Which I find more convenient for small pieces of code rather than making a snippet.
Yeah, the "standard" markdown syntax. Facebook Messenger also supports it. Telegram also doesn't.
Were finishing a HipChat migration to Slack in January. HipChat doesn’t even have inline code or any syntax highlighting so I’ll be very glad to make the transition.
HipChat is terrible. The only thing it has going for it is that it allows on-prem, where most alternatives do not.
It's shutting down so it doesn't have anything going for it.