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Laraue Software Blog — C# .NET Development & Open Source

Real code, real decisions, real tradeoffs. We write about what we build — .NET libraries, Telegram bots, AI integrations, and the architecture mistakes worth learning from.

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Why users kept choosing Telegram Saved Messages over our bot — and what we changed
Part 10 of building a Telegram task tracker solo. The story of a product mistake — we added epic and status selection to the bot, but real users kept using Saved Messages — and how we fixed it.
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From Telegram Saved Messages to a real task tracker — defining the user path
Part 3 of building a Telegram task tracker solo. Why Saved Messages is not convenient for managing tasks, which minimal scenario Laraue Boards started from, and why the user path is defined before development begins.
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Laraue Boards — an open source task tracker with Telegram integration and a lightweight Jira alternative
An open source task tracker that turns Telegram messages into cards on a kanban board. Send a message to the bot, get a card you can work with in the web app or the Mini App. Free, and the code is open.
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