San Francisco proposal would ban government facial recognition use in the city
155 by aaronbrethorst | 46 comments on Hacker News.
Wednesday, January 30, 2019
New Show Hacker News story: Launch HN: Scribe 2.0 (YC W17) – Configurable, Actionable Alerts on Slack
Launch HN: Scribe 2.0 (YC W17) – Configurable, Actionable Alerts on Slack
54 by sachin18590 | 14 comments on Hacker News.
Hey HN, We’re Sachin and Rutika, founders of Scribe ( http://bit.ly/2nksANY ). Scribe 1.0 provided sales call scheduling service managing client’s sales inboxes, scheduling sales calls and updating their CRM based on email and calendar events. We did this through a human in the loop (software+service) approach. In the process of managing external conversations we built an internal SAAS product which helped us stay on top of all the email and CRM updates. We are opening it up today for others to use as a standalone product calling it Scribe 2.0 It’s an extensively customizable workflow builder which allows you to receive events from your email, calendar, salesforce and Stripe accounts either as Slack DMs or notifications in slack channels of your choice. You can configure any number of API actions on top of these events and based on the event contents decide what actions to take with couple of clicks right from slack. We also have a HTTP/webhook option to support custom events or events from other integrations as we explore expanding the workflow builder for more usecases. Some of the sample usecases we have been used for include - Share selective emails in slack and based on the email information, you can reply, send a calendar invite and update CRM with single click buttons without opening any other website. - You can setup custom reply templates for different email categories, and have them personalized based on the incoming email information - Create support tickets, add assignees and deadlines, from email in slack - Trigger ML jobs with updated parameters based on previous job’s success/failure and performance accuracy. - Trigger code deployments and task pipelines from Slack In effect, users can configure workflows to send data from any of their SAAS apps to Slack, update it in real time, and send it back to anywhere else. And all this can be done collaboratively allowing for broad visibility and accountability across teams. We also have a cool gif feature that allows one to attach changing gifs based on incoming event data allowing for some nice surprises Some of the interesting feedback we have received from our customers are - They go without logging into gmail and salesforce for days - We are like a mother who nudges them to do the right thing at the right time Technically, we have built a unified layer for authentication, resource and crud schema inference. We can therefore integrate with any software that is openApi compliant in a matter of few days. Pubsub management however has been quite nasty given the scale, lack of api standardization and the asynchronous nature of the platform. We also have selectively exposed our email AI from the original Scribe 1.0 product, that categorizes sales email into more than 22 different categories allowing users to setup personalized templates and actions based on the intent of the email. We are looking to HN to get feedback on the product as well as explore new usecases on how we can extend the service to cover more integrations and usecases. Given our history, we have mostly built with sales usecase in mind, but we do believe that now, this can be extended perhaps more effectively to other markets and would love to get HN’s thoughts. Apart from more integrations, we can also provide option to schedule time based notifications as well as ability to define slack commands to pull data/trigger workflows if there is a usecase/market need.
54 by sachin18590 | 14 comments on Hacker News.
Hey HN, We’re Sachin and Rutika, founders of Scribe ( http://bit.ly/2nksANY ). Scribe 1.0 provided sales call scheduling service managing client’s sales inboxes, scheduling sales calls and updating their CRM based on email and calendar events. We did this through a human in the loop (software+service) approach. In the process of managing external conversations we built an internal SAAS product which helped us stay on top of all the email and CRM updates. We are opening it up today for others to use as a standalone product calling it Scribe 2.0 It’s an extensively customizable workflow builder which allows you to receive events from your email, calendar, salesforce and Stripe accounts either as Slack DMs or notifications in slack channels of your choice. You can configure any number of API actions on top of these events and based on the event contents decide what actions to take with couple of clicks right from slack. We also have a HTTP/webhook option to support custom events or events from other integrations as we explore expanding the workflow builder for more usecases. Some of the sample usecases we have been used for include - Share selective emails in slack and based on the email information, you can reply, send a calendar invite and update CRM with single click buttons without opening any other website. - You can setup custom reply templates for different email categories, and have them personalized based on the incoming email information - Create support tickets, add assignees and deadlines, from email in slack - Trigger ML jobs with updated parameters based on previous job’s success/failure and performance accuracy. - Trigger code deployments and task pipelines from Slack In effect, users can configure workflows to send data from any of their SAAS apps to Slack, update it in real time, and send it back to anywhere else. And all this can be done collaboratively allowing for broad visibility and accountability across teams. We also have a cool gif feature that allows one to attach changing gifs based on incoming event data allowing for some nice surprises Some of the interesting feedback we have received from our customers are - They go without logging into gmail and salesforce for days - We are like a mother who nudges them to do the right thing at the right time Technically, we have built a unified layer for authentication, resource and crud schema inference. We can therefore integrate with any software that is openApi compliant in a matter of few days. Pubsub management however has been quite nasty given the scale, lack of api standardization and the asynchronous nature of the platform. We also have selectively exposed our email AI from the original Scribe 1.0 product, that categorizes sales email into more than 22 different categories allowing users to setup personalized templates and actions based on the intent of the email. We are looking to HN to get feedback on the product as well as explore new usecases on how we can extend the service to cover more integrations and usecases. Given our history, we have mostly built with sales usecase in mind, but we do believe that now, this can be extended perhaps more effectively to other markets and would love to get HN’s thoughts. Apart from more integrations, we can also provide option to schedule time based notifications as well as ability to define slack commands to pull data/trigger workflows if there is a usecase/market need.
