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The Meteor Podcast is designed to inform developers of all updates, news and announcements surrounding Meteor Software. Stay up to date on all things Meteor by subscribing to the Meteor Podcast!

  1. Meteor Spotlight: Avion

    04/07/2022

    Meteor Spotlight: Avion

    In the fourth episode of the Meteor Spotlight podcast, we chat with our friend James Sear, the co-founder of Avion! With a combined experience of 20+ years of building digital products, Tim Ramage and James Sear recognized the inadequacy of online tooling available in user story mapping which led them to build Avion - an intuitive and user-focused story mapping tool with real-time capabilities. Meteor gave them the ability to create a fully real-time application with absolute ease. To learn more about Avion,  what they do, and how they're scaling with Meteor, tune into this episode! We cover everything from their tech stack, new features to come, and how they're scaling with Meteor. Thanks for listening! Links: User story mapping tool Avion case study Meteor's website Meteor Cloud

    30 min
  2. Meteor Monthly Wrap-Up #9: December 2021

    12/29/2021

    Meteor Monthly Wrap-Up #9: December 2021

    In this episode, we cover everything that happened in 2021 from releases to Meteor Cloud launch, Push-to-Deploy, NPM installer, Meteor Impact, and much more. There was a lot to cover on this episode which included: * Meteor Cloud launch * Free deploy with shared MongoDB * Node.js 14 update * NPM installer * Meteor Compat Packages * Meteor Impact/Meteor Hackathon * Meteor 2.5.1 (M1 support) * Push-to-Deploy * Meteor University Thanks for listening! Important Links: Meteor Compat Packages: click here Node.js 14 update: click here Meteor 2.5.1: click here Push-to-Deploy: click here

    26 min

  3. 09/21/2021

    Meteor Monthly Wrap-Up #8: September 2021

    In this episode, we cover everything from releases to Meteor Meetups, the new 2.4 release, The Meteor Spotlight Podcast, Meteor Impact 2021.  There was a lot to cover on the open-source side, which included:  Meteor 2.4 Highlights: Newcomers: Meteor NPM installer is now available for all platforms.Performance: reify has been updated to v0.22.1 which reduces the overhead of import statements and some uses of export ... from, especially when a module is imported a large number of times or re-exports a large number of exports from other modules. PRs 1, 2reify adds no more than 1s of overhead to import { Web, Add } from '@material-ui/icons/esm/index.js' (edited) Though a slow mobile browser will have morePerformance: Support for publication strategies in livedata server #11368New feature: Email package now allows setting Email.customTransport to override sending method.Update: Apollo skeleton has been upgraded for Apollo server v3Update: Typescript updated to v4.3.5Meteor Spotlight Podcast:  In our latest episode of the Meteor Spotlight Podcast, we featured our friend Eric Omeig from Boom Learning. Eric Oemig is a former Washington State Senator and the technical co-founder of Boom Learning. His company’s flagship product, Boom Cards, is used by millions of students around the world. Boom Cards are built on Meteor and have been hosting on Galaxy since 2014. To learn more about Boom Learning and Boom Cards,  what they do, and how they're scaling with Meteor, tune in to the episode! We cover everything from their tech stack, growth during the pandemic, to their journey with Galaxy.  We also have another episode coming up in a few weeks - stay tuned for more details on that!  Meteor Impact:  Meteor Impact will be happening on October 21st and 22nd - if you're interested in being a speaker, please reach out to elysse@meteor.com for more information!  This year's conference will also include a five-day Hackathon filled with prizes and networking opportunities! The Meteor Hackathon will be held from October 15th to October 22nd (a 7-day event), focusing on building knowledge and understanding in Meteor.js, Meteor Cloud, and javascript. Click here to register for the Hackathon.  You and your team can build a product with a clear revenue stream, a non-profit, open-source, or anything in between, BUT it should be usable and deployed on Galaxy at the end. Make your teams and register today as we have limited spots - Click here to register!  Thanks for listening!  Important Links:  Boom Learning Podcast: Click here Hackathon Information: Click here  Meteor Impact Conference: Click here 2.4 Release - Blog: Click here

    16 min
  4. Meteor Monthly Spotlight: VNYL

    09/15/2021

    Meteor Monthly Spotlight: VNYL

    In the third episode of the Meteor Monthly Spotlight, we sit down with Nick Alt, the Founder and CEO of VNYL. VNYL is a platform that curates and studies your music profile to hand-pick new vinyl albums you will love & they ship right to your door. In the podcast, Nick explains how VNYL hand-curate 3 records specific to you every month and are based on your particular music tastes. The best part? All of their technology is built with the help of Meteor. To learn more about VNYL, what they do, and how they're scaling with Meteor, tune into this episode! We cover everything from their tech stack, React Native, and how they're growing with Meteor. Interested in signing up? Click here for a promo code for 50% off your first 2 months!  Thanks for listening!

