Dating & events Telegram platform

Dating and local-events product built as a Telegram bot with a full Telegram WebApp (Mini App) client and a companion web app.

๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช Estonia โ€ข First MVP 2022

2,000+ hours โ€ข 230+ tasks โ€ข 8 contributors โ€ข 7 departments

Challenge

The bot-first MVP had to become a full Telegram Mini App without losing creator, event, and subscription flows.

Outcome

Shipped geolocation-based event search, venue and creator tools, subscriptions, and EN/DE localization.

My contribution

Managed delivery from bot-first MVP to the Telegram WebApp port: creator and user role flows, event attendance and matching journeys, venue management, subscription logic, and production infrastructure.

What shipped

  • Telegram dating/events platform grown from bot MVP to Mini App
  • Geolocation event search and venue management
  • Subscriptions and attendance flows
  • EN/DE localization
  • Matching and creator/attendee flows kept through the Mini App port

Delivery team

Team mix: 3 backend, 3 frontend, 1 UI/UX, 1 PM/BA.

Stack

  • Python
  • Telegram Bot API
  • Telegram WebApp
  • ReactJS
  • WebSockets
  • geolocation services

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