http://steem.photos - Presenting "PhotoSteem" aka Instagram on steroids built on Steem

in #steem8 years ago

As an experiment, I’ve decided to built a photo sharing application on top of the Steem blockchain!

Go ahead and try it: http://steem.photos

PhotoSteem Preview

Feel free to go ahead and get a picture of the photographic world what you might have been missing out a bit here :), now online on a very early beta version at: http://steem.photos

Some features are not yet implemented, but be aware that the following is already working, so play with care, as the actions will be reflected on your account here also, and other Steem services that share the same blockchain data.

  • List of the photos in the “hot” category
  • List of photos in the “trending” category
  • List of photos in the “new” category
  • Voting
  • Resteeming
  • Login/Logout (The application name when logging in through steemconnect it's the same as my username)

The motivation for this project was at the same time a need to explore more about blockchain development, but also, being myself a photographer on a hobby level, the frustration of using services like instagram where every photo is a square image and there’s not really a focus on the photography community; besides of course that on Steem you can actually make money from your work and built yourself around a new and exciting marketplace.

Now, around here, it is already a good place to find new amazing content, but not a specific media content like photos; in fact, while using the app myself I’ve found a completely new world right here with amazing photos and photographers; it was exciting to me to realize that there is already high quality photo content ready to be served and viewed in a more focused and specific mechanism and platform.

As I was building and developing it became clear that I can only go that much far alone; there are some very specific needs to build a proper photo sharing application like this one where the focus is on the photographic world and its needs. For example, one very important need is a high performant dedicated storage service for uploading and serving these images; you might experience now a bit of slow loading times due do that.

I will continue to work on it, because it also brings me fun, I can contribute to the community and actually I really want to post pictures directly into Steem from my mobile, so this is what is coming next:

  • Upload picture(s) directly in the app trough camera action on mobile and regular upload on desktop
  • View author/own profile
  • Follow/Unfollow
  • Commenting
  • Sharing
  • Promoting
  • Notifications
  • Wallet
  • Settings

There are some specific constraints that will need to be resolved in order for this project to move forward, and for those I’ll need some form of support; and you can, of course, support the development of this and other applications around here!

Constraints:

  • Time
  • Proper infrastructure dedicated to photo upload and management
  • Proper server with ssl and cdn support to serve the application
  • Dedicated support for native application development for mobile
  • Lot’s of coffee!

On the spirit of community and open source I share here also the source code for this project available at: https://github.com/voxmachina/photosteem

This project would be a lot more painful if it wasn’t for the excellent already build tools that have supported me building this platform:

Last but not least, thanks have to go to my wife @paulamachado also for always supporting my crazy ideas and always helping me out in whatever I might need!

P.S.: Funny as it might seem on the same day I just discovered that Steepshop just launched their android app beta also, wonderful world of coincidences!

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It looks great!

My 2 cents: To be honest I would prefer an app that doesn't show everyone's stuff via hot/trending and other. I would much prefer have an app where I only see the people that I follow. I could invite friends and have my own little world rather seeing everyone's stuff.

That's actually a very good idea, I will definitively add a "friends" area, make it more personal also ;)

I was thinking just a "Search Tags" box at the top if possible. Really well done site and good work.

Fantastic job! Far easier to navigate photos on Steemit. You should be called peuGENIUS

I posted link to this post on discord and on few chats on steemit.chat - good work!

Congratulations Billy.
Your programming skills are impressive as always
I know you are still sleeping in Bankok and you will answer the replies as soon as you can.
Have a good day :)

gosh sweet. have you seen steemshoot post just posted recently?

Yes I had as a I mention on the bottom of my article ;), I've also sent them an email congratulate them and offering any help they might need in the web implementation ;)

yep greatness. gosh i didnt even spell their name right. but keep on with yours, no discouragement. you will certainly have your own twist!

This looks great! I will definitely start sharing more time between steem.photos and Instagram Hopefully this takes off fast! ;)

For the upcoming features, when it comes to "Upload picture(s) directly in the app trough camera action on mobile and regular upload on desktop" - is this going to be utilizing a mobile app or will it function through the phone's browser? Sorry if this question seems basic, i just joined the steemit platform and trying to wrap my head properly around it. Thank you again!

Not a basic question at all :) I will utilize the browser HTML5 API to the max! Meaning when you click the "+" button on the web page url in your mobile phone it will give you the native option to choose from camera or gallery :)

Thank you. I will keep a close eye on your updates. Will you be posting them under this same chain or will there be a new, separate post to keep all of us in the loop? Appreciate all your work and time for the benefit of everyone. I wish I had programming knowledge so I could chip in and help. I could send you tons of coffee if that help ;)

hehehe thanks friend, I'll keep updating in new posts ;)

Hi Billy,

I'm logged in using the link you provided. I can see all the photos that got posted, but can't figure out how to post some of my own. Do you mind explaining the easiest way to post? I read your instructions, but unless i missed something, I couldn't figure it out. Thank you in advance.

Hi friend the upload is not implemented just yet, still figuring out the best within budget options to do it so. Hopefully within a week it will be working :)

nice job bro, followed you. :)