New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Is there any social network you trust?
Ask HN: Is there any social network you trust?
10 by burlesona | 4 comments on Hacker News.
I've been thinking about deleting Facebook for a long time, and tonight I finally did it. It's been a lot easier to tell everyone they should push that button than it was to actually press it. I admit I feel anxious thinking about people from a dozen years ago trying to reach out and being unable to find me. Though I suppose if someone really needs to reach me they'll be able to find a way. So now I'm wondering, what, if any, alternative social network or connective infrastructure is out there? If I just wanted a private social graph with my friends on it, so that it's easier for us to keep in touch over time... where should I go? Is there any social network that you trust?
10 by burlesona | 4 comments on Hacker News.
I've been thinking about deleting Facebook for a long time, and tonight I finally did it. It's been a lot easier to tell everyone they should push that button than it was to actually press it. I admit I feel anxious thinking about people from a dozen years ago trying to reach out and being unable to find me. Though I suppose if someone really needs to reach me they'll be able to find a way. So now I'm wondering, what, if any, alternative social network or connective infrastructure is out there? If I just wanted a private social graph with my friends on it, so that it's easier for us to keep in touch over time... where should I go? Is there any social network that you trust?
New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: What are your go-to checklists?
Ask HN: What are your go-to checklists?
3 by KennyFromIT | 5 comments on Hacker News.
People use checklists all the time. What are some examples of checklists that you find extremely helpful/useful?
3 by KennyFromIT | 5 comments on Hacker News.
People use checklists all the time. What are some examples of checklists that you find extremely helpful/useful?
New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Why can’t I block all incoming calls that aren’t in my contact list?
Ask HN: Why can’t I block all incoming calls that aren’t in my contact list?
146 by tones411 | 141 comments on Hacker News.
It’s pointless to block every single spam number that can call in. If we can’t end spam calls, why don’t phones let you at least block all except numbers in your contact list?
146 by tones411 | 141 comments on Hacker News.
It’s pointless to block every single spam number that can call in. If we can’t end spam calls, why don’t phones let you at least block all except numbers in your contact list?
New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: If my company bills me out at $165/hr what should my salary be?
Ask HN: If my company bills me out at $165/hr what should my salary be?
91 by isthispermanent | 94 comments on Hacker News.
I work as a client-facing software consultant for a medium-sized firm. They bill me out at $165/hr. What would a fair salary given that number be or how should I think about my salary relative to that number? SKILLSET UPDATE: - I work across both mobile and front-end projects writing major features on multi-month projects in iOS/Java/Typescript/React/Angular. - I am the only mobile person in the entire company and am one of two that has a Mac (the only real way to dev iOS). - I've also contributed to mid-tier areas in C#. - I've always delivered.
91 by isthispermanent | 94 comments on Hacker News.
I work as a client-facing software consultant for a medium-sized firm. They bill me out at $165/hr. What would a fair salary given that number be or how should I think about my salary relative to that number? SKILLSET UPDATE: - I work across both mobile and front-end projects writing major features on multi-month projects in iOS/Java/Typescript/React/Angular. - I am the only mobile person in the entire company and am one of two that has a Mac (the only real way to dev iOS). - I've also contributed to mid-tier areas in C#. - I've always delivered.
New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: How much time to devote to learning algorithms vs. creating software?
Ask HN: How much time to devote to learning algorithms vs. creating software?
37 by sidcool | 24 comments on Hacker News.
I was flummoxed with this question when I started re-learning about Algorithms & DS (after years of regular backend software development) along with Competitive programming. The fact that I suck at it hit me like a brick. I took way way longer than necessary to solve even basic algorithm problems. Now at work, I am pretty good at creating reliable software (mostly in Java, Scala and Python), but I won't probably pass the first tech round at companies like Google or Amazon. And this is hurting my ego bad. After so many years developing software, I am bad at the fundamentals. Is this something that worries you? How much percent time do you spend on strengthening CS basics? Do the best tech companies only judge based on Algo/DS knowledge?
37 by sidcool | 24 comments on Hacker News.
I was flummoxed with this question when I started re-learning about Algorithms & DS (after years of regular backend software development) along with Competitive programming. The fact that I suck at it hit me like a brick. I took way way longer than necessary to solve even basic algorithm problems. Now at work, I am pretty good at creating reliable software (mostly in Java, Scala and Python), but I won't probably pass the first tech round at companies like Google or Amazon. And this is hurting my ego bad. After so many years developing software, I am bad at the fundamentals. Is this something that worries you? How much percent time do you spend on strengthening CS basics? Do the best tech companies only judge based on Algo/DS knowledge?
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