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# 30 powerful AWS hacks in just 30 minutes: Boost your developer productivity


- **Date:** Thursday, Jul 10, 2025
- **Time:** 10:10–10:40 (30 min)
- **Room:** Stage 7
- **Event:** World Congress 2025
- **Tags:** aws, automation, cloud, cybersecurity, devops, iac, performance, productivity, serverless

## Recording

[Watch recording](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1624-30-powerful-aws-hacks-in-just-30-minutes-boost-your-developer-productivity)

## Description

In this lightning-fast session, we’ll cover 30 essential AWS tips and tricks to supercharge developer productivity. From automation hacks with AWS CLI, CloudFormation, and CDK to cost-saving strategies using EC2 Spot Instances and S3 Lifecycle Policies, you’ll discover practical ways to optimize workflows. We’ll dive into security best practices, such as IAM role automation and AWS Secrets Manager, as well as serverless performance enhancements like Lambda cold start reduction and API Gateway caching. Debugging and monitoring insights using CloudWatch, X-Ray, and SNS will also be featured. Whether you're a beginner or an advanced user, these actionable insights will help you work smarter, deploy faster, and maximize efficiency in AWS.

## Speaker

### [Modood Alvi](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@modood-alvi)

AWS Solutions Architect


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- [Mastering AWS Cost Optimization: Real-world technical and operational cost-saving best practices](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2025/sessions/620-mastering-aws-cost) — Joachim Aumann, Olga Calvo
- [High performance Serverless Java on AWS](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2025/sessions/623-high-performance) — Vadym Kazulkin
- [Get security done: streamlining application security with Aikido](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2025/sessions/570-get-security-done) — Mia Neethling
- [Empowering Developer Innovation - Balancing Speed, Security, and Scale](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2025/sessions/836-empowering-developer) — Amir Friedman, Martin Reynolds, Yair Etziony