What we’re about
Welcome to Bengaluru’s What the Fork Group on Meetup.com!
This isn’t your usual tech meetup - this is where engineers, architects, product folks, and curious builders gather to ask the real question: “What the fork happens when things scale?”
If you love dissecting how large systems behave under pressure, why companies fall apart at 10x traffic, how teams debug chaos at 2 AM, or why one tiny config change can bring an entire stack to its knees… you’re in the right place.
We dive into:
Real-world engineering war stories
Architecture breakdowns from startups → unicorns
Scaling challenges people never talk about
Debugging mindset, trade-offs, and design decisions
Tools, frameworks, and patterns that actually work at scale
Whether you're a backend wizard, frontend nerd, DevOps monk, product builder, or just someone who enjoys hearing engineers roast their own systems - you belong here.
Join us for deep dives, lightning talks, roundtable discussions, demos, and raw conversations straight from the trenches.
Let’s fork around with big problems, smart people, and scalable ideas.
Upcoming events
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What the Fork: Engineering at Scale by Marmeto
Marmeto, 3rd Floor, Rt square, 579/B, Service Rd, Santhosapuram, 6th Sector, HSR Layout,, Bengaluru, INWhat the Fork: Engineering at Scale 🍴
Join us at Marmeto's office in HSR Layout for the latest edition of "What the Fork" – our no-BS discussion series where we actually talk about the messy reality of scaling systems. This month, we're diving deep into what happens when your architecture needs to handle 10x, 100x, or "oh god why" levels of traffic.
Hosted by Marmeto, this session is all about the war stories and hard-earned wisdom from engineers who've been in the trenches. We're talking real failures that taught us something, the trade-offs nobody warns you about, and those 3 AM debugging sessions that somehow led to breakthrough moments. Whether you're wrestling with infrastructure decisions, trying to scale your team alongside your codebase, or just curious about how things break (and get fixed) at massive scale, this is your chance to hear it straight from people who've lived through it. Bring your questions, your own horror stories, and an appetite for honest technical conversation.
This event require confirmation to attend.
Agenda
11:30 AM – 12:00 PM: Check-in, welcome, and pre-event conversations
Ease in, grab a drink, pick a seat, and mentally prepare for some battle-tested engineering truths.
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12:00 PM – 12:30 PM: Session 1
Engineering for scale
By Lakshit Pant
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12:40 PM – 1:00 PM: Fun Activity – Interactive Break
A short, energizing activity designed to get everyone involved, lighten the mood, and reset the room before diving into the next session.
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1:00 PM – 1:30 PM: Session 2
Prioritization while scaling
By Manjunath Janardhan
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1:40 PM – 2:00 PM: Fun Activity – Audience Q&A
A short, energizing activity designed to get everyone involved, lighten the mood, and reset the room before diving into the next session.
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2:00 PM – 2:30 PM: Networking + 🍕 + 🍹
Meet fellow builders, exchange scaling horror stories, and make connections that might just save you from your next production fire.25 attendees
