Community Builder on My AWS Rocks!

AWS Well-Architected - Why so many get it wrong

Fri, 07 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000

This blog follows on from my speaking session as a Community Builder at the AWS Summit in London (June 7th 2024).

I looked at why so many people miss-understand the Well Architected Framework, and as a result perform poorly in Well-Architected Reviews.

While this post will not cover everything I talked about it should give you an idea of the content and act as a reminder if you were at the event.

Are you 'The One'

Wed, 28 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000

## AWS Certified Global Community Challenge

In June I was asked to participate in creating a challenge as part of a series of challenges for the AWS Certified Global Community.

The idea of the challenges was to provide example of code that had been broken by hackers with the goal of remediating the issues to return the system back to a fully functioning state.

By completing the challenges, individuals not only gained points for the community leaderboard, but also were able to learn new skills and real like usage of code.

AWS Community Builders

Fri, 01 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Over the summer I saw a few of my connections on LinkedIn announce that they were selected by AWS as a Community Builder. It was one of a few programs I have heard about from AWS that focus on building content and knowledge within the AWS community.

As you can guess by this blog, one of the things I’m keen on is sharing knowledge. I believe that we all benefit when people share knowledge. Looking into the program interested me for two reasons.