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@kira_iovenko on Study Buddy · about 9 hours ago

I made Study Buddy, a Slack bot that helps students stay focused and makes studying easier. It’s got a timer, weather and umbrella check, cat facts, jokes, and few simple commands. The hardest part was getting everything to work together and making the weather feature give useful answers instead of just showing the weather data. I’m most proud that I turned my simple idea into something that people can actually use for studying. To test it, open the Slack channel and try commands like /study-buddy-focus 25, /study-buddy-umbrella Cincinnati, /study-buddy-catfact, or /study-buddy-help.

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@kira_iovenko on Study Buddy · 6 days ago

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I started building Study Buddy, a simple Slack bot for students. I used the guide to set up the bot and added all the commands listed in there (e.g. ping, help, catfact, and joke). I then added a focus timer that lets students choose how long they want to study. Also I added a weather feature, but I decided to make it more useful by checking whether students may need an umbrella when leaving home and school instead of showing a general forecast.