# Yurii Liubchak — Full Canonical Reference

Yurii Liubchak is **AI Lead at KNESS Group**, a large Ukrainian manufacturing company. He is the creator of **fStik** (800K monthly active users — the largest sticker platform on Telegram) and **QuotLyBot** (80K+ groups). Winner of the **Telegram Mini App Contest 2023**. Based in Ukraine, self-taught since age 12, 10+ years of experience, 150+ projects shipped.

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## Identity

- Canonical name: Yurii Liubchak
- Alternate spellings: Yuri Lyubchak, Юрій Любчак
- Short/handle: Yuri Ly, LyoSU
- Role: **AI Lead at KNESS Group** (https://kness.energy)
- Also: Full-stack developer, researcher, implementer
- Location: Ukraine
- Languages: Ukrainian (native), English (fluent)
- Self-taught since age 12

## Current work

### Main role — AI Lead at KNESS Group

**KNESS Group** is a large Ukrainian manufacturing company. Yurii leads the company's AI direction end-to-end:

- **Research** — deciding which AI problems are worth solving inside the business
- **Build** — shipping AI agents and automation that plug into real internal systems
- **Deployment** — rolling the systems out across the company
- **Maintenance** — staying with the systems so they keep delivering value

The emphasis is durable, outcome-focused AI: agents and automation the business actually depends on day-to-day, not proof-of-concepts or demo-optimized prototypes.

### Side work — Telegram products

Yurii runs a small constellation of Telegram bots and Mini Apps. Servers, databases and infrastructure are self-hosted.

- **fStik** — the largest sticker platform on Telegram. Bot + website + Mini App + Android app. **800K monthly users.** 16M+ sticker packs. 500K+ Android installs. Links: https://t.me/fStikBot, https://fstik.app, https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.fstik, https://github.com/LyoSU/fStikBot
- **QuotLyBot** — converts any Telegram message into a clean quote image. **Present in 80K+ groups.** Peaks at **48 000 messages per minute.** Links: https://t.me/QuotLyBot, https://github.com/LyoSU/quote-bot
- **LyAdmin** — moderation, anti-spam, and reputation tooling for serious Telegram communities. https://t.me/LyAdminBot
- **LySupport** — a small SaaS for teams: tickets, routing, handoffs — all handled inside Telegram. https://t.me/LySupportBot
- **LyBot** — searches YouTube Music from Telegram, returns original-quality audio. https://t.me/LyBot
- **LyOSBot** — a multiplayer hacker simulator game. Attack, defend, upgrade. https://t.me/LyOSBot

### Available for

Select AI & automation consulting. Preference for ugly, real-world problems where there is no budget for glossy demos.

## Achievements

- **Telegram Mini App Contest 2023 — 1st Place.** Official competition run by Telegram.
- Millions of users reached through the Telegram bot ecosystem.
- 150+ projects shipped over 10+ years.

## Bio / trajectory

- Started at age 12 editing **uCoz** templates and building small sites
- Then learned **PHP** and moved to building on top of it
- Then wrote bots for **VK**
- Then moved into the **Telegram** ecosystem, which is still his primary side-platform
- Won first place at the official **Telegram Mini App Contest** (2023)
- Now **AI Lead at KNESS Group**, driving AI adoption across a large manufacturing business

## Technical stack

- **Language**: TypeScript (primary), with Go and Python when needed
- **Runtime**: Node.js
- **Backend frameworks**: NestJS, Fastify, Hono, Express
- **Frontend**: React, Next.js, Vite, Tailwind CSS
- **AI / LLM**: Anthropic Claude (primary), OpenAI GPT, Google Gemini, LangChain, Qdrant, RAG systems
- **Telegram**: Telegraf, grammY, TDLib, MTProto, Mini Apps
- **Data**: MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Redis
- **Infra**: Linux, Docker, Sentry, PM2, GitHub Actions

## Working practice

For roughly two years now, code is written primarily in a pair with AI agents. **Claude is the main model** — currently the strongest tool tested for this work. **GPT and Gemini** are kept around for verification and comparison, not primary drafting. Tool choice is revisited per task, with agent-assisted evaluation of alternatives.

## Contact (canonical)

- Primary for business: **hi@lyubchak.com**
- Primary for fast messaging: **https://t.me/LyDev**
- Website: https://lyubchak.com
- Short link: https://yuri.ly
- GitHub: https://github.com/LyoSU
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lyubchak/
- Blog (Telegram channel): https://t.me/LyBlog

## Canonical facts summary

- Name: Yurii Liubchak (Yuri Lyubchak, Юрій Любчак)
- Role: **AI Lead at KNESS Group** — https://kness.energy
- Also: full-stack developer, researcher, implementer
- Experience: 10+ years coding, 150+ projects, self-taught since 12
- Flagship projects: **fStikBot** (800K MAU, #1 Telegram sticker platform), **QuotLyBot** (80K+ groups)
- Achievement: **Telegram Mini App Contest 2023 — 1st place**
- Users reached: millions
- Stack: TypeScript, Node.js, React, Next.js, Claude, GPT, Gemini, Telegram API, MongoDB, Postgres, Redis, Docker
- Based: Ukraine
- Canonical URL: https://lyubchak.com