    35 min
  5. Meteor Monthly Spotlight: Boom Learning

    08/18/2021

    Meteor Monthly Spotlight: Boom Learning

    In the second episode of the Meteor Monthly Spotlight, we chat with our friend Eric Omeig, the co-founder of Boom Learning.   Eric Oemig is a former Washington State Senator and the technical co-founder of Boom Learning. His company’s flagship product, Boom Cards, is used by millions of students around the world. Boom Cards are built on Meteor and have been hosting on Galaxy since 2014. To learn more about Boom Learning and Boom Cards,  what they do, and how they're scaling with Meteor, tune into this episode! We cover everything from their tech stack, growth during the pandemic, to their journey with Galaxy.  Thanks for listening!  Links: Boom Learning

    31 min

  6. 07/27/2021

    Meteor Monthly Wrap-Up #7: Summer 2021

    In this episode, we cover everything from releases to Meteor Meetups, the new 2.3, 2.3.1, 2.3.2 release, as well as Meteor Impact 2021.  There was a lot to cover on the open-source side, which included:  Meteor 2.3, 2.3.1, 2.3.2 Highlights: New env variable METEOR_TOOL_ENABLE_REIFY_RUNTIME_CACHENew flag --platforms have been added to the build commandAndroid new artifact formatFixed long-standing bug causing server restartsSkeletons dependencies updated to the latest versionTypescript update to 4.3.2Meteor Meet-ups:  The next Meteor Meet-up will be happening on July 28th and will be the German meet-up! If you're interested in joining the session, click here for more. As mentioned previously, our meet-ups are remote for the time being until we can transition back into in-person meetings. We'd also love to have more speakers for these sessions, so if you're interested, please reach out to elysse@meteor.com! We'd love to hear from you.  Meteor Impact:  Meteor Impact will be happening on October 21st and 22nd - if you're interested in being a speaker, please reach out to elysse@meteor.com for more information!  This year's conference will also include a five-day Hackathon filled with prizes and networking opportunities! The Meteor Hackathon will be held from October 15th to October 22nd (a 7-day event), focusing on building knowledge and understanding in Meteor.js, Meteor Cloud, and javascript. You and your team can build a product with a clear revenue stream, a non-profit, open-source, or anything in between, BUT it should be usable and deployed on Galaxy at the end. Make your teams and register today as we have limited spots - Click here to register!  Social Spotlight:  We're highlighting different Meteor applications on our social channels for the weekly social spotlight campaign. This would run cross-platform (all channels) and contains an overview of your company/app as well as links to any specific CTA you'd like. You can fill out this form here if you'd like to be a part of our social spotlight series!  Thanks for listening!

    14 min
  7. Meteor Monthly Spotlight: Qualia

    06/29/2021

    Meteor Monthly Spotlight: Qualia

    We're excited to introduce you to a new series - the Meteor Monthly Spotlight! We'll be featuring different companies in this new series and learning how they're building with Meteor. In this episode, we're chatting with our friends at Qualia, a digital real estate platform. Qualia has been building with Meteor for some time and raised their Series-D in December of last year. As of today, Qualia has a 500 person team and a customer base of around 1 million. Their products are used to manage a substantial percentage of US real estate transactions. If you recently bought a house (in the US), there's a good chance that the transaction went through Qualia's software. To learn more about Qualia,  what they do, and how they're scaling with Meteor, tune into this episode! We cover everything from their tech stack, how DDP benefits them, to their journey with Blaze.  Thanks for listening!  Links: Qualia Website Series-D Announcement

    28 min

  8. 05/25/2021

    Meteor Monthly Wrap-Up #6: Spring 2021

    After taking a little break, we're back full force! In this episode, we cover everything from releases to Meteor Meetups and our new podcast structure. There was a lot to cover on the open-source side, which included:  Meteor 2.2 Highlights: MongoDB 4.4.4 updatedTypescript 4.2.2 updatedCordova 10 updatedBlaze HMRNew Operator for MiniMongoDeprecation flagMeteor Meetups:  The next Meteor Meet-up will be happening May 26th and will be the German meet-up! If you're interested in joining the session, click here for more. As mentioned previously, our meet-ups are remote for the time being until we can transition back into in-person meetings. We'd also love to have more speakers for these sessions, so if you're interested, please reach out! We'd love to hear from you.  Meteor Impact:  Meteor Impact will be happening on October 21st and 22nd - if you're interested in being a speaker, please reach out to elysse@meteor.com for more information!  New Development Hire: Meteor Software is hiring! If you're a passionate Meteor developer that wants to contribute to Meteor and Meteor Cloud, we'd love to hear from you! Bonus points if you are already a Meteor contributor. See the full job description here.  We also dive into Verified Accounts on Atmosphere, Meteor Examples, the Meteor Job Board, and much more!  Thanks for listening!

    13 min
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The Meteor Podcast is designed to inform developers of all updates, news and announcements surrounding Meteor Software. Stay up to date on all things Meteor by subscribing to the Meteor Podcast!

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  • Creator
    Meteor Software
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2022
  • Episodes
    13
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    The Meteor Podcast