The AWS Community Builders application process is now open:

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I‘m a 5th year Community Builder myself, and the program has a lot of benefits, like direct exchange with other fellow builders via Slack, info about upcoming releases, and not to forget, generous AWS credits.

Another favorite of mine is getting to the MGM conference center from the strip. From the strip, turn at the big Coke bottle (MGM Rd) and walk that road until it ends. At the very end, there's an entrance into the MGM that puts you at the bottom of the escalators near the pool entrance. #reinvent

If you're attending #reinvent and have interest in cloud database services, check out DAT403: Build a web-scale application with purpose-built databases & analytics. This is our 3rd year giving this workshop, where users build a Bookstore e-commerce app using AWS database services:

3d printing things in 2024 feels a bit like using a dot matrix printer in 1988. Remember using Print Shop to print those large banners on tractor feed paper? And it taking nearly half an hour for that to print? That's what 3d printing feels like right now.

Joining this platform feels like showing up an hour early to an event and you're not sure if you're in the right place.