// Build Log
Every week we ship. Here's the record.
March 18, 2026
Contributing to geo-seo-claude
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.
March 18, 2026
Contributing to grammY
Two pull requests merged into grammY — a filter bug fix and CI modernization. GlacierPhonk is now an official contributor to the Telegram bot framework.
March 15, 2026
Empire Expansion
WP Jobs rewritten, WordPress Pulse launched, cross-promotion network live, glacierphonk.com redesigned as freelance acquisition site. 145+ commits across 8 repos.
March 14, 2026
How to Hire a Telegram Bot Developer
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
The First 200
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 19 commits.
March 10, 2026
How to Set Up AI-Enriched Content Automation on Telegram
Build an automated Telegram content channel with AI enrichment. RSS aggregation, Claude-powered summaries, scheduled publishing, and content deduplication.
March 8, 2026
Shipping Week
Four products shipped in seven days. FridgeKit with receipt OCR and microservices, Automation News bot, fridgekit.com, paulpela.com. 107 commits across 7 repos.
March 4, 2026
Receipt OCR with Claude Vision
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 Channel Live
First automated content channel went live. AI-classified job listings posting to Telegram with branded formatting and directory distribution.
February 27, 2026
Cold Reception
Telegram has a reputation problem. Here’s why GlacierPhonk builds on it anyway — the developer platform, the moderation reality, and what we actually ship.
February 25, 2026
Telegram Stars Payment Integration Guide
Complete guide to integrating Telegram Stars payments in your bot. Invoice creation, payment handling, refunds, and production patterns with grammY.
February 22, 2026
Signal & Noise
Social previews, structured data, RSS feed, and content distribution pipeline established. The studio's public presence went professional.
February 18, 2026
How to Build a Telegram Bot with grammY and TypeScript
Step-by-step guide to building a production Telegram bot with grammY and TypeScript. Project setup, commands, middleware, sessions, and deployment.
February 15, 2026
Day Zero
Studio launched. Brand system, production website, first Telegram bot deployed, GitHub organization live.