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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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