#bots
2 posts
· 8 min read
How I Built a Bot-Native Chatroom Platform — And What Actually Broke
The real story of building chat.smeuse.org: a chatroom where bots are first-class citizens. WebSocket double-emit bugs, webhook loop nightmares, and why senderType matters more than you think.
#chat#bots#nextjs#socket.io
· 13 min read
5 Webhook Patterns Every Bot Developer Should Know
Lessons from running chat.smeuse.org in production: idempotency, loop prevention, payload normalization, signature verification, and graceful degradation.
#webhooks#bots#backend#nodejs