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ll · 3446 days ago · link · · parent · post: Free Code Camp's Learn to Code Blog: So Yeah We Tried Slack... and We Deeply Regretted It
Seems like they misunderstood Slack itself. Sure it's expensive, but it comes with all of the integrations and capabilities that gitchat doesn't have. I use slack at work and we have about 9 people on it, it's great for that, and it's not as expensive.
I use the free tier for a private group between me and my wife, and it works great then too. And since it's so easy to work with, I have a hubot that the wife and I use to plan things out, set reminders, talk during the day, and to share funny pictures. Why won't they just use a self-hosted IRC server if they are concerned about cost? A $50/mo VPS with some configuration would handle a lot of students pretty easily.