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72points

41comments

#424of 2,272 in 2014

Top 19%of 2014 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

2 positive, 7 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 7 critical, out of 17 comments about the project. Thread score -0.15.

Idea: 0 for, 5 againstDesign: 1 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 against

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Slick design
From 1 comment
- This seems really slick! Nice work!
  nchudleigh on HN

Relies on Slack API terms; risk of integration being shut off
From 3 comments
- How about integrating with a protocol instead of adding value to someone else's product? Have we not learned our lessons from how Twitter treated developers? Enjoy getting shut…
  jalada on HN
- Your company may not be directly dependent on Slack, but if I pay you to use your bot with my Slack system and then Slack pulls the plug, I'm dependent on Slack and your bot…
  akerl_ on HN
- I'm being facetious, but Twitter clients were a win-win for Twitter too, until they decided they weren't.
  jalada on HN
Giving API keys to a third party is risky
From 1 comment
- Adding API keys to a config hardly requires a dev. And giving my API keys to you is much more dangerous.
  akerl_ on HN
Mainly aimed at developers, odd for a Hubot-like tool
From 2 comments
- Hubot as a service, but its pointed towards developers? Seems a bit odd. You should try to target services that aren’t mainly for developers instead. (ie Salesforce, Zendesk, etc)
  thekylemontag on HN
- Keep in mind that the people who have need of this kind of thing are typically dev , ops, or both. To neither group is updating a configuration file a major consideration. It…
  GrinningFool on HN
Only suited to one-line commands
From 1 comment
- I don't really see the appeal of this because it looks like it's only good for one-liners. I'd rather have a complete interface that allows me to write a huge description,…
  Khao on HN

Will it be open source or paid?
From 1 comment
- Looks nice, though it's unclear what the intentions are. Is this to become open source? Or are you going to start charging for it? Also, any chance of adding support for the…
  JangoSteve on HN
What does it offer beyond other bots like Hubot?
From 1 comment
- Would be nice if the page showed me what this gives me that any of the 1000 other bots don't give me (like Hubot). Would be also amazing if it had source or some way for users to…
  akerl_ on HN

Hubot
From 2 comments
- I love this kind of service, but extensibility is probably the most important feature and unless I'm wrong, your platform is not open (yet). We developers all use different…
  ar7hur on HN
- Would be nice if the page showed me what this gives me that any of the 1000 other bots don't give me (like Hubot). Would be also amazing if it had source or some way for users to…
  akerl_ on HN
Lita
From 1 comment
- For anyone looking at Hubot who'd prefer to write modules in Ruby instead of Coffeescript, there's Lita. https://www.lita.io
  sciurus on HN
Instabot
From 1 comment
- I made the exact same thing: http://www.getinstabot.com I couldn't get anyone to use it, so I think you're fighting an uphill battle. Good luck, though,
  StavrosK on HN