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I've been working on PhotoStructure (not so much to be an imgur replacement, but as a way to automatically organize and share my large (many tb) and disorganize

I've been working on PhotoStructure (not so much to be an imgur replacement, but as a way to automatically organize and share my large (many tb) and disorganized (due to failed photo apps and cos) pile of photos and videos. I'm releasing to a new wave of beta users soon if you want to sign up and try it out. It's a self-hosted solution with a web UI. https://blog.photostructure.com/introducing-photostructure/ https://blog.photostructure.com/introducing-photostructure/ As one entrepreneur/engineer to another: Don't underestimate the legal and logistical effort you'll incur from a caching CDN. People post pirated, abusive, and generally bad things, and if it's on your server, it's (becoming moreso) your responsibility. DMCA and takedowns will consume noon-trivial time, and makes simple corporate insurance decidedly not simple (or cheap). It's typical for media hosting companies to hire teams to handle these issues. I was shocked while working at CNET (way back when) when I found out most of a floor (in a large building) was for webshots' trust and safety team.

StavrosK 7y ago
> It's a self-hosted solution with a web UI That sounds great, thanks! Is there an easy way for me to distinguish photographs from my photography work from snapshots I took with my phone? By the way, your "Get early access" button does nothing on Firefox beta with uBlock/Privacy Badger. > People post pirated, abusive, and generally bad things Oh ugh :( I was hoping this would be curtailed by the fact that this service is paid-only, although I now realize I might have to rethink my "accepting cryptocurrency" idea. Thanks for the heads up!
- mceachen 7y ago
  > Is there an easy way for me to distinguish photographs from my photography work from snapshots I took with my phone? Yeah! You can browse by camera (and by lens). Thanks for the heads-up on the get early access button issue! The link just scrolls you down to the bottom of the page where the login form is. I use FF with privacy badger and ublock (and a pihole) on linux and android, and both of those work. What OS are you using?
  - StavrosK 7y ago
    > Yeah! You can browse by camera (and by lens). That's not entirely helpful because I have multiple cameras... Is there something like a smart category where I can specify multiple cameras, or directories, or something like that? I'm running 71.0b5 (64-bit) Ubuntu, by the way.
smush 7y ago
Note that PhotoStructure on Windows IIRC Windows 10 only.

StavrosK 7y ago

> It's a self-hosted solution with a web UI That sounds great, thanks! Is there an easy way for me to distinguish photographs from my photography work from snapshots I took with my phone? By the way, your "Get early access" button does nothing on Firefox beta with uBlock/Privacy Badger. > People post pirated, abusive, and generally bad things Oh ugh :( I was hoping this would be curtailed by the fact that this service is paid-only, although I now realize I might have to rethink my "accepting cryptocurrency" idea. Thanks for the heads up!

mceachen 7y ago
> Is there an easy way for me to distinguish photographs from my photography work from snapshots I took with my phone? Yeah! You can browse by camera (and by lens). Thanks for the heads-up on the get early access button issue! The link just scrolls you down to the bottom of the page where the login form is. I use FF with privacy badger and ublock (and a pihole) on linux and android, and both of those work. What OS are you using?
- StavrosK 7y ago
  > Yeah! You can browse by camera (and by lens). That's not entirely helpful because I have multiple cameras... Is there something like a smart category where I can specify multiple cameras, or directories, or something like that? I'm running 71.0b5 (64-bit) Ubuntu, by the way.

smush 7y ago

Note that PhotoStructure on Windows IIRC Windows 10 only.