{"id":8923,"date":"2021-12-21T04:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T09:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/blog\/?p=8923"},"modified":"2021-12-21T09:03:12","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T14:03:12","slug":"recording-meetup-engineering-whats-new-and-whats-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/blog\/recording-meetup-engineering-whats-new-and-whats-coming\/","title":{"rendered":"Recording: Meetup Engineering, What\u2019s New and What\u2019s Coming"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Meetup engineering team shares the latest news on our platform in this Meetup Live community update. Watch Meetup engineering leaders Rajib Ahmed, CTO, Annyce Davis, Senior Director of Engineering, for a discussion on what Meetup\u2019s engineers have accomplished this year and what&#8217;s in store for the future including enhancements to page loading speed, the new organizer app, and improvements to the member experience on Meetup\u2019s 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: Meetup Engineering: What\u2019s New and What\u2019s Coming\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JH2_07nAYsY?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-timestamps\">Timestamps:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>2021 Engineering Focus (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/JH2_07nAYsY?t=107\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1:47<\/a>)<\/li><li>The 3 Big S\u2019s (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/JH2_07nAYsY?t=152\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2:32<\/a>)<\/li><li>Progress with our new tech stack (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/JH2_07nAYsY?t=256\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">4:16<\/a>)<\/li><li>2022 and beyond (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/JH2_07nAYsY?t=616\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">10:16<\/a>)<\/li><li>Mobile apps (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/JH2_07nAYsY?t=839\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">13:59<\/a>)<ul><li>If you\u2019re interested in testing out the Organizer App (Beta) click <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/88VZVEwDw5QGYU9U9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Q&amp;A (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/JH2_07nAYsY?t=1236\">20:36<\/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><strong>Does the multi region scale improve speed?<\/strong><ul><li><em>Rajib<\/em>: The way we&#8217;re designing it, it will improve speed, because it will travel to closer areas to be able to retrieve the information. 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