Apology for batch submissions (#1255, #1256, #1257) — request to resubmit properly

[AliceLJY]

Hi @hesreallyhim,

I'm the person behind issues #1255, #1256, and #1257. I owe you an apology.

Back on March 31st I submitted three issues in a row without reading CONTRIBUTING.md first. That was my fault — I was excited about sharing my projects and didn't take the time to understand the process. The permanent restriction is fair given how that looked.

I want to be transparent: I do use Claude Code heavily in my workflow (it's literally what my project is about), but these submissions were my decision, my projects, and my mistake. I'm a real person — you can check my GitHub history going back years, and these projects have months of commit history.

The project I'm most proud of is telegram-ai-bridge. It runs full Claude Code instances (not API wrappers) from Telegram — with parallel sessions, shared memory across instances, and a War Room mode for multi-agent coordination. I've been using it as my daily driver for months.

I'm not asking for special treatment. If the restriction stands, I understand. But if there's a path to resubmit properly through the web form, I'd like the chance to do it right this time.

Either way, thank you for maintaining this list. It's genuinely valuable to the community.

— Alice

[hesreallyhim]

ok so can i just ask like for real after you have your fleet of bots on these messaging apps and stuff like - what do you do? i would love to have a "meeting of the minds" because i don't know maybe there's something really cool going on on... telegram... but i'm really curious what IS it that goes on? and what does it have to do with this list? claude code used to be a coding agent that some software engineers used to build... software. Like what's happening right now is so weird and interesting but i mostly like building software and i think computers are pretty good device for that.

Like:

It runs full Claude Code instances (not API wrappers) from Telegram

Like please help me understand why is this cool?? 😆 i'm not saying it's BAD either it's just... ok that's your technique, so what? what does it even MEAN? Claude Code IS an "API wrapper" it's a coding agent/CLI that runs software that communicates with Anthropic's API.

with parallel sessions, shared memory across instances, and a War Room mode for multi-agent coordination. I've been using it as my daily driver for months.

Daily driver to do... what? Like what is this:

What devs do | What I do

OK, so what? Like, the problem with this "community" is it really don't feel that "communal" like if I read that it sounds like "Software engineers are dinosaurs they type stuff, hahaah" - what a bad attitude. i like to learn what other people are doing i don't look at vibe coders as idiots just because they're doing vibe coding so why do some vibe coders have such bad vibes?

it's too bad about the ban, you seem like a nice person, or you prompted your bot really well, but the rules were necessary because of other users with that technology. do you think i write this software by hand? do you know how big this repo is in LoC? i don't write any of it. but not to be "cool" but because claude writes code pretty fast compared to me. but i don't feel like i'm a genius because i know other techniques.

anyway i don't know what to do about all this right now and maybe you can help me, who knows. because there is no way in hell i'm going to install software from a repo with 0-1 stars give it access to my phone my computer my email etc. so what should i do? and why do you even care about this list?

Can't write a for-loop. 20+ repos anyway. No one has called the police yet.

This is edge-lord stuff it's not the right venue, you will have lots of fans somewhere else but not here. Like, that IS kinda cool, but you make it sound so petty smh.

[AliceLJY]

Thank you for the thoughtful and honest reply. I genuinely appreciate you taking the time. Let me try to answer your questions properly.

Before I get into the specifics — I want to apologize for anything in my submissions or README that made you uncomfortable. I hear you, and I take that seriously. Please bear with someone who still doesn't fully understand how the developer world works, but is genuinely trying to learn. I might not get everything right, and honestly, I'll probably still be a little stubborn about some things — but I promise the respect is real.

About the humor that didn't land

The "What devs do | What I do" table and the "can't write a for-loop" line — those were meant to be self-deprecating jokes. In Chinese internet culture, openly mocking your own weaknesses is a common form of humor (we call it 自嘲). It's basically saying "look how helpless I am, and yet here I am anyway." I can totally see how that reads very differently in English — like I'm being arrogant or dismissive of real developers, which is the exact opposite of what I meant. Honestly, I didn't even think about how it would land across languages until you pointed it out. Lesson learned.

Why running Claude Code from Telegram matters — to me specifically

I work in a cultural organization, not a tech company. I have zero programming background. CC is what got me onto GitHub in the first place — without it, I wouldn't know this world exists, let alone be writing here.

Here's my situation: I use CC for everything, but I can't always be at my laptop. I'm commuting, I'm in meetings, I'm away from my desk. And even when I am at my computer, I often have so many CC sessions open that it's easier to just fire off a task from my phone.

So what does telegram-ai-bridge actually let you do?

