---
title: "The First Firebase Drink Up!"
description: "The First Firebase Drink Up!"
published: "2012-09-26"
last_updated: "2012-09-26"
authors:
  - "James Tamplin (Co-Founder)"
categories:
  - "Community"
canonical_url: "https://firebase.blog/posts/2012/09/the-first-firebase-drink-up"
---

# The First Firebase Drink Up!

*Published September 26, 2012 by James Tamplin (Co-Founder)*

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On Monday we had our first Firebase Drink Up. We've been knee-deep in code since our beta launch in April and we hadn't seen many of our users in-person for a long time.

We decided to fix that.

[WeWork](http://weworklabs.com/) labs kindly let us use their space on 2nd Street in SOMA, just a few blocks from our office. It's a gorgeous venue with hardwood floors, pool, foosball and a great vibe. Around 200 Firebase users, friends and startup folks came.

It was also a great chance to meet [Rob](http://twitter.com/robdimarco) and [Greg](http://twitter.com/gsoltis), the newest additions to the team!

[Vikrum](http://twitter.com/vikrum5000), in-between serving drinks and (new!) Firebase t-shirts, took some great pictures:

![tumblr_mb0ssyoajf1qb9kvw](https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/first-class-blog.appspot.com/o/blog-assets%2F2012%2F09%2Fthe-first-firebase-drink-up%2Foptimized%2Ftumblr_mb0ssyoajf1qb9kvw.jpg?alt=media)

[Ankur](https://twitter.com/ankuroberoi/), [Janine](https://twitter.com/janineyoong), and [Song](https://twitter.com/songzme) from TokBox getting their name-tag on.

![tumblr_mb0t2r3yyr1qb9kvw](https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/first-class-blog.appspot.com/o/blog-assets%2F2012%2F09%2Fthe-first-firebase-drink-up%2Foptimized%2Ftumblr_mb0t2r3yyr1qb9kvw.jpg?alt=media)

[Anmol](http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=17037622) and [Jeff](https://twitter.com/jeffj) chat as people start to trickle in.

![tumblr_mb0titjcix1qb9kvw](https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/first-class-blog.appspot.com/o/blog-assets%2F2012%2F09%2Fthe-first-firebase-drink-up%2Foptimized%2Ftumblr_mb0titjcix1qb9kvw.jpg?alt=media)

Things started to get going; [Ivan](https://twitter.com/ivantse) was having a blast!

![tumblr_mb0tstjrur1qb9kvw](https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/first-class-blog.appspot.com/o/blog-assets%2F2012%2F09%2Fthe-first-firebase-drink-up%2Foptimized%2Ftumblr_mb0tstjrur1qb9kvw.jpg?alt=media)

We projected a Firebase-powered game of Tetris on the wall, along with the Graphical Debugger so you could see the data changing in real-time.

![tumblr_mb0u48ief91qb9kvw](https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/first-class-blog.appspot.com/o/blog-assets%2F2012%2F09%2Fthe-first-firebase-drink-up%2Foptimized%2Ftumblr_mb0u48ief91qb9kvw.jpg?alt=media)

Everyone had a great time and we wouldn't be where we are without the support of our users, friends, and the startup community in SF. A special thanks to Kaitlin, Seth and Dave at [WeWork Labs](http://weworklabs.com).

Stay tuned for next time!