We Are The Robots

Managing a coding community single-handedly can be a lot of work. That’s why I decided to build a custom-made bot to help automate some of the key processes involved – everything from assigning community roles to greeting newcomers. I’ll be explaining how I did it – and how you can too.

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1. We Are The Robots
   Honza Javorek
   

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4. Single person helping many people through
   a platform that scales.
   Sustainable social entrepreneurship to pay
   bills and live a happy family life.
   People pay a community gardener and
   curator to get quality over quantity.
   

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6. Platform that scales?
   Content scales, automation scales.
   Can I automate a community?
   

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7. Don’t automate chat.
   People join community to
   get quality chat. Leave
   chat to people.
   

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9. Automate only stuff which
   already feels robotic.
   Repeating yourself again
   and again? Publish it as
   content or automate.
   

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10. TODO: Regular reminder in the chat which
    tells people to read the handbook before
    submitting their CV
    

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11. Automate only stuff which
    you actually already do
    manually and you know
    it has value for your
    members.
    

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15. Custom automation allows
    made-to-measure solutions to use
    cases which you already have in the
    community, unlike off-the-shelf solutions
    of imaginary problems.
    

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17. Custom robot can motivate members in
    doing what you want. You cannot
    change Discord or Slack, but you can
    add UX.
    

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20. Custom robot can manage whole
    product areas, which add value to the
    community.
    

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22. Greeting new members takes a lot of
    time, but the personal touch is an
    important value.
    

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24. Thanks!
    junior.guru
    linkedin.com/in/honzajavorek
    

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