Suzana Melo is a full-stack developer and a certified AWS Cloud Practitioner who transitioned into software development in her 40s without a tech background. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Communications and over 20 years of experience. As a strong advocate of diversity and inclusion, she actively works on initiatives that empower women and underrepresented groups in tech, mentors juniors and graduates, and drives tech community engagement across APAC, Europe, and the Americas. Suzana is an AWS Community Builder, an AWS User Group Leader in Sweden, and a Women in Tech Sweden Social Media Specialist. She also volunteers to teach digital skills to women from immigrant and refugee backgrounds.
From Procrastination to Publishing: How AWS Amplify Helped Me Finally Start Blogging
As software developers, weโre all guilty of having at least a few unfinished side projects collecting dust on our GitHub repositories. For me, blogging was one of those ideas that stayed on my to-do list for ages until AWS Amplify changed the game.
In this session, Iโll share how I used AWS Amplify to stop procrastinating and finally build a platform to share content focused on helping women and tech beginners navigate their tech journeys. Weโll explore how Amplify makes it easy to deploy frontend apps, add storage, connect to real-time data sources, and scale seamlessly. The best part? All of that without needing deep cloud expertise.
Join me as I walk through my journey from idea to execution with AWS Amplify and learn how you can do the same to bring your projects to life, breaking free from procrastination.
Key Takeaways:
- How AWS Amplify removes barriers to launching web apps
- Practical steps to go from an idea to a deployed project
- Insights on content creation and sharing knowledge in tech
- Why done is better than perfect. Just ship it!