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Side note, some of the Twilio dev team is currently running a "code jam" from the NYSE trading floor and broadcasting it via Twitch. https://www.twitch.tv/twili

Side note, some of the Twilio dev team is currently running a "code jam" from the NYSE trading floor and broadcasting it via Twitch. https://www.twitch.tv/twilio https://www.twitch.tv/twilio [Now Over]

cdnsteve 10y ago
So far I've seen Flask, Node/Express and Sinatra being used ^^ https://twitter.com/mitsuhiko/status/745985282659524608 https://twitter.com/mitsuhiko/status/745985282659524608
- the_mitsuhiko 10y ago
  Makes me unreasonably happy :)
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arsenerei 10y ago
Kenny's a coder! I think this is actually pretty incredible. They got trader who's been there for 35 years writing his first Twilio app (and first app ever) live and it works. It feels like an awesome message that we can empower people to code with the right tools and they can feel incredible doing it. Well done, Twilio! Edit: And we just finished a conference call with Kenny that he created and we all chanted his name. This is amazing.
- marcos_placona 10y ago
  The most epic thing I've seen today! Always nice to see people running their first line of code
throwaway6497 10y ago
Can some one explain the purpose of this other than marketing? I feel, we take it too far these days. This thing seems straight out of Silicon Valley HBO show. It is difficult to tell reality from fiction. Why code jam from NYC trade floor? What is the intrinsic value of this code jam to Twilio other than marketing. May be I am a bit being harsh. May be I am old school when I think we should all be rolling like Wozniak's (apple co-founder) not flashy brogrammers who would do anything for marketing.
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- whatok 10y ago
  It's not just empty fluff marketing. If I asked people on my floor if they knew what the company does, they would have no idea. Watching a demo like this enables the company to emphasize the simplicity involved in their product and enables understanding of what the company actually does vs "idk some tech company".
  - KaoruAoiShiho 10y ago
    That sounds like marketing to me. But don't know what's wrong with marketing in the first place. Having good marketing is essential.
    - ergothus 10y ago
      I think the above poster wasn't disputing the "marketing" part, he/she was saying this wasn't "empty fluff" marketing (meaning it was potentially USEFUL marketing).
- mbesto 10y ago
  This is 100% a marketing tactic. A good one at that and Twilio will probably see a decent ROI from it. > May be I am old school when I think we should all be rolling like Wozniak's (apple co-founder) not flashy brogrammers who would do anything for marketing. Woz would be a no one without marketing. And similarly Jobs would be a no one with Woz's product development. I'm not sure why you feel the need to address "has marketing gone too far" when you can simply chose to ignore it?

cdnsteve 10y ago

So far I've seen Flask, Node/Express and Sinatra being used ^^ https://twitter.com/mitsuhiko/status/745985282659524608 https://twitter.com/mitsuhiko/status/745985282659524608

the_mitsuhiko 10y ago
Makes me unreasonably happy :)
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arsenerei 10y ago

Kenny's a coder! I think this is actually pretty incredible. They got trader who's been there for 35 years writing his first Twilio app (and first app ever) live and it works. It feels like an awesome message that we can empower people to code with the right tools and they can feel incredible doing it. Well done, Twilio! Edit: And we just finished a conference call with Kenny that he created and we all chanted his name. This is amazing.

marcos_placona 10y ago
The most epic thing I've seen today! Always nice to see people running their first line of code

throwaway6497 10y ago

Can some one explain the purpose of this other than marketing? I feel, we take it too far these days. This thing seems straight out of Silicon Valley HBO show. It is difficult to tell reality from fiction. Why code jam from NYC trade floor? What is the intrinsic value of this code jam to Twilio other than marketing. May be I am a bit being harsh. May be I am old school when I think we should all be rolling like Wozniak's (apple co-founder) not flashy brogrammers who would do anything for marketing.

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whatok 10y ago
It's not just empty fluff marketing. If I asked people on my floor if they knew what the company does, they would have no idea. Watching a demo like this enables the company to emphasize the simplicity involved in their product and enables understanding of what the company actually does vs "idk some tech company".
- KaoruAoiShiho 10y ago
  That sounds like marketing to me. But don't know what's wrong with marketing in the first place. Having good marketing is essential.
  - ergothus 10y ago
    I think the above poster wasn't disputing the "marketing" part, he/she was saying this wasn't "empty fluff" marketing (meaning it was potentially USEFUL marketing).
mbesto 10y ago
This is 100% a marketing tactic. A good one at that and Twilio will probably see a decent ROI from it. > May be I am old school when I think we should all be rolling like Wozniak's (apple co-founder) not flashy brogrammers who would do anything for marketing. Woz would be a no one without marketing. And similarly Jobs would be a no one with Woz's product development. I'm not sure why you feel the need to address "has marketing gone too far" when you can simply chose to ignore it?