RESOURCES / LESS SEARCHING, MORE BUILDING

A good place
to get unstuck.

Plan your re:Invent sessions, start with a tutorial, see what AWS just announced, or check whether a service is healthy. These are practical starting points from AWS and our community. The group’s own code is listed with the public repositories.

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UNOFFICIAL COMMUNITY TOOL

re:Invent 2026 session planner

Explore the unofficial session planner for AWS re:Invent 2026. Use the official conference site for registration and event details.

Tools & planning (opens in a new tab)

OFFICIAL AWS EVENT APP

AWS Events mobile app

Heading to an AWS Summit? Explore sessions, favorite them into your schedule, navigate the venue, and receive event notifications. Find iOS and Android downloads on the official app page.

Tools & planning (opens in a new tab)

AI DEVELOPMENT TOOLS

Find your Kiro workflow

Kiro helps you plan and build with AI agents. Compare the IDE, CLI, Web, Mobile, and Crew options below, with links to each tool.

Tools & planning

TUTORIALS

AWS Getting Started

Learn the fundamentals, then follow a step-by-step tutorial to build something of your own.

New to AWS

SELF-PACED LEARNING

AWS Skill Builder

Find foundational courses and certification preparation. Free learning content and paid experiences are available.

New to AWS

SFAWSUG GUIDE

Your first AWS lab

Choose a small project, set a budget alert, and make a cleanup plan before you start.

Hands-on

BUILD & EXPERIMENT

AWS Workshops

Find workshops for serverless, containers, data, AI, and more. Check each lab’s prerequisites and costs.

Hands-on

CODE EXAMPLES

AWS Samples

Explore open source examples to understand a service or use as a starting point for an experiment.

Hands-on

DESIGN & REVIEW

Well-Architected Framework

Ask better questions about security, reliability, performance, operations, cost, and sustainability.

Architecture

ENGINEERING DEEP DIVES

The Amazon Builders’ Library

Read how Amazon engineers approach distributed systems, deployments, retries, and operations.

Architecture

OFFICIAL DOCUMENTATION

Amazon Bedrock documentation

Explore foundation models and generative AI application patterns, with service and usage guidance.

AI & ML

SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS

What's New

See the latest AWS launches and feature announcements, from new services to regional expansions.

News & status

AWS NEWS BLOG

AWS News Blog

Read launch stories and explanations from AWS, with the context behind new services and features.

News & status

LIVE STATUS

AWS Service Health

Open the AWS Health Dashboard for the current status of services and ongoing events.

News & status
A little preparation goes a long way.

AWS labs can create billable resources. Read the prerequisites, check pricing, set budget alerts, and follow the cleanup steps. Use our first-lab checklist.

AI TOOLS / CHOOSE HOW YOU BUILD

Find your way into Kiro.

Meet Kiro (opens in a new tab)

Kiro helps you turn an idea into a plan and work through it with AI agents. Pick the interface that fits how you like to build. Start with the IDE if you want an editor, or the CLI if you already work in a terminal. Each option below links to its official overview and getting-started steps.

COMMUNITY CODE

What the group is building.

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Public repositories from the Sioux Falls AWS User Group organization. This list is read from GitHub when the site is built, so new projects show up without editing the page by hand.

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