alt Hacker NewsTelegram API is easier to handle as far as I know if that can somehow help (in case you want live ChatGPT or notifications for yourself in a mobile chat)
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harikb • yesterday at 6:14 PM
I will look into it. But my user base is either WhatsApp or plain SMS text messaging.
yandie • yesterday at 6:58 PM
Yeah telegram is so easy to develop with - I was blown away. I was able to spin up a bot that checks for GE appointments with minimal effort.
Telegram's bot API is a lot easier to get started with for sure. It's got some rough edges once you start trying to do anything more complex, though, and the underlying MTProto API is nothing short of bizarre.
I'd urge caution before using them as a component of your business, though. Their business strategy is pretty chaotic and has relied heavily on weird cryptocurrency-adjacent plays (e.g. TON / Fragment / gifts). They've made a couple of attempts to introduce business features, but I'm not sure they've had any substantial uptake.