Hello!

I am part of a relatively large teams group chat, that is frequently used for most general communication among developers on the project I work on. A recurring inconvenience I am attempting to find a soltion for, is coordinating the use of one of our internal systems.

It’s not really relevant what this system is/does, but only that a single user can use it at a time without overwriting the changes of others also using it. Therefore we have a pretty primitive system in place where developers ask in the chat if the system is free to use, and if so start using it. Otherwise they have to wait for whoever is using it to finish. Messages regarding whether or not this system is free often drown out in other messages in the chat, and sometimes you don’t get a fast response if whoever is using it is busy.

I am therefore wondering if anyone has any recommendations for apps (or anything else for that matter) that can be added to the chat that can provide some form of “Queue”. By that I mean:

– If the system is free, a developer can “claim” it or add themselves to the front of a queue, visible to other chat members

– Any developers wanting to use the system afterwards can see that the system is now occupied, and potentially add themselves to the que so they can gain access once it frees up.

No access control exists in the system itself, its pretty much a free-for-all, which is why I am looking around for potential solutions! 🙂 Even just the option of displaying in the chat if the system is free/not would be a great help, and a queue would be a luxury. Hopefully someone else has been in a similar-ish situation and could provide some tips/recommendations.

Thanks in advance!

​Hello! I am part of a relatively large teams group chat, that is frequently used for most general communication among developers on the project I work on. A recurring inconvenience I am attempting to find a soltion for, is coordinating the use of one of our internal systems. It’s not really relevant what this system is/does, but only that a single user can use it at a time without overwriting the changes of others also using it. Therefore we have a pretty primitive system in place where developers ask in the chat if the system is free to use, and if so start using it. Otherwise they have to wait for whoever is using it to finish. Messages regarding whether or not this system is free often drown out in other messages in the chat, and sometimes you don’t get a fast response if whoever is using it is busy. I am therefore wondering if anyone has any recommendations for apps (or anything else for that matter) that can be added to the chat that can provide some form of “Queue”. By that I mean:- If the system is free, a developer can “claim” it or add themselves to the front of a queue, visible to other chat members- Any developers wanting to use the system afterwards can see that the system is now occupied, and potentially add themselves to the que so they can gain access once it frees up. No access control exists in the system itself, its pretty much a free-for-all, which is why I am looking around for potential solutions! 🙂 Even just the option of displaying in the chat if the system is free/not would be a great help, and a queue would be a luxury. Hopefully someone else has been in a similar-ish situation and could provide some tips/recommendations. Thanks in advance!  Read More

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