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Telegram: I found my way of making it useful to my needs

I'm sure you guys already did this long time ago, feels good to catch-up.

After loosing money on telegram to sharp boys in 2021,I stopped using telegram.

However, since last week, I've been building a simple yet very useful team of Telegram bots that work together to keep me in check on almost every task.

I'm sure people have been using it for a very long time but, I made something that I find very easy for me, simple running like 8 bots at the same time each with a different soul and different role, and one both that directs all other bots. You can have full conversation with them and all that.

It's a full team, among the 8 one checks on the code running in the background, another will handle updates, other handle the product when it gets to production, another handle user issues, another marketing etc.

so,now I can control,make changes updates from Telegram and I will have everything done.

Still I feel it's too early to say,'I don't have to carry my laptop now' but I don't know what you guys think or what processes you have already automated. Would like to know.

u/DebougerSam — 1 day ago
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Paystack vs Flutterwave vs IntaSend for digital products does anyone have real experience?

Building a system to sell digital automation tools and hitting a wall trying to choose a payment gateway.

My customers are spread across Africa and Europe; ticket sizes are roughly $50–$200, and I need something that handles both card payments and M-Pesa without too much friction.

I've narrowed it down to Paystack, Flutterwave, and IntaSend but would love to hear from people who've actually used them, especially for digital downloads where chargebacks can be a headache.

Things I'm trying to figure out:

  • - Which handles international transactions most smoothly?
  • - How do they deal with disputes/chargebacks on digital goods?
  • - Any compliance or KYC nightmares?
  • - Hidden fees I should know about?

If you're selling digital products and have a gateway you swear by (or one you regret using), drop it below. Open to options beyond the three I mentioned.

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u/DebougerSam — 3 days ago
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Someone hands you $1K to build a productivity app from scratch: what feature do you prioritize, and what popular one do you throw in the bin?

Productivity apps used to help us do more. Now they're doing more to us AI features nobody asked for, paywalled basics, and ClickUp dashboards that need their own onboarding.

The average company now runs 275 SaaS tools and flushes ~$18M/year on unused licenses.

So let's cut through the noise: $1,000, one productivity app what's the first feature you ADD and the first one you KILL?

Drop your build below.

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u/DebougerSam — 9 days ago
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AI coders are carrying half-open laptops through airports, offices, coffee houses just to keep their coding agents running

u/DebougerSam — 9 days ago
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Got access to an Emergent account with unlimited tokens this month (by "unlimited," I mean 20 times more than even the 200-dollar pro plan), and I'm not letting it go to waste.

Emergent is an AI platform that builds full-stack web and mobile apps through conversation. Think fully deployed, production-ready applications, not just prototypes. The Pro plan includes an ultra-thinking mode, custom AI agents, and high-performance computing, and I have it unlocked for the next 30 days.

If you've been sitting on an app idea but don't have the technical firepower to build it, this is your window. I'll help you scope it, build it, and ship it. You bring the idea, I bring the execution.

What I can help with:

  • AI-powered web apps & tools
  • Automations & workflow systems
  • Dashboards, bots, APIs, whatever you're cooking

Here's the offer:

I'll use my Pro account to build your app idea, web app, mobile app, custom AI agent, automation tool, or whatever you're sitting on. You get a real deployed product. You pay for my time scoping, guiding, and refining the build, not for the platform.

What I can ship for you:

  • Full-stack web or mobile apps
  • Custom AI agents and workflow automations
  • Tools with integrations and live databases
  • MVPs you can actually show investors or customers

How it works: Fill out a short Google form and tell me what you're building, what problem it solves, and how far along you are. I'll review every submission and reach out to the ones I can deliver real value to.

I'm taking a limited number of projects. Once my month runs out, this offer is gone.

u/DebougerSam — 21 days ago
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Whether you are a beginner looking for your first open-source PR or a senior dev looking for a meaningful civic-tech project, we’d love your help!

A month ago, I had shared civiclens - a civic media platform designed to empower Kenyan citizens to document, verify, and hold leaders accountable for the state of public infrastructure and services across all 47 counties. Several people suggested we make it open-source and that's what I have just done

The Problem: Too often, public infrastructure (roads, water, schools, healthcare) falls into disrepair, and it's hard to keep track of exactly where the issues are and who is responsible for fixing them.

The Solution: civiclens a website that acts as a national ledger. Citizens can capture photo or video evidence of issues, geotagged to their exact ward, constituency, and county. The platform then automatically links the report to the responsible elected officials (MCA, MP, Governor, Senator).

We also implemented a weighted trust-scoring system where the community can verify or dispute reports, ensuring the platform remains a credible, self-governing ledger that journalists, NGOs, and policymakers can rely on.

The Tech Stack: We just open-sourced the entire codebase! It’s built with a modern stack:

  • Frontend: React 19, TypeScript, Vite 6, Tailwind CSS v4, Framer Motion
  • Mapping: React Leaflet
  • Backend/DB: Supabase (PostgreSQL + PostGIS for spatial queries + Auth + RLS)
  • Media: Cloudinary

Links:

Would love to hear your thoughts, feedback, or answer any questions you have about the architecture!

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u/DebougerSam — 23 days ago
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Who sets these soo low salaries? Tushike nani tutandike? Do these guys even have any humanity left at all?

I made a post yesterday about receiving a 35k job offer for an Onsite full-time senior role, and comments blew with people sharing similar experiences, others even offered as low as 15k.

Desperate moments call for desperate measures and some people share they ended up accepting some of these weird offers. But is that just surely?

You are in tech and supposed to earn handsomely but mtu wa kuuza Bhajia na smokie earns more than you(not to compare but aaaah).

You are in tech everyone expects you to be A sharp boy or a sharp girl driving GLE but huna hata fare ya Kwenda Meetups😂, your laptop is making the noise of a posho mill and you still carry the dream 'nikipata pesa mzuri nachange hii machine..'

Wachana hata na kua sharp, I expect if you get a job in tech you should be paid decently.

Am asking again, tushike nani tutandike? Who do we hold liable for these low payments?

u/DebougerSam — 24 days ago
▲ 155 r/JobsKenyaHub+1 crossposts

I thought you guys joke when you say people get paid 35k for a senior role until it happens to me.

Tell me if you have experienced this as well;

Last week I received a call from some guy I don't even remember applying to his firm. A mzungu who speaks a bit of Swahili to try and show me he is really invested in the Kenyan market as he said it.

We talked but I realised he was more interested in my personal life and a particular Real estate Automation project I am working on (took almost half the interview time) more than the interview itself and the role he said he was to offer me which was a very very different role from the project even to a point of asking me to share the code for my project.

I was ok to share it until we got to salary where he mentioned he is going to pay me handsomely - thate fae (35 sausand Kenya shilling) a month working 5 days from 8 to 6 and for bonuses and benefits,he told me -'you will grow with the company'. I've never worked in an office that has only worked remotely but had he a better offer I could have considered it.

You recruiters really need to be serious man. Have you guys experienced this.

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u/DebougerSam — 24 days ago