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We've been using Hipchat for years at $work. There's very little is say is "good" about it, it was just the best option at the time as it needed to be self-host

We've been using Hipchat for years at $work. There's very little is say is "good" about it, it was just the best option at the time as it needed to be self-hosted. Mattermost is being trialled now, pasting code doesn't seem a lot better, but the overall experience is. As a place that likes Go/Docker it has potential for us.

askafriend 7y ago
The "$work" notation could be mistaken for the Slack stock ticker. The "$" is how you commonly denote stocks, and "WORK" is the ticker for Slack.
- jamie_ca 7y ago
  The $ dates back to either shell scripting or perl (and applies to PHP as well), and this is a reasonably common usage in tech/programming circles. See also $dayjob. It's unfortunate that there's a specific terminology conflict in this case.
- alias_neo 7y ago
  Apologies, I had no idea. I was simply placing a variable for "insert workplace here".
robohoe 7y ago
What issues did you have with pasting code in it? It supports Markdown so it supports whatever a typical README.md would.
- alias_neo 7y ago
  It just didn't always behave and syntax highlighting didn't work at all sometimes; but it may have been that the system as a whole was misconfigured.
  - it33 7y ago
    Mattermost CEO here, thanks for trying us out! Would love to squash the bug for you, open to filing an issue?> https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/issues/new https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/issues/new We used to send bug coins just for release candidates, but if you find a bug in production you get one too now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7D6FJsdE_aY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7D6FJsdE_aY
    - alias_neo 7y ago
      Thanks for the response, we'll be sure to post anything that looks like a bug! At this point it's likely our operations team simply hadn't configured it correctly (it is a trial and not a production deployment). Best regards to the team.

askafriend 7y ago

The "$work" notation could be mistaken for the Slack stock ticker. The "$" is how you commonly denote stocks, and "WORK" is the ticker for Slack.

jamie_ca 7y ago
The $ dates back to either shell scripting or perl (and applies to PHP as well), and this is a reasonably common usage in tech/programming circles. See also $dayjob. It's unfortunate that there's a specific terminology conflict in this case.
alias_neo 7y ago
Apologies, I had no idea. I was simply placing a variable for "insert workplace here".

robohoe 7y ago

What issues did you have with pasting code in it? It supports Markdown so it supports whatever a typical README.md would.

alias_neo 7y ago
It just didn't always behave and syntax highlighting didn't work at all sometimes; but it may have been that the system as a whole was misconfigured.
- it33 7y ago
  Mattermost CEO here, thanks for trying us out! Would love to squash the bug for you, open to filing an issue?> https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/issues/new https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/issues/new We used to send bug coins just for release candidates, but if you find a bug in production you get one too now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7D6FJsdE_aY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7D6FJsdE_aY
  - alias_neo 7y ago
    Thanks for the response, we'll be sure to post anything that looks like a bug! At this point it's likely our operations team simply hadn't configured it correctly (it is a trial and not a production deployment). Best regards to the team.