Portfolio Ideas

🧑‍💻 Developer

Internationalization (i18n) — Multi-language UI support (DE/EN). Extend YAML config with locale files
ISR / Stale-While-Revalidate — Replace force-dynamic with Incremental Static Regeneration + on-demand revalidation
Image CDN / Edge caching — Add Cache-Control headers on /api/image proxy responses to reduce Immich load
Structured logging — Replace console.log with pino for production observability (request IDs, timings, cache hits)
CI/CD pipeline — GitHub Actions: lint → typecheck → unit tests → Playwright E2E → Docker build → push to GHCR
Content Security Policy — CSP headers to lock down the public-facing site
Privacy-friendly analytics — Plausible or Umami (self-hosted) to track album/photo engagement

Photo stories / Essays — Vertical scroll format with images + text interspersed, like a photo essay. Portfolio differentiator
Map view — Minimal world map from EXIF city/country data, each dot links to an album. Mapbox GL or Leaflet
Monochrome / Film simulation toggle — CSS filters for grayscale, Tri-X, Portra 400 looks across the grid
Before/After slider — Draggable comparison slider in lightbox for edit showcases
Collections by camera/lens — Auto-generate virtual albums from EXIF data ("Shot on Leica Q3", "Summilux 35mm")
Photo of the day / Favorites — Rotate a featured hero photo, driven by tag in Immich or gallery.yaml

Slideshow mode — Auto-advance through photos (3s/5s/10s). Great for exhibitions and ambient display
Photo sharing — "Copy link" button in lightbox with toast + per-photo OG image generation
Keyboard shortcut hints — ? button revealing available shortcuts (arrows, Esc, F for fullscreen)
Fullscreen API — Chrome-free immersive viewing in lightbox
Pinch-to-zoom — Touch gesture zoom in lightbox for detail viewing
Album / Subpage descriptions — Markdown description per subpage in gallery.yaml, shown above the grid
Progressive loading animation — Ken Burns zoom/pan on ThumbHash placeholders while loading