Best hosting for bots in 2026, compared
Serverless, containers, a small VPS or your own hardware: what each option is good at, where it breaks, and how to choose.
Webhooks vs polling: how your bot should receive messages
Long polling, webhooks and persistent sockets compared, with the failure modes of each and a rule of thumb for choosing.
Building a RAG support bot step by step
From a folder of help articles to a chatbot that answers with citations and knows when to hand off to a person.
Rate limits explained for bot developers
Why platforms limit bots, how the common algorithms behave, what a 429 means and how to send fast without getting blocked.