Slack is a pretty good app that creates more problems than it solves (and others of its ilk). Almost no one needs synchronous comms in general. Getting work do

Slack is a pretty good app that creates more problems than it solves (and others of its ilk). Almost no one needs synchronous comms in general. Getting work done inevitably requires you to disable notifications or quit the app. My current theory of synchronous comms is your company should work like a pod of whales, and surface for air together, sync as necessary, then return to the depths for deep work.