Quincy Larson

For the past few years, @freeCodeCamp has been managing Stripe donations manually using a combination of custom code and email-based processes. We've been meaning to build out more powerful functionality around donations. Well, I just dug into Servicebot and it looks like this tool can save our nonprofit dozens - maybe hundreds - of hours of custom code and maintenance. I'm in.

The best way to get good at coding is to practice as much as possible. This gives you a framework to do this. Pros: It's a great way to get into the rhythm of coding every day and pushing forward with your goals. Cons: You're going to have to work it. This is a serious commitment.

I've been using toppub.xyz and topauthor.xyz but I will start using this instead. Pros: The UI looks clean and everything is clickable. It's a fast single-page app. Cons: none

Free Code Camp has nearly 7k people in one Slack channel. Is anyone part of a bigger Slack than this? There have been some scalability issues so far (the mobile app completely stopped working with this many people in the room). They've fixed this on their new beta iPhone app, but I do worry about whether they can handle the 100k we may hit by 2016.