestead. **Mt Cooper Dr** (quicker route in my opinion) * Turn **Right onto Mt Cooper Dr** * Turn **Left at Boadle Rd** * Turn **Right on JV Smith Street (no through Road)** * **Walk Right on Snake Gully Dr** till you see a **wooden gate**, the main entrance is accessible from there. **Greenwood Dr:** * Turn Right onto Greenwood Dr and continue straight down the pathway near the cricket grounds till you see the homestead. **Parking:** * Parking is located directly in front of the venue and it's free :) Looking forward to meeting you guys there :)

Photographing the Male Workshop

Tour of our Makerspace

Have you been interested in woodworking, 3D printing, CNC, cosplay or Electronics? Come visit Maker Community to get a tour of our space, learn about our memberships, have a chat with our members and discuss your dream projects.

Denim and Lingerie Workshop

Naarm Solarpunk Meetup - Local Server Install

[Merri-bek Tech](https://www.merri-bek.tech/), a group in the inner northern suburbs of Naarm (Melbourne), invites everyone involved interested in tinkering with grass-roots technologies in support of a **Sustainable**, **Resilient** and **Just** future to join us for the **Naarm Solarpunk Meetup**. This month, we're visiting the Maker Community maker-space, in Brunswick. We'll do a quick tour for those who haven't been before. After that, rather than a group discussion we're going to gather round a screen and doing a LoRes (local resilience) web server install on a Raspberry Pi, from scratch. If you're interested in command-line Linux, web servers, mesh networks, or local climate resilience you might find this interesting. If we're still keen for general chats after that, we can always head to the Brunswick Green pub next door. **About the Naarm Solarpunk group** Some of us are technologists, and will be showing off software or hardware projects, and others are more interested in community organizing, responding to the climate crisis, or building local resilience. Whatever your area of interest, or your level of skill, you're absolutely welcome to dive in. At the meetups we'll have a show-and-tell time for any projects that you're working on, as well as occasional short presentations. The space will be hosted by volunteers, and we'll actively work towards inclusion through applying a [code of conduct](https://www.contributor-covenant.org/version/2/1/code_of_conduct/). Merri-bek Tech has some projects that you might be interested in updates from, including our attempt to build P2P mesh network based community hosting on Raspberry Pis, and our project to run a local fediverse social network. We aspire to keep this meetup **Solarpunk** as fuck. We support the hackers, tinkerers and makers and misfits. There are plenty of other spaces for big corporate green tech, so bring your hobby project, not your day job, unless that job is firmly rooted in the solidarity economy. We are not value neutral. We'll start with Merri-bek Tech's [values](https://www.merri-bek.tech/about/values/) and [principles](https://www.merri-bek.tech/about/principles/), and build from there together. In particular, in the context of ongoing genocide, we will ask you to leave if you're associated in any way with the weapons industry. This meetup will be hosted on the stolen, unceeded lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. **Always was, always will be, Aboriginal land.** **Accessibility** Please note that this month's venue is not accessible to everyone. The front door has a metal rail to step over. We're meeting on the mezzanine level up a single flight of fairly steep stairs. The route to the bathrooms is not wide enough for some wheelchairs. The lighting is overhead and flouro. There may be dust in the air from woodwork and other crafts. We will return to a more accessible venue next month. If you'd like to attend at the maker-space and there are some accommodations that would make it easier for you to do so, please reach out.