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Hi Syed Fazle Rahman, well, for me it actually gave me time for a break and be with the family, which I didn't spend much time with due to my busy travel schedule. All the meetups now, of course, are online and I'm still not used to that fact. The nice thing is now I can actually participate in remote meetup which I was not able to. However, I do expect to see the in-person meetups and conferences come back in the future, in combined mode (in person and live-stream). I miss the networking and the interaction between the audience, which is the most valuable takeaway from meetup.

Lots of things have moved online 😅

Pros: It's been way easier on the mind and work (don't have to take days off from work + travel + stay in a different city). A lot more accessible, more + diverse set of people now have access to meetups and conferences.

Cons: I don't get to to hang out with my friends from other places that I love bumping into or make new ones!

With respect to the future, I'm guessing online events will still have their place but we'll start appreciating in-person meetups a lot more 😅

I miss meeting folks irl :( it's certainly made it an odd time in history!

I mostly get mad about how online conferences are great in theory, but rarely account for folks with unstable internet or limitations to access.

The good parts are that conferences are embracing pre-recording talks which means that lots of people can present ideas and talks. So there is a lot of content out there now!

I do miss the human connection of in-person events and I hope that we're all safe to attend soon but I see the biggest change is that conferences in-person will likely have better facilities for people who can't travel or would risk their health to travel. So more meet-ups and conferences that are 50% in person 50% livestreamed/pre-recorded.

At the start of the pandemic, not having to attend or participate in in-person meetups posed surreally, but being up till now shows I (we) sure found a way to navigate that phase.

Not getting to experience that physical/human interaction, hugs, smiles, and teeming joy when we walked into a room for a physical meetup, with a lot of devs enthusiastic about creating cool stuff? I have missed all of that.

Nonetheless, I'm certain that we'd be returning to that experience, or at least something close to it soon, and yes, online meetups have come to stay; as an alternative to the physical. Livestream, pre-recorded sessions & AMAs like this have helped keep the conversation going.