[HN Gopher] Slack Introduces New Platform with Help from Deno
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       Slack Introduces New Platform with Help from Deno
        
       Author : 0xedb
       Score  : 47 points
       Date   : 2021-11-16 19:05 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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       | orf wrote:
       | I built a slack app today and it was a lot harder than it should
       | have been. Event payloads are really inconsistent (one even is a
       | JSON object encoded in a form data field), data about users is
       | inconveniently hidden, and building a functional home tab with
       | navigation is just annoying.
       | 
       | This looks like it might solve some of that. The deployment side
       | of things looks awesome, and the typescript types will really
       | help with the inconsistent event structures. However I'm not sure
       | if they are not cutting out a huge part of their target audience
       | with their approach to hosting. How would I connect to an
       | internal service or database with this? I can't, which makes it
       | super inconvenient for "quick company specific workflows", which
       | seems to be exactly what they are targeting.
       | 
       | That being said, I love the idea of Slack becoming a GUI for an
       | event bus connecting various things together.
       | 
       | URL should also be changed to https://api.slack.com/future
        
       | BoorishBears wrote:
       | But can we add emojis with user auth tokens?
        
       | slownews45 wrote:
       | This I think is third revision of API for slack?
       | 
       | That said - I really like the idea of a relatively
       | straightforward way to wire up actions. I'd especially love to be
       | able to get into and out of a database.
       | 
       | I starred another project - retool as well with an eye towards
       | those quick crud apps that used to be basic WinForms + database
       | server for windows users.
        
       | syspec wrote:
       | Where might I find a code sample? I clicked through several
       | pages, but could not find it.
        
       | Croftengea wrote:
       | This is probably the worst announcement from a big company I ever
       | saw. No word about use cases or advantages. It's not even clear
       | what is a platform for Slack.
        
         | e12e wrote:
         | "We work with BigCorp. Invest in our upcoming series B"?
        
       | _hao wrote:
       | I really wish I could use only e-mail instead of Slack/Teams for
       | anything related to my day-to-day job. Both can stay for calls
       | and ceremonies, but that's it. No messaging, no million other
       | sub-applications in Slack/Teams that connect and integrate to
       | everything. I find the whole thing truly tiresome to use.
        
       | dangoor wrote:
       | FWIW, Slack's page about this is a lot more interesting:
       | https://api.slack.com/future
        
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