You may or may not have come across Slack before, but over the past few years, Slack has emerged as the de facto communications platform of choice for contemporary software teams, especially startups. An ominous trend over the last few years has been the decline in the use of emails for teams to communicate with, and interestingly enough, this trend is also seen among the younger generation in nonworking environments, opting to leverage social media and text messages in lieu of emails and phone calls:
Released in late 2014, Slack emerged as the developer’s favorite tool for communication ahead of the likes of the more mature platforms, such as Skype and HipChat, dethroning even Google Chat/Hangouts because of its robust extensibility. That is, in addition to being an elegant and easy to use tool, segmented by public and private channels, as well as direct messaging, Slack is built with the purpose of being able to integrate...