https://glacierphonk.com/log/ Weekly shipping record from GlacierPhonk™. What we built, how we built it, and what shipped to production. en Sun, 22 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://glacierphonk.com/log/2026-03-22-second-front/ https://glacierphonk.com/log/2026-03-22-second-front/ Sun, 22 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT TillerDad launched as a second brand — bot, website, and content pipeline. glacierphonk.com migrated to Eleventy 3 with full GEO/SEO. GlacierPhonk Bot hardened against abuse. https://glacierphonk.com/log/2026-03-19-grammy-type-safety-tests/ https://glacierphonk.com/log/2026-03-19-grammy-type-safety-tests/ Thu, 19 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Third PR merged into grammY. Compile-time type tests that catch missing update types and chat permissions without runtime overhead. https://glacierphonk.com/log/2026-03-18-contributing-to-geo-seo-claude/ https://glacierphonk.com/log/2026-03-18-contributing-to-geo-seo-claude/ Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT 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. Performance fix and DX cleanup. https://glacierphonk.com/log/2026-03-18-contributing-to-grammy/ https://glacierphonk.com/log/2026-03-18-contributing-to-grammy/ Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Two pull requests merged into grammY, the Telegram bot framework. A typo fix that broke filter validation and a CI modernization. GlacierPhonk is now an official contributor. https://glacierphonk.com/log/2026-03-15-empire-expansion/ https://glacierphonk.com/log/2026-03-15-empire-expansion/ Sun, 15 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT WP Jobs rewritten from scratch with AI classification. WordPress Pulse launched. Cross-promotion network connecting all channels. glacierphonk.com redesigned for client acquisition. https://glacierphonk.com/log/2026-03-14-hire-telegram-bot-developer/ https://glacierphonk.com/log/2026-03-14-hire-telegram-bot-developer/ Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT What to look for when hiring a Telegram bot developer. Technical requirements, red flags, cost factors, and how to evaluate a developer's portfolio. https://glacierphonk.com/log/2026-03-13-200-subscribers/ https://glacierphonk.com/log/2026-03-13-200-subscribers/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT From a 9-month job search to a production Telegram channel with 200 subscribers. The full story of how WP Jobs was built — and rewritten from scratch in a single day. https://glacierphonk.com/log/2026-03-10-ai-content-automation-telegram/ https://glacierphonk.com/log/2026-03-10-ai-content-automation-telegram/ Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Build an automated Telegram content channel with AI enrichment. RSS aggregation, Claude-powered summaries, scheduled publishing, and content deduplication. https://glacierphonk.com/log/2026-03-08-shipping-week/ https://glacierphonk.com/log/2026-03-08-shipping-week/ Sun, 08 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Four products shipped in seven days. FridgeKit with receipt OCR and Telegram Stars payments, Automation News bot, fridgekit.com, paulpela.com. https://glacierphonk.com/log/2026-03-04-receipt-ocr-claude-vision/ https://glacierphonk.com/log/2026-03-04-receipt-ocr-claude-vision/ Wed, 04 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT How we built a production receipt scanning pipeline using Claude Vision and Tesseract OCR. Two-pass architecture, item extraction, and error handling patterns. https://glacierphonk.com/log/2026-03-01-first-channel-live/ https://glacierphonk.com/log/2026-03-01-first-channel-live/ Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT First automated content channel went live. AI-classified job listings posting to Telegram with branded formatting and directory distribution. https://glacierphonk.com/log/2026-02-27-why-telegram/ https://glacierphonk.com/log/2026-02-27-why-telegram/ Fri, 27 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Telegram has a reputation problem. Here's why GlacierPhonk builds on it anyway — the developer platform, the moderation reality, and what we actually ship. https://glacierphonk.com/log/2026-02-25-telegram-stars-payment-integration/ https://glacierphonk.com/log/2026-02-25-telegram-stars-payment-integration/ Wed, 25 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Complete guide to integrating Telegram Stars payments in your bot. Invoice creation, payment handling, refunds, and production patterns with grammY. https://glacierphonk.com/log/2026-02-22-signal-and-noise/ https://glacierphonk.com/log/2026-02-22-signal-and-noise/ Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Social previews, structured data, RSS feed, and content distribution pipeline established. The studio's public presence went professional. https://glacierphonk.com/log/2026-02-18-telegram-bot-grammy-typescript/ https://glacierphonk.com/log/2026-02-18-telegram-bot-grammy-typescript/ Wed, 18 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Step-by-step guide to building a production Telegram bot with grammY and TypeScript. Project setup, commands, middleware, sessions, and deployment. https://glacierphonk.com/log/2026-02-15-day-zero/ https://glacierphonk.com/log/2026-02-15-day-zero/ Sun, 15 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Studio launched. Brand system, production website, first Telegram bot deployed, GitHub organization live. 17 commits across 4 repos.