Looking at my Micro.blog timeline summary I see this bad interpretation of my words in a recent post about updating my Nikon camera firmware from 1.21 to 3.0. 🤷🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

“Please, add a map of all the places I visited based on photo metadata”. “Add animation across the site to make it more dynamic, nothing too fancy”. “Please, add support for progressive web app and make sure to set the favicon with the provided image”. “Add support for swipe gestures (ledt and right) while glancing at individual image”. “Add a counter of how many images are stored in each album”.

Are you getting it?

This is simple web app development in 2026 built using Claude Code, Vercel, Next.js and Tailwind CSS. 🤯

Building A Dedicated Photo-Sharing Website in Claude Code

Thinking about the upcoming trip to Egypt, I realized I still didn’t have a good solution for sharing photos and comments beyond the usual social networks. Drawing on my experience from the past few weeks deploying web applications on Vercel, I decided to try the same by building a website for sharing and viewing photos. The additional complexity here is that the viewing portion is separate from the photo upload section. Therefore, I need to protect this feature with a password. Additionally, image storage must be optimized to minimize costs and provide a pleasant, flexible viewing experience. I’m using Vercel-only blog storage and Redis for metadata store.

In less than 2 hours, I built a fully functional application with Claude Code and Vercel. Impressive.

How long will it take Apple to fix the Apple Watch setup process involving restoring from previous backups? It’s been an issue for many people for years! My setup process when I upgraded from Series 6 to Series 8 was hindered by this issue. Same when I upgraded from Series 8 to Series 10. Either the backup found wasn’t recent, or there was no backup to restore from. Michael Tsai is one such person. Anyone at Apple is setting up a new watch? 🤔

I completed implementing automated backups of all my n8n workflows to GitHub and documenting their triggering times in a compact format using Claude AI. The backup workflow is based on a template found in the n8n community.

Tomorrow, I’m planning to visit Apple’s new Ste-Catherine store in downtown Montreal. From the outside, it certainly looks much better than the previous store on the same street, 100 m further west. I don’t plan to buy anything; I just want to look at the architectural details, the crowd, and the mood. Expect some photos and maybe a short video.

Digg is finally in public beta. They also introduced a refreshed design (compared to what was available during the private beta), and I think it’s way better. Also introduced are user-defined communities. It’s currently limited to two per user, which I think is fair. This is my profile. I was looking to create a community, only to realize I was about to dilute myself again. My community is here.

Apple Creator Studio - A Few Comments

On today’s announcement by Apple:

  1. Now we know why it took so long for Apple to update Pages, Numbers and Keynote. Where is iWork? Why no iWork subscription without the pro stuff?
  2. I don’t understand this bundling of pro apps with consumer-generalistic apps. Is Apple trying to upsell Pro Apps to consumers via a new subscription? They might be. I don’t think pros want to get Numbers or Pages, though.
  3. Icons are utterly un-Apple, or Apple has become something I no longer relate to software-design-wise. It’s not a good sign.
  4. Yes, Apple does look like Adobe and … Microsoft. And less, Apple.
  5. No mention of Photomator. I believe merging Photomator into Photos is not a good idea; combining a photo browsing app with a photo editing app isn’t ideal. Currently, Photos functions more as a photo browser than as a dedicated editing tool, and both aspects risk becoming mediocre. I want a focused, serious photo-editing app that doesn’t try to rival Photoshop. Is that too much to ask? The challenge lies in Apple’s prioritization of profit over user needs, which makes it difficult to develop such an app.

What a strange start to the year.