September Meetup: Beyond the Build

​Beyond the Build
A collaboration between AWS User Group Philippines and Tutorials Dojo, in partnership with Agora

​Join us for an evening that goes past the code and into the real stories behind building, shipping, and growing in tech. Beyond the Build brings together four speakers to share hard-won lessons on pivots, AI agents, developer workflows, and the mindset it takes to keep shipping.

​What's on deck:

• ​Alexandre Nevero — From Programming Tutorials to AWS: The Pivot That Changed Tutorials Dojo — the story behind a major pivot that reshaped Tutorials Dojo's direction.

• ​Nerry Vyncynt Carreon — Ship. Learn. Kill. Rebuild. — a candid look at the build-fail-iterate cycle every builder goes through.

• ​Cyrus Mante — Ship With Confidence: An Intro to AI Agent Evaluations on AWS — a practical intro to evaluating AI agents on AWS before they hit production.

• ​Kier Atendido — Go Git It: Stop Clicking, Start Committing — GitOps for Infrastructure Deployment and what problems it solves, featuring tools such as FluxCD, Crossplane, EKS.

​📅 Date: September 24, 2026
🕠 Time: 5:30 PM onwards
📍 Venue: AWS Office, BGC

​Whether you're deep into cloud infrastructure, exploring AI agent development, or just leveling up your dev fundamentals, this session has something for you. Come for the talks, stay for the community.