# Switching to Slack

DevFeed: [Switching to Slack](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/switching-to-slack-27410.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<http://engineering.khanacademy.org/posts/switching-to-slack.htm>)

Author: Khan Academy

Published: 2015-11-09T23:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Khan Academy](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/khan-academy.md>)

Topics: [Slack](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/slack.md>), [migration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/migration.md>), [notifications](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/notifications.md>), [systems](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/systems.md>), [Documentation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/documentation.md>)

Tags: [administration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/administration.md>), [chat](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chat.md>), [connectivity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/connectivity.md>), [delivery](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/delivery.md>), [documentation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/documentation.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/infrastructure.md>), [integration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/integration.md>), [migrate](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/migrate.md>), [news](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/news.md>), [notifications](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/notifications.md>), [organization](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/organization.md>), [remote](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/remote.md>), [slack](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/slack.md>), [switching](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/switching.md>), [team](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/team.md>)

## AI overview

Khan Academy describes its decision to migrate team chat from HipChat to Slack after connectivity, message delivery, and notification problems affected reliability, especially for remote workers. The article outlines cultural, administrative, organizational, and integration-related costs that make chat-platform migration difficult.

## Source excerpt

By Benjamin Pollack Khan Academy recently made the decision to migrate our team chat from HipChat to Slack. ... Read more