While preparing for my 2nd trip to Budapest - which would actually not be just a trip but rather a relocation effort - I was looking for usergroups etc related to technology that are meeting in Budapest. One that I found was the Budapest New Technology Meetup Group. Even better their May Meetup was just around the corner so I decided to go there. I was aware the most if not all presentations would be in Hungarian as I got in contact with one of the presenters before but I thought I could still meet some interesting people there.

On my way to Dürer kert the sign on the left was at least a little bit helpful in finding the place :) Dürer kert was an excellent location by the way, very spacious, good sound and presentation screen. I was expecting a way smaller crowd but eventually the place filled up and the MeetUp websites indicates that about 200 people where there which is impressive for a tech meeting in my mind.

The presentations where quite diverse in terms of topics, two of them that were of particular interest to me:
Trencséni Márton : Keyspace : Keyspace is a consistently replicated, fault-tolerant key-value store. The website also contains a draft of a whitepaper about this topic that is worthwhile reading.
Szalai Ferenc : Genie Platform

Tip of the hat for the organizers of this event because preparation, execution and media coverage were really well done. For example you can find videos of all presentations on the Budapest New Technology Meetup Blog. I will come again for sure!

Link List
Budapest New Technology Meetup Group
May Meetup
Dürer kert
Keyspace
Budapest New Technology Meetup Blog