Telegram bots and Mini Apps
I build Telegram products as a senior engineer — Mini Apps, payment bots, TWA. Last shipped: a Mini App under NDA (2025–2026). The user is already in the chat. The product should not send them to a new account they will forget.
- Telegram Web Apps / Mini Apps — a real Next.js surface with Telegram auth
- Bots that do a job: book, pay, notify, answer — not a menu that loops
- Node.js webhooks, payments, and the Mini App when the chat is not enough
- Same quality bar as a public web app: typed APIs, logs, a human on the edge cases
When I would ship Telegram first
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The user already lives in Telegram. A new site login is friction you will pay for.
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One action in the chat. If it needs a calendar or a cart, we add a Mini App — not a pasted website.
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Keep a web door if you need SEO or a desk that is not inside Telegram.
A bot is the conversation. A Mini App is a web product with Telegram auth. I use a bot until the UI needs screens; then Next.js inside Telegram.
Yes — a Mini App under NDA most recently, plus Telegram bots and product UIs on React / Next.js from Upwork delivery.
Send the constraint and the first action. I reply with the smallest version I would ship — and what I would refuse.
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