El día en que AWS encontró una nueva casa en la Ciudad de México

On July 23, a new chapter began for AWS User Group CDMX at the Rafael Galván House of UAM. For those familiar with technology events in the city, it might have seemed like just another event on the calendar. However, this night marked the beginning of a community seeking to find its own voice.

Edwin Moedano, group leader, welcomed attendees and emphasized that this User Group wouldn't be about a single person but rather a collective space for those who live, work, or simply have an interest in AWS. The night promised speakers, diverse topics, and valuable conversations.

Carlos Cano, Solution Architect at AWS Mexico, posed a question that is increasingly difficult to ignore: AI is generating code, proposing architectures, and building complete applications. The inevitable question then becomes what it means to be a developer in a world where machines can handle much of the work once thought to be exclusively human's.

Carlos shifted the conversation to a more intriguing topic: the future of developers may not be in writing more code, but in solving problems, integrating systems, validating results, and building meaningful products.

After Carlos's talk, Edwin introduced César Méndez, Senior Data Science & AI Specialist at Novartis Mexico, who introduced a topic that promised to be both promising and practical: from the first prompt to production with Claude and AWS MCP Server. The theoretical discussion gave way to practical demonstration. César showed how to use AWS Labs' MCP Servers alongside Claude Code and Claude Desktop to consult documentation, generate infrastructure, and deploy applications in AWS using natural language.

The simplicity of the idea was powerful, turning a common prompt into a solution ready for production. A live demonstration followed, albeit with some technical hiccups typical of technology, but César managed to reach a successful conclusion. The demonstration served its purpose and left a small lesson for anyone who has given a public demo - sometimes the best way to show something works is to be brave enough to do it in front of everyone.

Edwin then took the mic again, congratulating the speakers and thanking those who chose to spend the night there. He also announced the second meetup of AWS User Group CDMX, scheduled for September. But by then, the most interesting part of the night had just begun. As the slides faded and the microphones fell silent, the real networking began.

Conversations mixed, questions about AWS turned into discussions about work, and technical talks ended in new friendships. The night turned from a simple event into a community. The night ended with a photo of all attendees, a picture of a normal moment that could acquire deeper meaning over time. In a few years, someone might look back at it and remember that first meeting, that stage, and those conversations, pointing to a corner of the photo and saying, "I was there." That was the beginning of a new community.