Following-up on last year’s GameDay which was a real success, we decided to repeat the event, this time with a focus on security.
The event gathered over 100 people in 21 teams from User Groups in Timisoara, Cluj-Napoca, Iasi, Bucharest and Chisinau.
Based on feedback from our meetup participants, we chose security as our focus and we were right, the hype was real.
The entire event was coordinated by our local AWS Solutions Architects, one of them being in each location.
We started with a 10 minute introduction and coordinated all UGs to start exactly at 18:30 so everyone has the same chances.
The teams were of 4-6 people, with quite a lot of students joining, even if they were missing the AWS background. They loved to stay along the experienced participants and to learn by doing.
The event wrapped up at 20:30, with some leading teams completing all tasks within just one hour.
The winning team received VIP tickets for the AWS Community Day CEE happening in Budapest on the 16th of October 2025.
In the networking part, we stayed for pizza and beers while congratulating everyone for participating.
The teams optimized services like IAM Access Analyzer, RDS, Secrets Manager, EventBridge, Config, Lambda, EC2, AMIs. I’m not giving out any other details, as I don’t want to spoil the fun.
If you’d like more details about this event, feel free to reach out to me on LinkedIn. If youāre interested in organizing a similar event, make sure to contact your local AWS Solutions Architect or Technical Account Manager.
