Screaming in the Cloud

Helping Each Other and Growing Together with Matt Coulter


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Matt Coulter returns to share his latest endeavors as he makes a comeback in community work, especially within DevTools and serverless circles. In this episode, he and Corey discuss the significance of the Cloud Development Kit (CDK), CDK Community Day, and CDK Patterns. Matt reflects on his journey into community work and contrasts the challenges of virtual versus in-person events, highlighting Belfast's burgeoning tech scene and his aim to amplify its presence globally. Additionally, Matt discusses Teach Me AWS, his new venture designed to simplify AWS tools and foster practical problem-solving skills.



Show Highlights: 

  • (0:26) What Matt’s been up to since the last time he was on the show
  • (2:04) How Matt got started with community work
  • (6:09) Learning about the Belfast community
  • (9:57) How technologies are maturing and empowering users to do more
  • (14:51) Matt’s latest endeavor, Teach Me AWS
  • (19:25) How Teach Me AWS educates users
  • (23:02) Big opportunities for Teach Me AWS in the day two experience
  • (30:32) The thread that ties all of Matt’s interests and projects together



About Matt:

Matt is an AWS DevTools Hero, Serverless Architect, Author and conference speaker. 


He is focused on creating the right environment for empowered teams to rapidly deliver business value in a well-architected, sustainable and serverless-first way.


You can usually find him sharing reusable, well architected, serverless patterns over at cdkpatterns.com or behind the scenes bringing CDK Day to life., Sr. Architect in Belfast. AWS DevTools Hero and @BelfAWSt_Meetup organiser loving #Serverless so I created @cdkpatterns / @cdkday. Co-Author @thecdkbook. he/him, Matt is an AWS DevTools Hero, Serverless Architect, Author and conference speaker/organiser. 


He is focused on creating the right environment for empowered teams to rapidly deliver business value in a well-architected, sustainable and serverless-first way.


These days you can usually find him behind the scenes running the official Belfast AWS User Group and organising the Belfast AWS Community Day!!!



Links Referenced:

  • Personal Twitter: https://twitter.com/nideveloper 
  • Belfast User Group Twitter: https://x.com/BelfAWSt_UG 
  • Teach Me AWS website: https://teachmeaws.com/ 



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