FIRSTCodes: New Slack chatroom for FRC software developers!

[Cel Skeggs]

Originally Posted by Carl C

Why not use IRC? Easy to use, no invites needed, withstood the test of time for over twenty-five years.

I haven't recently tried IRC, but the consensus I've heard is that it requires users to download extra software (a barrier to entry), doesn't support cohesive communities across channels, feels twenty-five years outdated in terms of everything, and isn't necessarily easy to use for people new to it. I'm sure that IRC is the correct tool for many cases, but it doesn't sound to me like this is one of those cases. If you really like IRC, you can even use Slack's IRC gateway to connect to Slack.

I've resolved the invite problem: this link allows you to ask for an invite and automatically receive it.