Hey, I'm
Carlos Cortez
AWS Community Hero · AI Startup Founder · Gamer Developer
CTO & Product Owner building AI products. First AWS Hero from Peru, founder of AWS UG Peru and BrickStore.AI, creator of BYaML protocol. Also: I make Minecraft mods powered by AWS.
Founder & Leader AWS UG Peru (since 2015) • Co-leader AWS UG ML LATAM
About
AWS Community Hero
First AWS Community Hero from Peru. Recognized for contributions to the Latin American cloud community since 2015.
AWS UG Peru Founder
Founded and led the AWS User Group Peru from 2015 to 2025. Building the largest cloud community in Peru.
BrickStore.AI
Co-founder. AI-powered retail analytics platform operating in Australia and Peru.
BYaML.org
Creator. Build Your Architecture Markup Language — an AI protocol for cloud infrastructure generation.
Projects
Open source, AI, and cloud infrastructure
Observability AI Agents
Strands + Phoenix + CloudWatch observability stack
Gaming
Where cloud meets pixels
I'm a gamer developer who builds Minecraft mods inspired by AWS services. Every sword is a cloud service, every ability is a real AWS feature.
Cloud Swords Mod
A Fabric 1.20.1 mod where every sword represents an AWS service. Lambda summons minions, S3 stores items, EC2 auto-scales damage. Published on Modrinth.
Alpaca Wool Upgrade
A cozy Fabric mod adding alpacas with dyeable wool and crafting upgrades to Minecraft.
Community
10 years building cloud communities in Latin America
AWS UG Peru
Founded 2015. 3000+ members. Monthly meetups, workshops, and re:Invent watch parties.
Join meetupTalks & Conferences
Speaking at AWS events, community summits, and tech conferences across Latin America
AI & Open Source
Models, tools, and extensions — all open source, Apache 2.0
Let's Connect
Whether you want to hire me, collaborate, or just chat about cloud and gaming
Hire me for cloud architecture, AI/ML consulting, or developer advocacy