I also use the Slack email app/integration to give each user in my org an address, and then pipe GitHub notifications to their own `#gh-username` channel. This brings GitHub comments out of email, with minimal disruption.
I'm hoping ZenHub adds a tasks feature that would let us assign/receive/track issue-based tasks. That's an important workflow tool we're currently lacking, but we're reluctant to add another tool to our chain.
> Except for the case of storing a lot of binary files, when Subversion repositories could be significantly smaller than Git ones (because Subversion’s xdelta delta compression algorithm works both for binary and text files).
pinboard.in hands down. I've tried so many different services but Pinboard is the best mix of minimalism and features. (Design isn't great but you can find style overrides on userstyles.org for Stylish)
My biggest problem with coding interviews is not the actual communication tool (Skype/etc) but rather that the developer is pulled completely out of their environment. Take away my vim/snippets/custom key bindings/ide plugins/etc and then ask me to code? Feels like you're cutting off one of my arms right before you measure my performance.
If you are asked a question that you think you can't reasonably answer without your environment, then either you are too dependent on it or the question was unreasonable. In both scenarios just tell the interviewer that and I am sure there will be other ways.
It's more an issue of comfort through familiarity for me, and I'd imagine, for most programmers in general.
Sit me down in front of Visual Studio and I can write code just fine. It's just I do so while consciously thinking about the editor and how I'm using it more than I would in my preferred vim environment, where things are largely subconscious through familiarity.
I am a developer myself. I agree that most of the interviews are biased (forcing us to use whiteboard, paper).
We had a little feature idea to include a screensharing mechanism so developers can use their ide. But sadly, only chrome supports that feature as of yet. We would probably add it later.
Firefox developer here: if you need a feature, feel free to get in touch.
I assume that you mean WebRTC, and we have had it for a long time. Some bits are deactivated by default, but you can activate it with preferences if you need. I assume that any interviewee can be expected to reach into their prefs.
I agree that the candidate should be able to go to prefs and enable features. But I guess that is not an ideal solution. We can temporarily opt for this option though.
