Multiplayer AI: Why your team (and its agents) need a group chat

Slack launched Code Channels, a feature that brings coding agents and developers into a shared Slack channel, according to Slack general manager Rob Seaman, who discussed the product on a podcast episode. Seaman said most interactions with coding agents become siloed context, and that a group chat with devs and agents flattens writing code and code review into a single step. Seaman argued a Slack channel may be a better dev environment than a terminal.

In this episode, Ryan chats with the GM of Slack, Rob Seaman, about how their new Code Channels feature is bringing multiplayer AI to your team chats. They discuss how most interactions with coding agents become siloed context, why a party chat with devs and agents flattens writing code and code review into a single step, and why a Slack channel might be a better dev environment than a terminal. Episode notes : Check out the article Rob mentioned: Learning on the shop floor https://x.com/tobi/status/2053121182044451016 . If you want to code multiplayer, check out Code Channels http://slack.com/slack-code . Connect with Rob by email at rseaman@slack-corp.com mailto:rseaman@slack-corp.com , on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/seamanrob/ , or Twitter https://x.com/rseaman2 . Congrats to Populist badge winner petro.sidlovskyy https://stackoverflow.com/users/558711/petro-sidlovskyy for dropping a great answer on What's the best way to ensure a base class's static constructor is called? https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4652454/whats-the-best-way-to-ensure-a-base-classs-static-constructor-is-called/4652926 4652926 .