DevHub April 2023 Highlights
Here are some of our DevHub North highlights from our April 2023 meetup!
OUR SPEAKERS...
Speaker name: Gareth Williams
Job title: Director of Technology & Architecture
Talk topic: The Road Ahead: Developing in a Data Rich Future
Description of talk:
In this talk, through the lens of a fictional future road accident, we discuss potential new data sources, the benefits of using live vehicle data, and its aggregation and automation. We will review the skills and infrastructure challenges that need to be addressed to enable development teams to make this a reality, along with the opportunities that technology change presents for our development community, the impact of new AI models, and the potential risks that may need to be mitigated.
Speaker name: Peter Carr
Job title: Cloud Platform Engineering Team Lead
Talk Topic: Automating the hard part of AWS account management with a Step Function driven vending machine offering
Description of Talk:
In this presentation, we will be examining the process of managing AWS Organisations accounts, with a particular focus on the design and implementation of a Step Function subsystem intended to automate much of the laborious work involved. As we explore this topic, we will highlight the advantages that this solution offers both end-users and the engineers responsible for supporting the platform. Additionally, we will delve into the reasoning behind our decision to adopt this approach, as well as the challenges we encountered during its development.