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Hey HN — solo dev here. Built this because I wanted a private AI assistant on Telegram without paying $20/month for ChatGPT Plus or managing API keys. For $1.99 you get your own Railway instance with Gemini 3 Flash included free. The gateway handles model routing, conversation memory, and multi-channel support. You can also bring your own key for GPT-4, Claude, Groq, OpenRouter. The interesting technical bit: setup wizard talks to the gateway via WebSocket (config.get -> config.set -> config.apply) because the HTTP wrapper blocks /setup/* routes when the setup password is cleared post-provision. Took a while to figure that one out. Stack: Node.js gateway, Railway one-click deploy, automated provisioning (~7 min end-to-end). Quick demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60RusdVpo2I Happy to answer any technical questions.

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