Show HN: I self learned to code and built a Slack app for team feedback - Kaapi

Re:Show HN: I self learned to code and built a Slack app for... by adityarao310 on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @08:10AM (#23916097)

Creator here. I have spent a decade in startups now. Almost always, the best teams had fantastic feedback culture & systems.

So when I learned to code last year, I really wanted to build an app for this :) The Slack app checkins with your team once a week, and collects the answers for you in a simple format. You can even run daily standups! All within Slack.

Had to do some interesting hacks to make a Slack UI - it even has a bar graph using Slack formatting tips :) We have a serverless stack (AWS Lambda) and Python on backend, and Aurora database with a Psql engine for autoscaling.

I really believe that the answer to a good remote culture is surprisingly simple - listen to your people, and take action on the feedback. Trivia nights and Zoom parties come later.

[1] [Our story of bootstrapping Kaap to $1000 MRR](https://www.kaapi.team/blog/hardcore-year-learning-to-code-b...)

[2] [Why we went serverless from the beginning](https://www.kaapi.team/blog/this-is-why-we-went-server-less-...)

[3] [Goal setting in remote teams](https://www.kaapi.team/blog/a-simple-idiot-proof-guide-to-go...)

[4] Why everyone should code(https://www.kaapi.team/blog/everyone-should-learn-code)

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Re:Show HN: I self learned to code and built a Slack app for... by puranjay on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @09:34AM (#23916774)

Congrats on the launch! Curious about your coding journey. You mentioned that it took you 1.5 years of coding on weekends, but would you also share the courses/tools/communities you used?

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