Toast Album

The problem

At weddings and events, guests take great photos, but those photos usually stay trapped on individual phones or scattered across group chats and shared drives.

The idea

Create a private, low-friction event flow where hosts share one QR code and guests can contribute photos immediately, without needing an account or app.

What it does

• Lets hosts create and manage private events
• Generates a QR code and link for each event
• Accepts guest uploads without requiring an account or app
• Keeps event photos together in a private gallery
• Supports host and guest photo uploads
• Handles paid event creation through Stripe
• Lets hosts download the collected event photos

Tech stack

• Next.js
• TypeScript
• Tailwind CSS
• Supabase Postgres and Storage
• Vercel
• Stripe

What I built

• Authentication and creator-side event management for private galleries.
• QR-based guest uploads, private storage, and secure database access.
• Payment handling, email configuration, automated monitoring, and production deployments.

What I learned

• Taking a working application to launch requires much more than completing the original feature set.
• Security, reliability, operational workflows, and edge cases are what turn an application into a product people can confidently use.

Challenges

• Making authentication, private storage, payments, and database security work together cleanly.
• Working through guest-upload edge cases, monitoring, email configuration, and production deployment details.

What I would improve next

• Keep improving the experience based on how real hosts and guests use the product.
• Continue strengthening monitoring, reliability, and edge-case handling after launch.

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