Application

Photography Content Platform

Python FastAPI PostgreSQL Telegram Bot Gemini AI VPS

The Problem

Managing social media accounts is time-consuming, especially when you'd rather be behind the camera than in front of a screen. I recognise that a social presence is a great marketing tool for selling products, but the manual effort of writing captions, generating hashtags, and scheduling posts was a significant barrier.

The Approach

I engineered an end-to-end automated publishing pipeline that removes the manual effort from social media marketing. The entire workflow is controlled via a custom Telegram bot and Admin panel on www.wylesinthewild.com, making it as simple as sending a photo from your phone.

Custom Telegram bot and Admin panel on www.wylesinthewild.com as the primary interface — upload a photo and the pipeline handles the rest
Gemini AI integration to automatically generate SEO-optimised captions, hashtags, and metadata
Human-in-the-loop approval — AI generates the content, you review and approve before publishing or scheduling
Automated publishing, selects photos from the gallery to publish to socials based on popularity and recency.
FastAPI backend orchestrating the pipeline from ingestion through to publication
Self-hosted on a VPS with PostgreSQL for reliable, persistent data storage
Built with Claude Code and Antigravity to accelerate development

The Outcome

What used to take 15-20 minutes per post — writing captions, researching hashtags, formatting for each platform — now takes seconds. The pipeline handles the creative grunt work while keeping the human in control of what actually gets published. This gives a consistent social media presence without the time investment that usually comes with it.

What's Next

This project is actively being developed. Here's what's on the roadmap:

Automate engagement handling — using AI to respond to comments and DMs
Monitor engagement per post and feed metrics back into wylesinthewild.com to influence photo ranking and ordering
Dedicated app interface to replace the Telegram bot and website admin panel with a unified experience