I Ditched iCloud Photo Sharing and Built My Own (with an AI partner)

Frustrated by slow and cluttered photo-sharing services, a developer built DD Photos instead of relying on iCloud Shared Albums.

DD Photos is a static gallery generator that resizes images and strips EXIF data for a faster, privacy-conscious experience.

It runs with a SvelteKit frontend and static hosting only, with no database or server-side logic, while still supporting password protection, captions, and permalinks.

Much of the build was done with Claude Code, highlighting how an AI coding assistant can help ship a practical open-source product quickly.