Lastest updates about development of Photonix
I’ve been gradually getting back into a bit of a regular work cycle with regards to Photonix these past couple of weeks. Baby is doing well and we’re all settling into a bit of routine now. I’ve committed to work a solid day each week purely on Photonix for the foreseeable future. I’m hoping this will allow me to perform some large restructuring and add some cool new features. So far this cycle…
Hi all. There’s been a bit of a lull recently in Photonix development. My partner and I have been awaiting the arrival of our first child and naturally there have been things we’ve needed to get ready. Baby hasn’t yet joined us but I now have a bit more time to work on the project again. Thank you to everyone who’s continued to support the project and submit code improvements. Stay tuned.
Welcome to the later-than-planned round-up of August. We’re still in September so I’m taking that as a win! This month was the first in a while where I didn’t have a contractor (Gyan) to help but I think we’ve still got plenty of treats for you. Thankfully open source community contributions seem to have stepped up and there are a whole host of improvements and fixes that made their way in. A…
Hello and welcome to our summary of what June and July produced. The schedule of these posts drifted a bit over the months and I thought it was best to get back on track by merging two months together. We also had some vacations which didn’t help the schedule either — though we are now refreshed! There were some great features released and I think the theme has been around polishing the user…
We were thrilled to be featured in an article right at the top of Ars Technica’s homepage from Wednesday 23rd June until some point in the weekend. The article runs through all the self-hosted solutions that exist for moving away from Google Photos. This put is in front of a much wider audience than we've ever had and this has been proven in terms of traffic and mailing list sign-ups. We were…
We think you shouldn’t have to sacrifice privacy to keep your photo memories well organized and accessible from anywhere. We focus on design and explore the possibilities of artificial intelligence. We provide server software and mobile apps that understand your photos and present them in an intuitive way on any device. Photonix is and always will be an open source project. Thanks for joining me…
The podcast Linux Unplugged reviewed photo management applications in their latest episode #409 listing their favorite Google Photos alternatives. Photonix was reviewed as part of their lineup and based on the fact that there are many options, I'm very grateful for making it onto the list. It seems like the recent pricing changes that came into effect for Google Photos on 1st June have prompted a…
Hello again and welcome to our (very delayed) monthly round-up for April. I intended to publish this closer to the start of May but life got in the way I’m afraid. It takes a while to put these posts together but I think it’s worth doing so I wanted to get this out before we start on the one for May. We reached a few hefty milestones in April that are the culmination of several months’ of…
Welcome back to another bumper round-up of what we achieved in Photonix during March. I’m again pretty happy with the progress Gyan and I have made on the project. It’s exciting to see that we are getting close to a release that contains all the main features so stay tuned for some big announcements in the near future. As ever the demo version of Photonix is up-to-date with the latest code so…
Following on from last month’s first monthly update I bring you the new features and bug fixes that we completed in February. I’m pretty happy with what we achieved in this cycle with our small development team of Gyan and myself . Thank you for your hard work again, Gyan, in helping to realise my vision and interpreting my “specifications”. As always, the demo server is always up-to-date with the…
I’m delighted to say that development on Photonix has really picked up pace in the last couple of months. I have some new help in the form of Gyan who has been crunching through a backlog of features with me. There’ll be further details in an upcoming post about him and his role. For now I’m making a commitment to summarize the work that has been completed each month. This first monthly update…
Last month we hit a major milestone of over 500 sign-ups to our mailing list. As of today the total stands at 541. Hopefully some of you will be interested in these stats. The mailing list form was added to the site in May 2019. Since then it has remained pretty-much the same. There is only a single field in the form — email address — to produce as little friction as possible for visitors. This…
This year has been quite extraordinary for most of us so far. As founder of the Photonix project, I can say that personal life has had to take precedence for the past few months. But little by little, I have been putting a bit more time into development. Working on a complex project can be overwhelming at times, so I’ve tried to make the development process as public as possible to keep me…
We’ve recently been working on the onboarding/welcome screens for users who have just installed Photonix. It will be their first experience with the tool so we want to make a good impression. We hope this post goes some way to show how we are considering usability, user experience (UX), information architecture and product design in general. There are several ways that a user can integrate the app…
A quick update with some figures... We hit a significant milestone recently after trying to encourage people to sign up to the mailing list. We now have over 300 people who have entered their email address to be notified of Photonix releases and other news. This means a lot to me and has personally fuelled me to put more effort into delivering a (hopefully) great product. Thank you to everyone who…
Hello there. I've been trying to write more about my plans for this project recently as a way to make sure I'm prioritising the right things. I've also been convinced that it's good to spread the word to understand whether this is something people feel there is a need for. To kick things off, I've created accounts on Instagram , Twitter , LinkedIn and Indie Hackers . So far I've posted a few…