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Looks like a fun project, is it abstracted from the Discord API? How easy would it be to port it to other chat services like Matrix, Telegram, etc?

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No, not really. Discord user IDs are even used stored in the DB to manage session ownership. The amount of features is not that big though. I think porting this to another chat service would be doable in a weekend.

I've been deep in the Discord-bot rabbit hole recently. TBH, I think it's the dominant platform to create bots, since it's the messaging app that has the most actives on it, and the event subscriptions are robust.

I'd rather keep building on Discord then port it to different apps and get more, less attractive platforms to support. What do you think?

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