Join us for a deep dive into the architecture behind modern photo storage and management platforms—systems designed to handle billions of high-resolution images with seamless user experiences across devices. Whether you're building your own photo app or curious about the engineering behind services like Google Photos, this event will equip you with the architectural insights to design scalable, intelligent, and user-friendly photo management solutions.
Topics we will cover:
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Photo Storage & Management (cloud storage engine / deduplication / scalable metadata storage)
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Search & Organization (ML tagging engine / indexing service / albums)
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Sharing & Collaboration (access control / link sharing / shared albums / real-time sync)
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Backup & Sync (device sync service / conflict resolution / compression engine / offline support)
Event livestream links:
YouTube - https://youtube.com/live/nJh_9zVzR3s?feature=share
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/events/7333157386108502018/comments/
Agenda
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Speaker
Allen Firstenberg - Google Developer Expert ML, Google Workspace & Google Assistant
By day, Allen is a Senior Project Engineer at http://spiders.com/; where he’s been instrumental in creating websites and mobile apps for companies and organizations, ranging from the American Booksellers Association to the National Science Foundation. By night he creates tools, software, and tutorials to help people share their stories and improve …
Host
Oleksandr Levinskyi
Software Developer | Community Leader | Educator
Complete your event RSVP here: https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-waterloo-presents-how-to-build-google-photos-from-scratch-system-design-series/.
