NB: Date Changed for the next AWS Auckland Well-Architected Meetup for 2026!

Hi Architects, Welcome to the next AWS Auckland Well Architected User Group Meetup of 2026! At each meetup, we focus on learning and networking in a friendly and inclusive atmosphere and explore best-practices in AWS. This has resulted in the AWS Well-Architected Meetups becoming the most popular AWS Meetups in ANZ 🥳 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/events and previewing presentations during the coming weeks - our speakers and details this month include: Dinesh Sharma, AWS Regional Practice Lead, Datacom Zero to Qazo: Building a Product with Kiro, AI & AWS Qazo with a simple idea, using Kiro and AI to turn it into a real product, eventually deploying it on AWS. This session is about that journey — what worked, what didn't, the lessons learned from vibe coding and why everyone should try building something of their own to experience the full journey from idea → build → break → learn → deploy. Mystery Speaker Generative Al Cost Optimisation Cost Optimisation is essential but with all the anecdotal stories of massive token budget blowouts, staying on top of Generative Al best-practices is essential to avoiding these scenarios. This month's menu will include: Pizzas Beer Wine: Big and red 🤤 So come join us at 5:30pm for a 6pm SHARP start, followed by beer, wine, pizza and 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)