From an idea to Product Hunt: Building a minimalist Telegram bot for self-accountability
The journey from idea to finished product is almost complete. 🛠️
Promise Myself will be launching on Product Hunt very soon!
If you've ever struggled with keeping commitments to yourself, this minimalist Telegram bot is designed to help you track habits, build discipline, and stay accountable without the friction of complex apps.
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Getting this close to launch, I'm curious about one thing — what convinced you that Telegram was the right place for the accountability loop?
Was that something you saw from potential users, or is the Product Hunt launch partly intended to test that assumption?
Telegram is the ultimate UX for habits—it's always right there in your pocket, requires zero extra app downloads, and is great for quick, frictionless check-ins. But Telegram is just the front end. All the core logic and data live in Supabase. It's rock-solid secure: built on top of battle-tested PostgreSQL with RLS, meaning every user's data is strictly isolated at the database level and only accessible to them )
That makes sense. I’m more curious about the behavior side now — have you seen people actually maintain the check-in habit through Telegram yet, or is that the main assumption the launch is testing?
To test it out, I tried it on myself, my relatives, and my friends. Naturally, some people noticed the results more often than others, but after 10–14 days, we got used to it and it became the new normal ))
That’s useful early evidence, especially that the behavior can become habitual after the initial novelty wears off.
The bigger question now is whether that same 10–14 day pattern holds with people who don’t already know you. I’d be interested in continuing the conversation as you see that data come in.
What’s the best email to reach you on?
Ok! intro773@gmail.com
Thanks! I’ve just sent it over.
Looking forward to hearing your thoughts whenever you have a chance.