I Built an AI Assistant That Lives in My Telegram — Here's What 6 Months Taught Me

Six months ago I got tired of switching between apps to talk to AI. ChatGPT in the browser. Claude in another tab. Local models in a terminal. It was like having five friends who all live in different cities and refuse to visit each other. So I did what any developer with too many GPUs and too little patience would do: I built my own assistant and put it where I already spend my day — Telegram. It's not a chatbot for customers. It's not a business automation tool. It's just... my assistant. It...