• Use CC from your phone, anywhere, anytime. Not a chatbot — a real Claude Code instance with file access, tool use, and persistent sessions. You're on the subway and realize you need to fix something? Open Telegram, tell it what to do, come back to your laptop and the work is done.
• Run multiple agents in parallel. I routinely have several CC instances working on different tasks at the same time — one digging into a GitHub project, another writing code, another reviewing. They can share context when a problem needs multiple perspectives working together.
• Make CC accessible to people like me. I have no coding background. Everything I've built, everything I've learned about open source, came through talking to CC in plain language. This bridge just means I can keep doing that even when I'm not at a computer.

Is it revolutionary? Probably not. But for someone who relies on CC as heavily as I do and isn't always at a terminal, it solves a very real, everyday problem.

About trust

You're absolutely right to be cautious — I would be too. The code is fully open and reviewable, but I understand that a repo with barely any stars doesn't inspire confidence. Trust has to be earned, not claimed. I don't expect anyone to install it on faith. If there's anything I could do to make evaluation easier — a demo, a walkthrough, whatever — I'm happy to do that.

About the list

I'll be straightforward: I care about your list because it's where people go to discover what's being built with CC. Being on it would mean a lot to me.

But more than that — thank you for not just closing this discussion. You could have easily ignored an apology from a banned user with zero-star repos. Nobody would have questioned it. Instead, you actually looked at my work, asked real questions, and took the time to write a detailed reply. I didn't expect that at all.

For someone who stumbled into this community knowing nothing, still figuring out the rules as I go — I mean, if I had understood the process properly, I wouldn't have gotten banned in the first place, right? — that kind of honest engagement means more than you probably realize. It makes me want to keep going and come back better.

So no pressure at all. Follow your rules, apply your standards. If it doesn't qualify, I completely understand. Even if we end up agreeing to disagree on some things — I'd rather leave here with mutual respect than a listing. I hope the next time I show up, it'll be with something that earns its place on its own. Thank you for giving me the chance to speak.

P.S. Full transparency — I'm writing this reply through Telegram right now, using the very telegram-ai-bridge I described above. CC is drafting, I'm reviewing and directing on my phone. Just figured that's the most honest demo I could give you. 🙂

— Alice

[hesreallyhim]

Thank you for sharing your point of view.

#1257

There you go - "excused". But I don't think you've still read the CONTRIBUTING.md - on GitHub, this is an important document. You will probably be disappointed to learn that I do not accept "submissions" - users may recommend resources, and I may or may not choose to look at them.

I am very grateful to receive recommendations from the visitors to this list. But be aware that there is no formal submission/review process at the moment. ... creating an issue does not represent any sort of contract.

Once your recommendation has been validated, you've done your job - the project has been recommended. I do my best to review recommendations. That summarizes the extent of my obligation.

If you want to make an awesome project, you don't do it by getting on this list. It's the other way around.

Thank you for your recommendation and I'm glad if I have helped you understand a little bit about what goes on around this place. I responded because I don't have very good insight into what people are like who visit this repo, and anyone who responds politely I usually am interested to talk to them, because I really do want to understand what's going on. And I'd like to think that all this cell-phone-programming stuff has something good about it, and not assume that everyone is as bad as the lousy spammers that waste GitHub's server resources.

But also understand that maybe your project is very cool - maybe even amazing to you. But that's partly because Claude can do amazing things really fast. "Awesome" now is maybe a low bar, in some sense, given how good the technology is.

I hope I have time to review your recommendation - if you want recognition, don't focus on lists - focus on your work, all the time. Do you know what happens if you make it onto GitHub Trending? Nothing. Keep it up, don't submit for a while, but I'll keep an eye on your stuff and maybe something will really strike me as worth sharing. Cheers.

[AliceLJY]

Quick update — I'm going to close #1257 and resubmit properly through the web form, as it should have been done from the start. Thank you again for reopening it and giving me this chance.

[hesreallyhim]

no lol it's not going to work i gave that issue a label lolll oh man.

[AliceLJY]

Hi — quick follow-up. I closed #1257 and resubmitted through the proper web form template as #1382. Everything was filled out correctly this time (I triple-checked against CONTRIBUTING.md).

However, the bot automatically closed it with: "This account has been permanently restricted from submitting recommendations due to repeated violations."

It looks like the restriction is still active in the system even though you reopened #1257 with the "excused" label. Totally understand if this needs a manual step on your end to lift — just letting you know what happened so it's on your radar.

No rush at all. Thank you again for the chance.

[AliceLJY]

I'm sorry — my last two messages were sent before I saw your reply above. I was already in the middle of closing #1257 and resubmitting when you posted. Bad timing, not disregard.

I hear you loud and clear now. I'll stop submitting and focus on the work. Thank you for keeping an eye on things — that's more than enough for me.