Packer Reviews

Slack Reviews

1. MeganMills

   6 months ago
   A good chat messenger for teams

   i use it at my job it has really helped me keep myself updated with team news and updates. i would prefer it over teams and discord

   🏁 Competitors: Microsoft Teams, Discord

   👍 Pros:    Super simple

   👎 Cons:    Channel swithcing
2. San93

   · Director at Polar credit · over 1 year ago
   Essential for Team Collaboration but Needs Better Notification Management

   Slack has transformed how we communicate at Polar Credit, making collaboration faster and more organized. The channel-based messaging, direct integrations with essential tools, and real-time notifications keep our teams connected, reducing reliance on long email threads. The search function is a major plus, helping retrieve past conversations and shared files effortlessly.

   🏁 Competitors: Discord

   👍 Pros:    Organized team communication through channels and threads|Seamless integrations with apps like google drive, trello, and zoom

   👎 Cons:    Initial setup and implementation take time|Limited message history on the free plan
3. EllaSvensson

   · Marketing Manager at Freelancer · over 1 year ago
   A Must-Have for Teamwork

   Slack has completely transformed how our team works together. The channels keep conversations organized, and we never lose track of important discussions.

   It integrates with tools like Google Drive and Zoom, making collaboration effortless. Sharing files is easy, and the search feature saves so much time when finding old messages.

   Slack is simple, customizable, and keeps everyone connected—whether we’re in the office or remote. It’s the perfect tool for teamwork!

   🏁 Competitors: Discord, Microsoft Teams

Packer mentions (9)

• Failed to connect to the host via SSH on Ubuntu 22.04

  If you have just upgraded to Ubuntu 22.04, and you suddenly experience either errors when trying to ssh into hosts, or when running ansible or again when running the ansible provisioner building a packer image, this is probably going to be useful for you. - Source: dev.to / almost 4 years ago

• Create a minimalist OS using Docker Containers and Hashicorp Packer

  I am already using Hashicorp Packer at work and for personal projects and I wanted to test This idea out by wrapping it a single Packer Template file. This reduces the level of maintaining a lot of small scripts, Dockerfiles and configurations and the user can simply trigger a couple of Commands to get a minimalist OS at the end of the process. - Source: dev.to / almost 4 years ago

• After self-hosting my email for twenty-three years I have thrown in the towel. The oligopoly has won.

  And while it is a slight increase in complexity, it can be an overall net gain in functionality, configurability and reliability. Much like Packer is far more reliable and practical than manually making VM images sitting in front of a terminal, even though making the initial configuration takes some time. Source: almost 4 years ago

• Customized Ubuntu Images using Packer + QEMU + Cloud-Init & UEFI bootloading

  Hashicorp Packer provides a nice wrapper / abstraction over the QEMU in order to boot the image and use it to set it up on first-boot. Instead of writing really long commands in order to boot up the image using QEMU, Packer provided a nice Configuration Template in a more Readable fashion. - Source: dev.to / almost 4 years ago

• The journey of sharing a wired USB printer over the network

  Packer seemed like the perfect tool for the job. I have never used it before and wanted to get familiar with the tool. It doesn't come with ARM support out of the box, but there are two community projects to fill that niche. - Source: dev.to / over 4 years ago

Slack mentions (237)

• Building an autonomous Slack agent with OpenCode

  Slack is where most work starts and answers land. It gives Pipa the message, requester, workspace, thread, and delivery target. - Source: dev.to / 22 days ago

• How to Integrate Hermes AI with Slack: A Step-by-Step Guide

  Go to the Slack API Apps Dashboard and click Create New App. - Source: dev.to / about 1 month ago

• Freshworks Just Shipped an MCP Gateway Inside Its ITSM Platform. Here's What That Actually Changes.

  On top of that, the studio ships with pre-built domain-specific agents for IT, HR, finance, and facilities, plus a library of agentic workflow templates. Agents meet employees where they already are — Microsoft Teams and Slack — rather than requiring portal logins. - Source: dev.to / about 2 months ago

• 13 Non-Obvious Ways to Come Up With Product and Feature Ideas

  When educational game startup Glitch failed, the team looked for a pivot. They chose an unlikely candidate - an internal messaging app that was earning rave reviews among the staff. This would go on to become Slack. - Source: dev.to / 3 months ago

• Product-Led Growth: Definition, Strategy, and Metrics

  Slack: A collaboration hub that provides team messaging and productivity tools with an easy-to-use interface and seamless integrations. Slack had an estimated 42 million active users in 2024. - Source: dev.to / 4 months ago