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MrDrMcCoyyesterday at 11:16 PM1 replyview on HN

The fully remote teams that I have been a part of all started a tradition of leaving a persistent ${VIDEOCONFERENCE} running that we can just hang out in. It isn't perfect, but is enough to retain the sense of community and support from an office.

I'd love to see a dedicated tool that does "virtual office hangouts" well, where you can spin up rooms, share screens/files/text, easily drop in and out, and see where people are. There are a few out there that come close, but I haven't seen any that let you browse to see various groups/individuals to match walking the halls.


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tharkun__yesterday at 11:33 PM

Meh. YMMV as always.

We tried that on the team when Covid hit and we all went remote. Lasted like a week and we were sick of it. Never reintroduced.