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Yonas Beshawred

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Recent Tech Decisions

1208 points

Following

98

80

Slack integration

56

50

Super simple to schedule tweets

49

No html open/close tags

38

Easier to write than ERB

35

Forces clean and readable code

27

23

Javascript plugins

22

Lightweight alternative to Photoshop

15

Drag and drop attachments

15

15

Not much community activity

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Great mobile app

11

Easy to understand

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10

Relatively slow product/feature release cadence

9

GitHub integration

9

Every site uses the defaults

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9

Can be distracting depending on how you use it

8

API scoping could be better

8

Made by ember.js and rails core team members

8

Mandrill integration

8

Instant notifications

7

Recognizes GitHub commit links

7

Html template editor

7

Works with sendgrid/mandrill/mailgun

7

Great analytics

7

Search commit messages

7

Simpler than Pingdom

7

7

Super expensive

6

6

6

Easy to setup and use

6

6

6

6

GitHub integration

6

See full user sessions

6

Grid system break points aren't ideal

6

High learning curve when compared to PaaS

6

You can use it for anything related to graphics

6

5

4

Shows you repeat db queries

4

Weekly analytics report email

4

Ability to create templates

4

4

4

Great documentation

4

Playback console errors as they happen

4

"Skip inactivity" during playback

4

Speed up playback

4

Organization via web ui sucks

4

Not a whole lot of flexibility

4

Starting to get pricey

4

Requires some management for large teams

4

4

Visualizations aren't very helpful

4

3

Great for production use

3

Widget stays out of your way

3

Re-buffer posts

3

Embedded signup forms

3

3

Ability to link documents

3

Embed media in-line

3

No configuration required

3

Easy A/B testing

3

3

3

3

Supports multi-state benefits

3

Syncing with other payroll services

3

Easy integration through Segment

3

Ui could use some polishing

3

Very light native integrations

3

3

Hard to understand why things in your app are breaking

3

Permissions take some time to get right

2

2

Wiki-style documents

2

Table of contents

2

2

Sync to Dropbox

2

Make sample API calls inside the docs

2

2

Filter and segment users

2

Recommendations

2

2

More reliable than the other Redis add-ons

2

Slick transitions between questions

2

2

2

Search/query with regex

2

Tolerable UI (default Bootstrap)

2

2

Annual pricing option

2

Super simple to get started

2

2

Custom branding

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Great customer support

2

Easily see per-commit coverage in GitHub

2

2

Super simple to install

2

Ability to set threshold for # of responses

2

User event stream

2

Segment users based on actions

2

Google analytics integration is not campaign-specific

2

Personal vs company account is confusing

2

2

Very hard to build out funnels

2

No concept of velocity or points

2

Feedback form on error pages

2

Can't seem to change the number of total points

2

UI is incredibly complicated

2

Good luck changing domains

2

Really high CPU utilization during video/screenshare

2

2

Super expensive

2

Extremely reliable

2

Takes time/work to organize buckets & folders properly

2

Fetching is slow sometimes

1

Full MVC profile

1

Stripe Integration

1

Great replacement for Rapportive

1

Hover over email addresses anywhere

1

1

Offered by Redis Labs

1

1

Search and filtering

1

Export data to CSV

1

1

Allows presenter to share mouse control

1

Quick setup for presenter

1

No installation for viewers

1

Easy integration with CloudFront

1

Web UI for uploading files

1

Dashboard w/live polling

1

Web editor for templates

1

1

Conversion tracking

1

Weekly email w/performance trends

1

1

1

Great UI/dashboard

1

Easy integration

1

Free company logo API

1

Prospector API is amazing

1

Beautiful documentation

1

Great changelogs and onsite notifications

1

Detailed logs for every API request made

1

1

1

Schedule tweets via API

1

1

Uses standard docs

1

GitHub integration, status inline in PRs

1

Crystal clear audio quality

1

1

Controlling presenter's screen is the default behavior

1

1

1

1

Ability to customize color theme

1

Views and conversion analytics

1

Export results to CSV

1

1

Set rules for when survey should appear on page

1

Specify which users to show surveys to

1

SendGrid integration for opens/clicks

1

See user events in one stream

1

Clearbit integration

1

1

Payroll reminder emails

1

Google Calendar integration

1

Really hard to pull analytics out via api

1

A little too flexible

1

Expensive once you hit healthy traffic

1

Complains about small stylistic decisions

1

1

Great for caching HTML

1

No coding necessary

1

Limitations with integration-specific configurations

1

Client-side events are separated from server-side

1

Not clear which events/options are integration-specific

1

UI could use some work

1

Invalidations take so long

1

Only really good for .io domains

1

Super expensive

1

Charged based on subscribers as opposed to emails sent

1

Hard to set up alerts properly

1

Conversions don't quite seem to work

1

Comparing different timeframes is difficult

1

Great for coordinating across timezones

1

1

Steep learning curve

1

1

GitHub org / team integration is a little too tight

1

1

If you're using it via Segment, it's all or nothing

1

We'll never get through all the sessions recorded

1

Doesn't integrate with our exception monitoring

1

Not always reliable

1

Birthday notifications are annoying

1

Finding/adding people isn't easy

1

Time spent on page isn't accurate out of the box

1

Re-buffering a lot of tweets is pretty painful

1

Mobile app could use some work

1

More expensive than the other options

1

Not easy to customize

1

Wish users could auth with our app instead of UserVoice

1

Hard to use custom code

1

Horrible for slide presentations

1

Google Calendar integration

1

Ability to block off times

1

Different meeting URLs

1

Behavioral cohorts

1

1

Chart edits get their own URLs

1

Engagement Matrix is super helpful

1

Event streams for individual users

1

1

Super expensive once you're past the free plan

1

Free for up to 10M user actions per month