- Jan 12, 2016 — [When Robots Die - Slack account\_inactive and Closed Connections](/2016/01/12/when-robots-die-slack-account-inactive-and-closed-connections.html)

One of the things you have to be aware when writing a bot is disabled integrations and closed connections. The first case is simple - when someone disables a bot integration, Sl...

- Jan 7, 2016 — [Slack API Explorer and ShellBot (aka Shlack)](/2016/01/07/slack-metabot-and-shellbot.html)

I made two fun bots, slack-api-explorer and slack-shellbot.

- Dec 24, 2015 — [PlayPlay.io: Ping Pong, Chess, Pool and Tic-Tac-Toe Slack Bot](/2015/12/24/playplayio-ping-pong-and-chess-slack-bot.html)

I’ve launched playplay.io, based on my open-source slack-gamebot. It can currently track your ping pong, pool, chess and tic-tac-toe games.

- Nov 28, 2015 — [Writing a Slack Bot running on Rails (with React)](/2015/11/28/writing-a-slack-bot-running-on-rails-with-react.html)

I cooked up a little demo of a Slack bot running on Rails with React, that displays messages that you send to Slack, on a web page.