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In this episode of Serverless Craic, Dave Anderson, Mark McCann, and Michael O’Reilly share key takeaways from two major events — AWS Community Summit Manchester 2025 and AWS Cloud Day Dublin 2025.
From psychological safety in engineering teams to serverless adoption patterns, event-driven architecture, and the rise of AI agents with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, the discussion highlights what’s shaping cloud-native development today.
If you’re a software engineer, cloud architect, or tech leader interested in modernisation, AI in the enterprise, serverless-first strategies, and community-led learning, this episode is for you.
⏱ Chapters
00:00 – Intro & catching up
00:55 – AWS Community Summit Manchester highlights
02:10 – Psychological safety in engineering teams
05:30 – AI hype, misuses & team impact
07:10 – Women in Tech track & allyship
08:30 – Event-driven architecture & domain-driven design
10:45 – Modernisation talks & API boundaries
12:00 – The reality of AI adoption in enterprises
14:55 – Serverless adoption patterns & challenges
15:53 – AWS Cloud Day Dublin highlights
17:45 – AI agents and Amazon Bedrock AgentCore
19:14 – Challenges of agentic user experiences
20:15 – Securing and testing AI systems (OWASP LLM Top 10)
21:00 – Well-Architected Framework (SCORP) talk
21:39 – Power of community learning
22:22 – Wrap up & next episode preview
🔗 Resources & Mentions
The Serverless Edge Website: https://theserverlessedge.com
Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-serverless-edge/
The Serverless Edge GitHub – SCORP: https://github.com/ServerlessEdge/SCORP
Amazon Bedrock & AgentCore: https://aws.amazon.com/bedrock/
Event Catalogue: https://eventcatalog.dev/

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