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Recent Tech Decisions

1176 points

Following

97

80

Slack integration

56

49

Super simple to schedule tweets

48

No html open/close tags

38

Easier to write than ERB

34

Forces clean and readable code

27

23

Javascript plugins

22

Lightweight alternative to Photoshop

15

Drag and drop attachments

15

14

Not much community activity

12

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11

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Great mobile app

10

Easy to understand

10

9

Relatively slow product/feature release cadence

8

Mandrill integration

8

Made by ember.js and rails core team members

8

Can be distracting depending on how you use it

8

8

GitHub integration

8

Every site uses the defaults

7

Recognizes GitHub commit links

7

Html template editor

7

Works with sendgrid/mandrill/mailgun

7

Great analytics

7

Instant notifications

7

7

API scoping could be better

6

See full user sessions

6

6

6

Easy to setup and use

6

6

6

You can use it for anything related to graphics

6

Simpler than Pingdom

6

6

Search commit messages

6

Super expensive

5

5

GitHub integration

5

High learning curve when compared to PaaS

5

4

Speed up playback

4

"Skip inactivity" during playback

4

Shows you repeat db queries

4

Weekly analytics report email

4

Ability to create templates

4

Grid system break points aren't ideal

4

4

Not a whole lot of flexibility

4

4

Great documentation

4

Starting to get pricey

4

4

Requires some management for large teams

4

4

Playback console errors as they happen

3

Easy integration through Segment

3

Syncing with other payroll services

3

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

Ui could use some polishing

3

3

3

Organization via web ui sucks

3

Supports multi-state benefits

3

Visualizations aren't very helpful

3

Permissions take some time to get right

3

Hard to understand why things in your app are breaking

2

2

Super simple to install

2

Segment users based on actions

2

User event stream

2

Fetching is slow sometimes

2

2

Wiki-style documents

2

Table of contents

2

Sync to Dropbox

2

2

Ability to set threshold for # of responses

2

Make sample API calls inside the docs

2

2

Filter and segment users

2

Recommendations

2

Annual pricing option

2

Slick transitions between questions

2

More reliable than the other Redis add-ons

2

Search/query with regex

2

Tolerable UI (default Bootstrap)

2

2

2

2

2

Super simple to get started

2

2

Custom branding

2

2

2

2

Great customer support

2

Easily see per-commit coverage in GitHub

2

Google analytics integration is not campaign-specific

2

Personal vs company account is confusing

2

2

Very hard to build out funnels

2

Very light native integrations

2

Can't seem to change the number of total points

2

UI is incredibly complicated

2

Good luck changing domains

2

2

2

Super expensive

2

Extremely reliable

2

Takes time/work to organize buckets & folders properly

2

2

Really high CPU utilization during video/screenshare

1

Ability to customize color theme

1

Views and conversion analytics

1

1

Set rules for when survey should appear on page

1

Specify which users to show surveys to

1

Export results to CSV

1

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

No coding necessary

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

Chart edits get their own URLs

1

Engagement Matrix is super helpful

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

Event streams for individual users

1

Feedback form on error pages

1

Super expensive once you're past the free plan

1

Free for up to 10M user actions per month

1

Great for caching HTML

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

A little too flexible

1

No concept of velocity or points

1

Expensive once you hit healthy traffic

1

1

Complains about small stylistic decisions

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

Wish users could auth with our app instead of UserVoice

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

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

1

Behavioral cohorts

1

1

1

Really hard to pull analytics out via api