zackpollard (u/zackpollard)

zackpollard commented on Photobox – Free Open Source Google Photos Clone photobox.dev/... · Posted by u/colbyfayock

selcuka · a year ago

Thanks, I wasn't aware of that. Do you know why it is disabled by default? The docs say "for stability reasons" but don't elaborate further.

zackpollard · a year ago

Historically there were integrity issues with the storage template, these should now be resolved however. The reason is disabled is quite simply that most users don't need it and it can cause a lot of IO in some scenarios, for example if your upload and library directories are on different mount points.

zackpollard commented on Ask HN: What not-profit-seeking project are you tinkering with this week? · Posted by u/Meekro

zackpollard · 3 years ago

Immich, a self hosted replacement for Google photos https://github.com/immich-app/immich

It's got a way to go to be a full replacement but it's already got a lot of the features and can handle huge amounts of images and videos.

It's fully open source and not for profit, if you also don't like our Google overlords having all your data, give it a try!

zackpollard commented on Ask HN: Should I abandon a functioning SaaS with no paying users? · Posted by u/benhowdle

zackpollard · 7 years ago

Just taken a look and it and I can personally see a use for it within a band that I am a part of who want a professional looking website but never have people tech savvy enough to keep it up to date. I was looking into building them something using squarespace but if this was a similar price to that I would probably just suggest they use this as it requires no ongoing maintenance from them as we already have a dedicated role to deal with social media and everyone knows how to do that nowadays.

One side note: It looks like the generated pages don't process newlines from facebook properly, so stuff like bullet points just end up a jumbled mess which doesn't look ideal. Also it might make sense to include a link to the facebook page in the left hand bar under address and email rather than hidden away in the logo at the bottom.

I'll keep an eye on this site and this thread, I hope you decide to drop the pricing as I think it's a great idea and you'll get a lot of customers with a lower price point!