Alya Abbott
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I mean, we've had folks self-host Zulip air gaps, like on a ship.
I mean, we've had folks self-host Zulip air gaps, like on a ship.
Where they weren't going to have connectivity with the wider internet, just as there's chat within that ship community. That's cool.
Where they weren't going to have connectivity with the wider internet, just as there's chat within that ship community. That's cool.
Might not be required if you have five people on your boat.
Might not be required if you have five people on your boat.
Yeah, if you go to zilv.com slash apps, you'll see a link to it.
Yeah, if you go to zilv.com slash apps, you'll see a link to it.
Yeah, Zulp was one of the first major projects to be using MyPy static typing in Python. So our engineers were part of developing that.
Yeah, Zulp was one of the first major projects to be using MyPy static typing in Python. So our engineers were part of developing that.
I don't have a number handy for you. I mean, folks do use it. Definitely not as much as their other clients, but for sure. I guess sort of philosophically, I would say one piece of it is that we've talked about just how much time folks are spending in chat. And so having that chat experience feel pleasant and natural and sort of do what you want, I think is really, really important.
I don't have a number handy for you. I mean, folks do use it. Definitely not as much as their other clients, but for sure. I guess sort of philosophically, I would say one piece of it is that we've talked about just how much time folks are spending in chat. And so having that chat experience feel pleasant and natural and sort of do what you want, I think is really, really important.
You don't want to be annoyed and frustrated by something in an app you're using every day. And so we do believe in giving folks flexibility and options and configurations and different ways to experience Zulip that sort of matches well with their workflows.
You don't want to be annoyed and frustrated by something in an app you're using every day. And so we do believe in giving folks flexibility and options and configurations and different ways to experience Zulip that sort of matches well with their workflows.
And I would say having a terminal app as part of that, just for some folks, that is really the natural way for them to engage with a piece of software, and it feels really smooth and kind of... how they want to experience it. And so I think that's really valuable just because people are different. We can't make an app that is just one way and works perfectly for everybody.
And I would say having a terminal app as part of that, just for some folks, that is really the natural way for them to engage with a piece of software, and it feels really smooth and kind of... how they want to experience it. And so I think that's really valuable just because people are different. We can't make an app that is just one way and works perfectly for everybody.
There has to be flexibility for folks to engage with it in different ways.
There has to be flexibility for folks to engage with it in different ways.
Yeah, and we had multiple interns working on it this summer. So yeah, it's definitely interactive.
Yeah, and we had multiple interns working on it this summer. So yeah, it's definitely interactive.