Alya Abbott

But in general, our approach is really businesses. It makes sense to pay that kind of level, but not for community members, even if there's a business involved.

But in general, our approach is really businesses. It makes sense to pay that kind of level, but not for community members, even if there's a business involved.

Yeah, absolutely. We definitely see folks say, oh, I used it. We ask folks who are creating new Zulip organizations how they learned about Zulip. And a lot of them say, I've used it in a Zulip organization before. And I think a lot of the time that will be an open source community somewhere.

Yeah, absolutely. We definitely see folks say, oh, I used it. We ask folks who are creating new Zulip organizations how they learned about Zulip. And a lot of them say, I've used it in a Zulip organization before. And I think a lot of the time that will be an open source community somewhere.

And also, you know, another way that folks from these communities are really contributing is that we get a ton of user feedback. So as you saw, our development community is open and it's open sign up.

And also, you know, another way that folks from these communities are really contributing is that we get a ton of user feedback. So as you saw, our development community is open and it's open sign up.

So folks will just come and come by and kind of share how they're using Zulip, what they think could work better, any kind of bugs they encounter, but also feature requests, as well as like just posting and proposing feature ideas on GitHub. And we just have these really open discussions with our users, and that's really valuable for just figuring out the ways that we can improve the product.

So folks will just come and come by and kind of share how they're using Zulip, what they think could work better, any kind of bugs they encounter, but also feature requests, as well as like just posting and proposing feature ideas on GitHub. And we just have these really open discussions with our users, and that's really valuable for just figuring out the ways that we can improve the product.

Yeah, absolutely. So Zulip, you can use it just in a browser tab. There's also a desktop app for all the major platforms. And then, yeah, Android and iOS apps. And we're actually currently in the process of rewriting our mobile apps from the ground up using a different framework. We're switching to Flutter-based apps. So our current apps are definitely functional, but not as...

Yeah, absolutely. So Zulip, you can use it just in a browser tab. There's also a desktop app for all the major platforms. And then, yeah, Android and iOS apps. And we're actually currently in the process of rewriting our mobile apps from the ground up using a different framework. We're switching to Flutter-based apps. So our current apps are definitely functional, but not as...

sort of smooth and beautiful as we would like them to be. And so that next generation app is really going to get us all the way there. So we're very excited for it. And for sort of old school folks out there, there's also Terminal Client for Zillow if anybody wants to use it that way.

sort of smooth and beautiful as we would like them to be. And so that next generation app is really going to get us all the way there. So we're very excited for it. And for sort of old school folks out there, there's also Terminal Client for Zillow if anybody wants to use it that way.

Yeah, there's an open API and actually our mobile and terminal apps use the API to communicate with the servers. So we're constantly kind of testing it ourselves and using it ourselves and relying on that documentation ourselves. So absolutely.

Yeah, there's an open API and actually our mobile and terminal apps use the API to communicate with the servers. So we're constantly kind of testing it ourselves and using it ourselves and relying on that documentation ourselves. So absolutely.

It is, yes.

It is, yes.

My understanding is that the engineering team was thinking about it and was kind of waiting for it.

My understanding is that the engineering team was thinking about it and was kind of waiting for it.

Good question, I guess. I mean, one sort of thing that is complex for us is the competitive landscape, like Slack and Microsoft Teams being the sort of big gorillas in the room, and Teams effectively gives away their chat for free, oftentimes as part of their Microsoft Suite, and it's really hard to get folks kind of... At the same time that It's free. It's not free, right?

Good question, I guess. I mean, one sort of thing that is complex for us is the competitive landscape, like Slack and Microsoft Teams being the sort of big gorillas in the room, and Teams effectively gives away their chat for free, oftentimes as part of their Microsoft Suite, and it's really hard to get folks kind of... At the same time that It's free. It's not free, right?