The O'Reilly Velocity Conference happens in NYC on Oct 2-4, 2017, and is one of the premier systems engineering events in our region. 

GDG NYC is excited to be hosting a feature talk from the founders of @thePracticalDev during a special meetup happening Monday night at the VelocityConf venue.

You do not need to be registered for VelocityConf in order to attend this talk. Our event is free to all GDG NYC members.

If you wish to attend VelocityConf, it's not too late to register! Use promo UGNYGDG for 20% off all tickets and passes.

VENUE:

We are in the Nassau Suite at the New York Hilton Midtown. Learn more about the venue here. We ask that you honor the code of conduct stated there.

AGENDA

6:30pm Doors Open 

Networking & Drinks Reception sponsored by Fast.ly. We will have beer, wine and non-alcoholic beverages. Come, hang out and chat with the speakers and other members of the community.

7:00pm FEATURE TALK: 

"The Building of dev.to, from network performance to community and everything in between" (Speaker: Ben Halpern, Creator @ThePracticalDev, Co-Founder dev.to)

dev.to is a platform and a community where programmers share ideas and help each other grow. Founded in 2016 in NYC, it has since become a popular medium for sharing content, having debates and discussions, and meeting others in the developer community for collaborative learning.

In this talk, we get a rare opportunity to look under the hood of the dev.to platform and understand what it takes to build and scale a community-focused content-sharing solution. Our featured speaker is Ben Halpern, creator of @ThePracticalDev and maintainer of the dev.to platform codebase. 

Ben and Jess (co-founder, dev.to) will both be around after this talk for an impromptu Q&A session at the end of the talk.

8:30pm Doors Close