Reece Donovan

Friendly robot assistant for Gieman office life!

I created a Slack integration/app powered by AWS to assist with some elements of office life (and to inject a bit of fun into the office!). From Slack staff could control the office jukebox, help curate a company playlist and easily set up dedicated group calls for Skype. There was also a virtual "suggestion box" which queued all submissions and send a weekly summary to the boss.

I enjoyed working with Node.js for the first time, using it as the implementation language for the AWS Lambdas. It was also a great opportunity to get to know the AWS ecosystem.

The jukebox controls became redundant when we moved offices, going from an open-plan office to a closed-plan one. The collaborative nature of the office mainly died with the office move too, making most other functionality also redundant. Giemanbot (later called Sammy) was retired in 2023.