[Meta] A different solution for the Elixir Slack web archive

[vdsi...@gmail.com]

Hi.

This is not about Elixir per se, but rather about Elixir’s web archive of Slack channels. I’m not sure I could find where to write on this topic, so I defaulted to the mailing list.

When browsing around, I couldn’t help noticing that like some other communities using a free Slack plan, Elixir has a problem with Slack archive limits. I see these problems were solved with the custom SlackToHTML converter which produces http://slack.elixirhq.com/

Personally, I’ve recently faced the same problem of having reached the free Slack plan limits in a number of communities I’m participating in. To solve this, my friends and I have decided to implement a public service which should help other people facing the same problem.

I thought that maybe the Elixir community will be interested in using this service. Compared to SlackToHTML used currently, our service has smoother navigation and better message rendering (with support for Slack formatting, attachments and so on), in addition to other features.

Check out this site to learn a bit more: https://slarck.com

Two important things:

1. Slarck is supposed to be a paid service, but we’re going to offer it free for Elixir, recognising it an Open Source project.

2. Slarck is currently in Early Access stage, so there still could be some issues here and there.

Best regards,

Viktor Sidenko

[Steve Domin]

Hi Viktor,

I've looked at using slackarchive.io in the past, it looks like slarck would offer a relatively similar experience but I'm worried these kind of services won't be around for long, as they both have free offering for communities but I don't see any reason why companies that pay for Slack would use and pay for it.

I agree that slack_to_html isn't the optimal solution though, or at least it needs more work.

Feel free to reach out to me directly if you want to discuss it more.