*Note: We'll be meeting at the AWS DC Office for this event. AWS has requested an attendee list, so please RSVP with your first and last name. Thank you!

Agenda:

6:00 - Doors open. Food & drinks will be served compliments of AWS

6:25 - General intro

6:30 – Presentation*

7:15 - Q&A + Social

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Talk Abstract:

Learn how to use Go to automate tasks like security incident response, disaster recovery plan testing, and test environment population – all without running a single server! By creating AWS Lambda functions using Go you can minimize your own management overhead while creating tools that are more readable, fault tolerant, testable, and performant than shell scripts.

In this talk, we'll walk through various common operations tasks and show how Go and AWS Lambda can be two of the most flexible tools in your tool box. We'll also show how to get started quickly to solve almost any operations issue while still maintaining good software development practices.

This session is for anyone looking to simplify their operations responsibilities or interested in learning more about serverless functions and Go. Basic familiarity with Go is helpful, but not required.

About the Speaker:

Rob Sutter, a Senior Developer Advocate at Amazon Web Services, has woven application development into his entire career, from time in the U.S. Army and U.S. Government to stints with the Big Four and consulting firms. He has started his own company – twice – once providing consulting services and most recently with WorkFone, a software as a service startup that provided virtual digital identities to government clients. Prior to joining Amazon Rob freelanced as an infrastructure engineer, helping AWS clients modernize their build pipelines and operations – using serverless technologies and Go, of course!

About our Sponsors:

AWS

Launched in 2006, Amazon Web Services (AWS) began exposing key infrastructure services to businesses in the form of web services -- now widely known as cloud computing. To learn more about AWS, visit https://aws.amazon.com/

hatch I.T.

hatch I.T. connects local engineers, startups, investors, and corporate leaders who share a common vision of strengthening the startup & innovation landscape in the DMV region. They specialize in software development, mobile development & product design recruitment for commercial product startups & small businesses in the DMV region. To learn more about hatch I.T., visit: https://www.hatchit.io/