Smoke Alarm Telegram Bot
A Telegram bot for coordinating group smoke breaks.
- Year
- 2025–2026
- Role
- Concept, bot development, and deployment
Overview
A group bot made for fun and then expanded into a surprisingly complete little social tool. A smoke call mentions the squad with a randomized message, adds the caller automatically, lets others join or change their mind with an inline button, and includes current Almaty weather. It also keeps history, leaderboards, opt-in state, and workday weather subscriptions.
Technology
- Python
- Telegram Bot API
- SQLite
- Open-Meteo API
- Docker
- Docker Compose
- uv
Built around
- Inline participation updates the original message, so the group can see who is going without a thread of replies.
- SQLite persists users, opt-in state, calls, participation, and statistics across restarts.
- Randomized Russian copy and real weather make a repetitive utility feel specific to the group using it.
If I kept going
- Add stronger concurrency handling when several smoke calls or button presses happen together.
- Cover command, callback, migration, and scheduled-notification flows with automated tests.