Transform any Telegram bot into (almost) an app

Telegram bots are powerful tools that can do a lot of things. However, they have at least one major drawback: to use a bot you have to find the Telegram app, open it, find and, finally, open the bot. It introduces significant overhead and friction, reducing the likelihood that the bot will be used. Turns out, you can create a shortcut for any one on one chat with a bot – it will open the Telegram app and required chat automatically....

2022-01-13 · 3 min

Three reasons to pay attention to other peoples’ mistakes like your life depends on it

Everybody makes mistakes. However, we see 24/7 footage of only our life, which creates an information asymmetry: we know 100% of our mistakes and much less of other people, giving rise to feelings of “I am constantly making mistakes, I am not worthy” on the one hand, and infallibility of others on the other. Other people trying to hide, deny, or excuse away their mistakes exacerbates the problem. Feeling especially “prone to mistakes” is not a good place to be, regardless of whether it is true....

2021-05-02 · 2 min