I made a Telegram bot that gives me a fully rendered video, and it only cost me $0.032 to make

TL;DR: I send two terms to a Telegram bot ("Suspension bridge vs Arch Bridge"). A few minutes later it sends back a finished vertical video with a stickman explaining the difference, a voiceover, word-by-word captions and photos. Each video costs ~$0.032 (Claude API + Eleven Labs API). Yes, that's the only cost.

(Sorry for the music at the start - i felt it was too quiet so i added what was available)

What my automation does:

  1. I message my Telegram bot two things, e.g. Suspension bridge vs Arch Bridge
  2. The AI writes a short script and sends it to me
  3. I reply APPROVE (or REVISE: make the hook punchier)
  4. It records the voiceover, finds photos and builds the video
  5. The finished video comes back in the same chat

Stack

  • n8n, self-hosted in Docker (n8n_data volume for workflows, credentials and data tables)
  • cloudflared quick tunnel to expose n8n over public HTTPS for Telegram webhooks
  • Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Anthropic API) for script generation and revisions
  • ElevenLabs eleven_multilingual_v2 via the /with-timestamps endpoint
  • Supabase Storage: public buckets for audio and rendered video
  • Pexels API: one portrait image per term
  • Remotion render server: Express + TypeScript, running on the host

Happy to answer all your questions!!

u/Various_Marketing286 — 8 days ago
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काकांना मराठीत टाइप करताना अडचण येत होती...

काही दिवसांपूर्वी माझे एक लांबचे काका आमच्या घरी आले होते. त्यांना मराठीत काहीतरी लिहायचं होतं, पण मराठी टाइप करताना अडचण येत होती. म्हणून त्यांनी माझ्याकडे मदत मागितली.

मी सहज म्हणालो, “गूगल ट्रान्सलेट वापरा ना, त्यातून होईल!”

पण त्यांच्याशी बोलल्यावर समजलं की त्यांना भाषांतर नको होतं, तर लिप्यंतर हवं होतं. म्हणजे इंग्रजी अक्षरांत मराठी शब्द लिहिले की ते त्यांच्या उच्चारानुसार मराठी अक्षरांत दिसायला हवेत. उदाहरणार्थ, “namaskar” लिहिलं की “नमस्कार” दिसायला हवं. शब्द किंवा त्यांचा अर्थ बदलायला नको, फक्त लिहिण्याची लिपी बदलायला हवी.

म्हणून मी त्यांच्यासाठी एक साधी वेबसाइट बनवली - marathitypingonline.com

इथे तुम्ही इंग्रजी अक्षरांत मराठी शब्द टाइप केले की ते मराठी लिपीत दिसतात. मग तो मजकूर कॉपी करून तुम्हाला हवा तिथे वापरता येतो.

काकांची एक छोटीशी अडचण सोडवताना हे साधन तयार झालं. कदाचित आणखी कोणालातरी याचा उपयोग होईल म्हणून इथे सांगावंसं वाटलं!

तुम्हाला कसं वाटलं, नक्की सांगा!

u/Various_Marketing286 — 13 days ago

What's the best side quest that a 22 year old can do??

Life has been pretty much "ehh" lately and i was wondering what do guys my age do to make it fun, what side quests do yall do out there?

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u/Various_Marketing286 — 3 months ago

How do people actually find niche websites/tools for specific problems?

I’ve noticed that a lot of useful websites for very specific tasks are hard to discover unless someone randomly mentions them in a Reddit comment, YouTube video, tweet, or Instagram reel.

For example, a student who needs to check if his electrical circuit is working or not before buying hardware, or someone wants an interactive 3D anatomy viewer. Such niche and core problems can occur to anybody

The website exists, but people simply do not know about it.

When you need a very specific tool or website, how do you usually find it?

What do you guys usually do to solve a very niche or a particular problem of yours??

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u/Various_Marketing286 — 5 months ago