Why we ditched Discord Embeds for Components V2 (and built a minimalist bot)

If you've used Discord in the past few years, you've probably noticed that almost every bot feels identical: giant colorful embeds, endless emojis, noisy confirmation messages, and clunky reaction-based menus. When building ego — a curated social utility bot — we decided to take a completely different route: keep it minimal, understated, and built...