{"id":3751,"date":"2020-12-04T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-04T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/blog\/?p=3751"},"modified":"2023-11-30T12:27:26","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T17:27:26","slug":"recording-meetups-tech-team-whats-coming-in-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/blog\/recording-meetups-tech-team-whats-coming-in-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Recording: Meetup\u2019s Tech Team, What\u2019s Coming in 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Community Update features the latest news about Meetup exclusively from the Meetup team. This month, join Meetup&#8217;s new CTO, Rajib Ahmed, and VP, Engineering, Brian Guthrie for insights on what Meetup has planned for 2021 including moving to a new platform, building teams for success, and what&#8217;s to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Meetup\u2019s Tech Team: What\u2019s Coming in 2021\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z9zVEFAlfhc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Main Takeaways:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>New platform plans for the next year:\n<ul>\n<li>Giving every old page a fresh look and feel<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Major performance improvements across every aspect of the platform<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Continuing to phase out our old notifications system and replace it with a shift to Braze<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Improvements to the app:\n<ul>\n<li>Adding additional search filters (based on feedback from users, thank you!)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Notifications, communications, and online events improvements<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We\u2019ll also be evolving our events in many ways. Here are some examples:\n<ul>\n<li>Making events more easily discoverable (You can <a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/blog\/recording-the-evolution-of-search-at-meetup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">learn more about the evolution of search at Meetup here<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Increased personalization&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Exposure of events to search engines<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Internally, we created a new engineering team structure (small \u201cpods\u201d) to increase productivity, collaboration, and communication.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Top Q&amp;A Questions:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Why did you decide on AWS vs something else?\n<ul>\n<li><em>Brian<\/em>: We made a major shift into the cloud several years ago, as part of our cost optimization strategy.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Rajib<\/em>: It&#8217;s not that we can&#8217;t go to Google or somewhere else. 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