I built a Slack bot to answer the question who owns what
Hi, I built a slack bot called "whoowns". It helps remote distributed teams by answering the question who owns what straight where collaboration happens; in slack. I've worked in a remote distributed team for 3 years and grew frustrated after so many re-orgs, people moving between teams, team name changes.. you name it! it gets confusing knowing who owns what -- which for one makes for a less ideal oncall and often evolves into a ping pong of slack messages. So! its free and asks for the most minimal data access that I could get down to: some questions it can answer all in 1 place - Who's…
I built a Slack bot to answer the question who owns what launched on December 23, 2023 with 10 votes, #1,052 of 3,780 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.
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whoowns" is a Slack bot that helps distributed teams quickly answer questions about ownership and responsibility without leaving the chat platform. It answers queries like who is on-call for a service, which team owns a particular system, and where to find related documentation or channels. The bot requests minimal data access and is free to use, addressing the common confusion that arises from reorganizations and team changes in remote environments.
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Hi, I built a slack bot called "whoowns". It helps remote distributed teams by answering the question who owns what straight where collaboration happens; in slack. I've worked in a remote distributed team for 3 years and grew frustrated after so many re-orgs, people moving between teams, team name changes.. you name…
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