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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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Telegram Mini App authentication in .NET end to end — initData validation, JWT issuing and the Nuxt frontend

Part 8 of building a Telegram task tracker solo. The full Telegram Mini App authentication flow in a real .NET and Nuxt app — validating the initData signature on the server with HMAC-SHA256, issuing and using a JWT bearer, reading the user from HttpContext, and why CORS matters.

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Deploying a Nuxt Telegram Mini App. Setting up HTTPS on nginx with Let's Encrypt. A new mini app via BotFather

Part 7 of building a Telegram task tracker solo. How to deploy a Nuxt Mini App with the nginx + HTTPS + Let's Encrypt combo, set up automatic certificate renewal with certbot, register the mini app in BotFather, and test it locally through ngrok.

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