Telegram bot to Track your Expenses in a Spreadsheet

April 2020 update: I created a Youtube tutorial here.

I recently got assigned to help performance manage a remote team. The team uses telegram as one of their communication platforms so I decided to learn how to build a bot that can pull up their latest performance numbers for them when they need it.

Soon enough, I saw other use cases for it in my own life. For example, I use it to track what I eat, my deadlines and expenses. It’s been more effective than the many apps I’ve attempted to track my life with since I…