{"id":7356,"date":"2021-08-30T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-30T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/blog\/?p=7356"},"modified":"2021-08-30T21:59:04","modified_gmt":"2021-08-31T01:59:04","slug":"recording-the-latest-news-from-meetup-engineering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/blog\/recording-the-latest-news-from-meetup-engineering\/","title":{"rendered":"Recording: The Latest News from Meetup Engineering"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Meetup engineering team shares the latest news on our platform in this Meetup Live community update. Watch Rajib Ahmed, CTO, Annyce Davis, Senior Director of Engineering, and Jameson Edwards, Senior Engineering Manager for an update of our platform, a discussion on how we are scaling at Meetup, and a look at what\u2019s to come for the mobile apps!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Recording: The Latest News from Meetup Engineering\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/prhw9lkkrLA?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\" id=\"h-main-takeaways\">Main Takeaways:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Earlier this year, we started this journey with our new web platform, what we call Build Meetup Web. Currently, we\u2019re working on our APIs and business logic. Later this year and into 2022, we plan to tackle our data layer and further down the road, we plan to expand into additional regions as we grow overseas.&nbsp;<\/li><li>What\u2019s new in the apps:<ul><li>Massive re-platform of event home on iOS and Android<\/li><li>Improved group search&nbsp;<\/li><li>New category filter on event search&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Join the Meetup family &#8211; Check out our open roles on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/careers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">careers page here<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-top-q-a-questions\">Top Q&amp;A Questions:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>How is accessibility worked into your plans?<ul><li><em>Rajib<\/em>: It\u2019s always part of our plans.<br>From the moment our design team is creating new designs or creating new product we know that accessibility is super important. We have special tools we use and worked with some partners to evaluate how we can improve things and get it to a point where we know we\u2019re checking all the boxes for accessibility. We look at at everything we build in our newer platforms to meet our requirements, but tougher on the older things.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Can you share any new features or tools coming for organizers?<ul><li><em>Annyce<\/em>: Organizer app is under development. 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