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Why Is the Slack Hold Music So Haunted and So Good?

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Unveiling Slack's Enigmatic Hold Music and Sound Origins

Exploring the quirky backstory of Slack's hold music, from improvised sax fills to glitchy DNA preservation, and the creation of various Slack sounds like alerts and bleeps. Delving into how a quality engineer's survivor's guilt led to preserving the company's legacy and the transition from an old game to Slack's messaging system, highlighting the phantom context behind the sounds.

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