Meteor Monthly Newsletter 📰

This month’s important Meteor news and updates! Meteor Monthly Newsletter In this month’s newsletter, we’ll be covering some exciting updates that came with our Meteor 2.4 release! We also have a new episode of the Meteor Monthly Spotlight podcast, and ALLOHOUSTON’s success story. We’ll also be diving into some important information regarding the upcoming annual Meteor Impact conference, and the upcoming Meteor Hackathon. Let’s take a look at recent updates, and some important info you should keep an eye on. Meteor 2.4 Update Our most recent 2.4 release comes with a few highlights, all of which have been updated in our [changelogs]( for you to review. We’ve highlighted some of the major ones below. Highlights: - Unified Meteor NPM installer - Windows improvements - DDP Publication strategies - Runtime performance improvements - Typescript update to 4.3.5 Meteor 2.4 is available for [install]( or update as the recommended version of Meteor. For full details on the release, click on the link below to access our Meteor changelog. [VIEW CHANGELOG]( Meteor Monthly Spotlight: VNYL In the third episode of Meteor Monthly Spotlight, Filipe and Elysse chatted with Nick Alt, the founder and CEO of [VNYL](. VNYL is a platform that curates and studies your music profile in order to hand-pick new vinyl albums you will love & they ship right to your door. The best part? All of their technology is built with the help of Meteor. If you want to learn more about VNYL, what they do, and how they're scaling with Meteor, tune into this episode by clicking the link below! [LISTEN NOW]( ALLOHOUSTON’s Meteor Success Story We’re thrilled to bring you another Meteor success story and this time it’s from our friends at [ALLOHOUSTON]( The article showcases their origin story and unique capabilities, how they’ve built with Meteor, and how much their team has grown in the last year. ALLOHOUSTON is a lean software startup based in France that helps organizations create and transform their processes with customized digital solutions. They started with and continue to use Blaze because “it’s so easy and fast.” They also enjoy not wasting time taking care of user and password management or handling user sessions when building their apps — Meteor covers these bases for them. To learn more about how ALLOHOUSTON has built with Meteor, click the link below to read their complete case study. [READ CASE STUDY]( Meteor Impact Conference: Speakers Needed We're currently looking for additional speakers for this year's conference, so please reach out to [elysse@meteor.com](mailto:elysse@meteor.com?subject=Meteor%20Impact) for more information if you're interested in participating. Last year's Impact conference was a big hit, with over 452 attendees and 35 talks. The conference was spread over two days, with community members joining from all over the world. This year's virtual conference will be happening on October 21st & 22nd of 2021 and is a Meteor event you don't want to miss. For any other updates and the latest news regarding the conference, click the link below. We look forward to seeing you at Meteor Impact 2021! [BECOME A SPEAKER]( Meteor Hackathon is Just Around The Corner This is a friendly reminder that [Hackathon registrations]( will close on October 1st at 11 PM PST. Your registration will be confirmed by email after review. If you are still looking for teammates, please follow the steps below: - Step 1) Join our community Slack [here]( - Step 2) Search for hackathon2021-team-discussion and join that channel - Step 3) Start or join a conversation Do you have questions about the Hackathon or want to become a sponsor? Please reach out to [support@meteor.com](mailto:support@meteor.com?subject=Meteor%20Hackathon%202021). [SIGN UP]( Have questions? Reach out to our support directly at support@meteor.com, or visit the Meteor forum to chat with Meteor experts & like-minded developers. [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [LinkedIn]( [Instagram]( [YouTube]( [Website]( Copyright © 2021 Meteor Software, All rights reserved. Because you have an account at Meteor Software Our mailing address is: Meteor Software 101-524 Yates StVictoria, BC V8W 1K8 Canada [Add us to your address book]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](.