Web Architectures on AWS: A Reference Implementation

This session provides a practical guide to designing and deploying modern web architectures on Amazon Web Services and an open-source reference implementation to support your deployments. Attendees will learn how to transform a codebase into a fully operational, world-class application running on AWS, emphasizing best practices in scalability, security, and observability.

We’ll walk through the architectural decisions behind Presence, including how to structure microservices, leverage managed AWS services, and implement robust CI/CD pipelines.

In addition to the technical walkthrough, the session will highlight common challenges faced when building web applications in the cloud — such as handling traffic spikes, managing secrets, and ensuring high availability — and will present practical solutions backed by AWS services and infrastructure patterns.

Designed for developers, cloud engineers, and architects, this talk will equip you with actionable insights and a reference AWS implementation that can accelerate your own projects. Whether you are launching your first app on AWS or refining an existing architecture, you’ll leave with clear patterns and reusable infrastructure ideas grounded in a real, open-source system.