ATL Tech Meetup
Case Study·Community·Atlanta Tech Meetup

The vibe isthe product.So we hand-built it.

100% hand-coded. 0% generated. it says so in the footer.

A free monthly gathering for engineers, founders, and builders in Atlanta, every first Tuesday. Every event platform wanted to flatten it into a template. We built the community a home that feels like the room.

Visit www.atltechmeetup.com
Real lifeAlready true every first Tuesday

The community already had

  • 500+ builders
  • 50+ events
  • Two founders with a mic
  • A yellow couch
The defaultWhat an event platform shows

A form with a date on it.

Eventbrite, Meetup.com: logistics, not character
01The calls

Four calls, up front

Does it feel like a human made it?

the one question every screen had to pass

Founder voices first

Andrew and A.D. open the page

Real photos, never stock

the room is the brand

The next event is always the hero

first tuesday, baked into the nav
02The room

We shot the meetup first

you can't template this. we tried to describe it and gave up. so: photos.

The site had to communicate what the meetup actually feels like. So before designing anything, we showed up on a Tuesday with a camera and let the room write the brief.

01

The bar

The bar6:30pm
the marble bar and the yellow couch. this is the homepage, basically
nobody is looking at a screen. that's the point
02

The talk

The talk7:15pm
arms wide. this is what founder voice looks like
whiteboard, laptops, a paper cup. zero stock photos needed
03

The sign-in

The sign-inthe door
a paper sheet and name tags. the RSVP flow had to feel this simple
the site's job: make the next sheet longer
03What we built

Then we built it by hand

no templates, no generated layouts, no stock. on purpose, and out loud.

Every section was designed and coded from scratch, and the site wears that on its sleeve. Founders open the page, the community's photos carry it, and the next event is always the biggest thing on screen.

0%
Generatedand it says so in the footer
01The stamp

100% hand-built. 0% generated.

No templates, no AI-generated layouts, no stock imagery. A 'Hand-built' stamp sits in the footer because the community cares how things are made, and so do we.

2
Founders, one micthe voice carries the page
02The founders

Andrew and A.D., front and center

Founder profiles for Andrew Schillinger and A.D. Slaton, a rotating gallery from past meetups, and a partner section that anchors the community's relationships. ROV is on that wall too.

1st Tue
Meetup.com under the hoodrsvp goes through. the brand stays home.
03The RSVP

First Tuesday, every month

Meetup.com handles the RSVP pipeline under the hood while the brand experience stays on the custom site. The next event is always the hero, and the cadence is baked into the navigation.

04The receipt

What shipped

ATL Tech Meetup
Range of View
Job: community platform
atltechmeetup.com
  • Hand-coded site, no template✓
  • Founder profiles, Andrew + A.D.✓
  • Rotating photo gallery from past meetups✓
  • Next-event hero, first Tuesday cadence✓
  • Meetup.com RSVP integration✓
  • Partner section (ROV included)✓
  • 'Hand-built' footer stamp✓
  • Type: Norwige / Inter / mono details✓
Items: 8shipped

Eight things shipped.
Zero generated.

we're a partner on the live site now. reciprocal.
500+members across 50+ events
every first tuesday, the hero changes

The site now serves a 500+ member community across 50+ events and counting, with every first Tuesday anchored by the next gathering. Range of View Studios is featured as a partner on the live site, a reciprocal mark of the work we shipped together.

In their words

Off-the-shelf tools flattened our community into a template. ROV hand-built a platform with our voice baked in, and it's carried us past 500 members and 50 events without ever feeling generic.

Andrew Schillinger & A.D. SlatonCo-Founders, Atlanta Tech Meetup

Frequently asked

A 100% hand-coded community platform with founder voices, community photography, and an integrated RSVP flow, with no off-the-shelf event template.

More than 500 members across 50-plus events, and growing.

Generic event tools flatten every community into the same template. A hand-built platform preserves the meetup's distinct voice and brand.

Meetup.com handles the RSVP pipeline under the hood, so the brand experience stays on atltechmeetup.com and the next event is always the hero.

Project led by Ayush Basu, Founder & Creative Director at Range of View Studios.

ATL Tech Meetup

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