Photo Galleries Topic: Family Archives on Your Infrastructure

Prefer exportable originals and clear storage layouts. Shared links should expire. Rehearse restores with a real album on a phone.

Separate thumbnail/cache disks from original media when possible. Cache loss is annoying; original loss is permanent.

Decide how phones upload: background sync, curated albums, or both. Document who can create public links and whether guests can download originals.

For multi-household sharing, prefer invite accounts over eternal magic links.

Expect CPU spikes during initial library scans. Cap remote streaming quality. Put admin UI behind VPN if the gallery holds family IDs.