Hacker News with Generative AI: Slack

Automated accessibility testing at Slack (slack.engineering)
At Slack, customer love is our first priority and accessibility is a core tenet of customer trust. We have our own Slack Accessibility Standards that product teams follow to guarantee their features are compliant with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). Our dedicated accessibility team supports developers in following these guidelines throughout the development process. We also frequently collaborate with external manual testers that specialize in accessibility.

Accessibility, Software Development, Slack, Web Development

131 points by teivah 10 days ago | 57 comments

Ad Spam in Slack (lingon.land)
When I recently logged out from my Slack account due to issues I've had with getting notifications for some instant messages people were sending me I was just flabbergasted to see that Slack nowadays is completely full of ads and other spammy messages.

Slack, Advertising, Spam

17 points by lingonland 16 days ago | 6 comments

Warm Handoffs (luckymike.dev)
Warm Handoffs are a procedure I’ve implemented with several teams and organizations to improve communication and collaboration in Slack. As organizations grow and ownership shifts and splits as teams are formed and re-formed, Slack channels proliferate, and it gets harder for folks across an org to know the right channel to get help for a particular problem.

Communication, Collaboration, Slack, Team Management, Organization

197 points by mooreds 103 days ago | 51 comments

Notify a Slack room when Sonos music is playing too loud (github.com/SageBrushes)
This Python script monitors Sonos speakers on your network, adjusts their volume if it exceeds a specified maximum, and sends notifications to a Slack channel when the volume is adjusted.

Home Automation, Python, Slack, Sonos

36 points by donnik 116 days ago | 56 comments

Disney ditching Slack after massive July data breach (bleepingcomputer.com)

Data Security, Cybersecurity, Disney, Slack, Business

11 points by el_duderino 120 days ago | 3 comments

Show HN: An Open Source Slack Employee Recognition Bot (github.com/iamvaar-dev)
RecognitionBot is a Slack recognition tool built on top of Next.js for simplicity, providing an easy way to acknowledge team achievements directly within Slack.

Open Source, Slack, Tools, Recognition

11 points by venkibvb5192 121 days ago | 0 comments

Unified Grid: How we re-architected Slack for our largest customers (slack.engineering)

Software Engineering, Slack, Scalability, Architecture

34 points by GavCo 145 days ago | 21 comments

Data Exfiltration from Slack AI via indirect prompt injection (promptarmor.substack.com)

Data Security, AI, Slack, Prompt Injection

604 points by tprow50 151 days ago | 174 comments

Show HN: HowsThisGoing – an AI based standup bot for Slack (howsthisgoing.com)

Artificial Intelligence, Slack, Standup, Humor, Tools

9 points by kanishkdan98 188 days ago | 0 comments

Slack AI (slack.com)