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

📰 Dev.to · Doug Donohoe

Learn how to build a custom photo sharing solution with AI, ditching iCloud's slow loading times

advanced Published 22 Apr 2026

Action Steps

Build a photo sharing platform using a cloud storage service like AWS S3
Configure an AI model to automatically tag and categorize photos
Develop a web application to display and share photos using a framework like React
Integrate the AI model with the web application to enable smart photo sharing
Test and deploy the custom photo sharing solution

Who Needs to Know This

Developers and engineers can benefit from this tutorial to build custom solutions, while product managers can understand the potential of AI-powered photo sharing

Key Insight

💡 Custom solutions with AI can outperform traditional cloud services like iCloud