[wasyl]

> Why don't you grow your own food? Why don't you just write your own payment processor?

I find that usually if someone says "why don't X _just_ do Y", they haven't really considered what it takes to _just do Y_. Similarly,

> I know the UI/UX isn't the best, but that could probably be fixed pretty easily

could be expanded into 50 points of why exactly it wouldn't be _pretty easy_ to to "fix IRC UI/UX".

Honestly I don't know what answer OP expected here. If it's easy to set up/maintain Slack alternative based on IRC, with fixed UI/UX and appropriate for _most companies_, they should simply start a Slack competition for half the price and rake the profits, I guess