// Build Log
Every week I ship. Here's the record.
March 22, 2026
TillerDad launch (bot + website + blog), glacierphonk.com Eleventy migration with GEO/SEO, GlacierPhonk Bot security hardening.
March 19, 2026
Third PR merged into grammY. Compile-time type tests for API constants — catching missing update types and chat permissions at build time, not runtime.
March 18, 2026
Two PRs merged into geo-seo-claude, a Claude Code SEO skill with 2,700+ stars. A tool we use, built by someone else — and code worth improving.
March 18, 2026
Two PRs merged into grammY — a filter bug fix and CI modernization. GlacierPhonk is now an official contributor.
March 15, 2026
WP Jobs v3 with AI classification, WordPress Pulse launch, cross-promotion network, glacierphonk.com client acquisition redesign.
March 14, 2026
What to look for when hiring a Telegram bot developer. Technical requirements, red flags, cost factors, and how to evaluate a developer's portfolio.
March 13, 2026
From a 9-month job search to a production Telegram channel with 200 subscribers. How WP Jobs was built.
March 10, 2026
Build an automated Telegram content channel with AI enrichment. RSS aggregation, Claude-powered summaries, scheduled publishing, and content deduplication.
March 8, 2026
Four products shipped in seven days. FridgeKit with receipt OCR and payments, Automation News bot, two websites.
March 4, 2026
How we built a production receipt scanning pipeline using Claude Vision and Tesseract OCR. Two-pass architecture, item extraction, and error handling patterns.
March 1, 2026
First automated content channel went live. AI-classified job listings posting to Telegram.
February 27, 2026
Telegram has a reputation problem. Here's why GlacierPhonk builds on it anyway.
February 25, 2026
Complete guide to integrating Telegram Stars payments in your bot. Invoice creation, payment handling, refunds, and production patterns with grammY.
February 22, 2026
Social previews, structured data, RSS feed, and content distribution pipeline established.
February 18, 2026
Step-by-step guide to building a production Telegram bot with grammY and TypeScript. Project setup, commands, middleware, sessions, and deployment.
February 15, 2026
Studio launched. Brand system, production website, first Telegram bot deployed, GitHub organization live.