About
A few engineers, one draft spec, and a lot of arguing.
MoQ Bay Area started the way these things usually do: a hallway conversation after a conference talk, a group chat, and then someone offering a room with a projector. We are streaming engineers, transport nerds, codec people and a steady stream of curious newcomers who want to understand where live video is heading before it arrives.
The group is volunteer-run and free. Venues are donated by companies in the Bay who care about the protocol; food is whatever the host can swing. Nobody is paid, nothing is sponsored content, and the organisers rotate so it does not collapse when one person gets busy.
How a night runs
6:00
Doors, food, and the awkward name-tag portion.
6:45
One longer talk — usually 20 minutes on a specific piece of the stack.
7:20
Lightning demos. Five minutes, half-working software encouraged.
8:00
Open hacking against the shared relay until the venue closes.
House rules
Working code beats slideware
Every meetup has something running on screen, even when it fails live. Especially then.
No vendor pitches
Talk about what you built and how it broke. Product decks go somewhere else.
Beginners are the point
Half the room has never opened a QUIC trace. Explain the acronym the first time you use it.
Everything gets shared
Slides, repos and notes go out to the list after each night so people who missed it can catch up.
Want to host, speak, or just find out when the next one is? Get in touch.