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title: "Client photo proofing galleries, built by Claude Code on Elements"
author: "@chris"
author_url: https://elements.dev/u/@chris
published: 2026-09-30T21:07:17.337Z
url: https://elements.dev/demos/client-photo-proofing-galleries-built-by-claude-code-on-9uly2hcx
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# Client photo proofing galleries, built by Claude Code on Elements

by [@chris](https://elements.dev/u/@chris) · 2026-09-30

## Description

Private photo galleries where clients heart favorites and comment live, and the photographer downloads the chosen file names.

Proofloft needed private galleries a client opens from a link, photo uploads, hearts and comments that both sides see as they happen, emails at each handoff and a file of the chosen names for the photographer. Each of those is a part of Elements, so the agent spent its 26 minutes on the galleries themselves.

- **Live hearts and comments.** Favorites and comments are LiveTables. A client hearts a photo and the photographer's open gallery shows it at once, and a reply lands under the client's comment the same way. Once a gallery is final, the client's picks are locked in. A channel tells the photographer the moment a client submits.
- **Client access from a link.** A client opens their gallery from the private link in their email and enters its password once; a cookie for that gallery keeps them in.
- **Uploads into the database.** The photographer uploads photos straight from a form, the bytes are stored in the database, and each photo is served at a url made from its id and a hash of its bytes.
- **Emails at each handoff.** Sharing a gallery emails the client the link, and submitting selections emails the photographer the picks.
- **Server calls as function calls.** Creating a gallery, uploading, inviting the client and marking selections final call server functions straight from the page with `@rpc`, and the photographer downloads the chosen file names as a text file.
- **Data from SQL files.** Migrations define the studio and seed one photographer, three galleries with 82 photos, and one client's hearts and comments.