I think telegram is one of the operating systems of the future, most just haven't realized it yet.<p>Using their API and System to develop apps is a breath of fresh air after years of bad and broken web APIs, non portable and cluttered native GUI frameworks, and app development riddled with incidental complexity.<p>They give you everything you need, including payment, custom keyboards, embedded media, room access. But in a super straightforward simple way.
It's just ridiculous how quickly you can iterate on apps that use telegram as their frontend, so much cuft is left behind.<p>Telegram allows you to write apps that solve real needs, in a humane way.
And as a dev that gives me hope that our industry isn't lost just yet.