{"id":11529,"date":"2022-07-05T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-05T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/blog\/?p=11529"},"modified":"2022-07-01T14:16:12","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T18:16:12","slug":"recording-the-very-latest-from-meetup-engineering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/blog\/recording-the-very-latest-from-meetup-engineering\/","title":{"rendered":"Recording: The Very Latest from Meetup Engineering"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Meetup engineering team will share the latest news on our platform in this Meetup Live community update. Watch Rajib Ahmed, Meetup\u2019s Chief Technology Officer &amp; Chief Product Officer; Justin Lucente, Director of Engineering; and Alex Garrison, Engineering Manager; for a discussion on upcoming projects for Meetup\u2019s engineering team. 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