Hacking Culture with Javascript - CascadiaFest 2015

Robots are for automation, and what you choose to automate has a feedback effect on the people who use it.

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1. HACKING CULTURE WITH JAVASCRIPT
2. BEN STRAUB BEN BENSTRAUB
6. ROBOTS
15. SOFTWARE IS AWFUL
16. SOFTWARE IS AWFUL AT MAKING DECISIONS
17. YOU'RE A TERRIBLE ROBOT
18. CULTURE
19. GET YOUR TEAM TO USE A ROBOT
20. 1. GET A CHAT ROOM
22. EASIER AND BETTER
24. 2. GET A ROBOT
26. https://github.com/slackhq/hubot-slack https://myteam.slack.com/services/new/hubot
27. > hubot ping hubot: PONG
28. 3. TURN ON GIF1 SEARCH 1 It's JIF, I don't care what you think
29. > hubot animate me applause
30. > hubot animate me I got this
31. 4. AUTOMATE
35. > hubot address me > hubot phone me
36. module.exports = (robot) -> robot.respond /address\s*(me)?$/i, (msg) -> msg.send ":office: 9565 Semiahmoo Parkway, Blaine, WA, 98230, US" robot.respond /(tele)?phone\s*(me)?$/i, (msg) -> msg.send ":phone: tel:360-318-2000"
37. hubot: Card "User story #17" added to "backlog"
38. module.exports = (robot) -> unless trelloKey and trelloToken console.log "Provide HUBOT_TRELLO_KEY and HUBOT_TRELLO_TOKEN to enable Trello subscriptions" return robot.brain.data.trelloSubscriptions ?= {} robot.brain.data.trelloState ?= {} # UTILITIES sendToRooms = (listid, message) -> # Figure out which rooms get this message for roomid of robot.brain.data.trelloSubscriptions if listid in robot.brain.data.trelloSubscriptions[roomid] robot.messageRoom roomid, message isReportable = (listid, action) -> switch action.type when 'updateCard' then action.data.listAfter.id == listid else true listName = (action) -> if action.data.list? action.data.list.name else action.data.listAfter.name updateStateForList = (listid) -> new TrelloApp(robot).fetchAddActionsForList listid, (actions) -> for a in actions when isReportable(listid, a) unless robot.brain.data.trelloState[a.id]? sendToRooms listid, "Trello card '#{a.data.card.name}' added to '#{listName a}'\n" + ":point_right: https://trello.com/c/#{a.data.card.shortLink}" robot.brain.data.trelloState[a.id] = true updateState = -> # Get a set of lists to query listids = {} for roomid of robot.brain.data.trelloSubscriptions for listid in robot.brain.data.trelloSubscriptions[roomid] listids[listid] = true for listid of listids updateStateForList listid # Check status every 30 seconds setInterval updateState, 30*1000 updateState()
39. > hubot where is @elizabeth
40. > hubot package 1Zfjkld9032
41. > hubot rf run integration
42. > hubot provision 1 front-end
43. > hubot tweets burger near Blaine
44. hubot: @channel response time is 24367ms !
45. > hubot htop fe-6
46. > hubot graph -2d @app.version
47. > hubot tweet We just shipped something great!
48. BUT WHAT ABOUT...?
49. ▸ Address and phone number ▸ Trello notifications ▸ Foursquare location ▸ Package tracking ▸ Rainforest test runs ▸ AWS EC2 instance management ▸ Twitter search ▸ …
50. WE ALWAYS WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THIS THING
51. THIS THING SHOULD BE EASY AND CORRECT
52. THIS THING SHOULD BE HIGHLY VISIBLE
54. THIS IS CHAT OPS
55. NERDS ONLY?
56. COMPANIES ARE ALL DIFFERENT
57. COMPANIES ARE ALL THE SAME
59. AUTOMATING AN ACTION SAYS ▸ We want this thing to be easy ▸ We want this thing to be correct
60. AUTOMATING AN ACTION SAYS ▸ We want this thing to be easy ▸ We want this thing to be correct ▸ We don't care how personal it is
69. DON'T WORRY
70. GAMBLING
71. HOW IT WORKS
73. BENEFITS
74. !!!
75. ▸ 150 gifts in first six months ▸ Average givings: $24/gift ▸ Average receivings: $25/mo
77. !highfive @nick $4.23 for finding something on Amazon for exactly $4.23
78. RECOGNITION
79. INCENTIVES
80. IMAGINIFICENCE(?)
81. EVERYONE'S JOB
82. GO DO THIS RIGHT NOW GET A CHAT GET A ROBOT AUTOMATE ALL THE THINGS
83. CHAT ROBOTS BEN STRAUB @BENSTRAUB