# Using a Slack Channel as a Living Hype Document

DevFeed: [Using a Slack Channel as a Living Hype Document](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/you-should-make-a-hype-channel-27352.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.mmckenna.me/you-should-make-a-hype-channel>)

Author: Matt McKenna

Published: 2026-03-25T13:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Matt McKenna](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/matt-mckenna.md>)

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

Tags: [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [engineering-management](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering-management.md>), [hype-doc](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hype-doc.md>), [messages](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/messages.md>), [performance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/performance.md>), [real-time](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/real-time.md>), [slack](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/slack.md>), [software-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-engineering.md>), [team-culture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/team-culture.md>)

## AI overview

The article describes using a dedicated Slack channel as a living hype document to record professional accomplishments. It explains that keeping wins in the tools where work happens can reduce friction, preserve context, support self-reflection and performance reviews, and help engineers advocate for themselves.

## Source excerpt

During my time at Square, I started using a Slack channel as a living hype doc and worked with my manager, Stephen Pickens, to refine the approach. Together we put this document together to share the