AWS User Group

Richmond AWS User Group: An Evening of AI-Powered Development The Richmond AWS User Group hosted another successful meetup on March 5th, featuring a fascinating presentation on Kiro, AWS’s cutting-edge agentic coding tool. The event brought together local cloud enthusiasts, developers, and students for an evening of learning, networking, and pizza. Kiro: Revolutionizing Software Development Dinesh Balaaji Prabakaran from Amazon Web Services delivered an impressive talk on Kiro, showcasing how this innovative tool is transforming the software development landscape. Kiro represents a significant advancement in AI-assisted development, helping developers bridge the gap between ideas and implementation through intelligent code generation, problem reasoning, and accelerated development workflows. ...

Live Demonstration of FastMCP on AWS The February meetup of the Richmond AWS User Group featured a hands-on demonstration of FastMCP on AWS, exploring how modern agent frameworks can be deployed and operated in real cloud environments. Rather than focusing on theoretical concepts, the session provided attendees with practical insights into what it actually takes to run AI agent frameworks in production. Behind the Scenes: Unscripted AI Engineering What made this demonstration particularly authentic was that I hadn’t tested the solution beforehand. Armed with an impressively detailed prompt I’d crafted (available on GitHub), I wanted to make this a genuinely live experience—including all the potential hiccups and surprises that come with real AI development. ...