qrframe
Dev tools
qr code generator
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How HN took it
12 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 8 critical, out of 23 comments about the project. Thread score +0.14.
Performance: 1 for, 6 againstDesign: 5 for, 1 againstIdea: 3 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Designs look cool and inspiring
From 3 comments
Looks great, very inspiring. Some of these, like examples/blocks.svg[1], are not immediately recognized as qr codes by humans. This could lead to interesting possibilities; e.g.…
thih9 on HNI didn't expect these to look so awesome. Great work on the designs.
kypro on HNThe designs are cool enough that they could be printed on physical wall tiles, maybe as easter eggs or otherwise.
vishnugupta on HN
Unique styling not seen before
From 1 comment
Wow, super cool! I love the unique styling. Haven’t seen that before. I (well, GPT-4) built freeqrgenerator.app specifically for my wife because she kept using the malicious…
leesalminen on HN
Objections
Many codes are hard or impossible to scan with phones
From 4 comments
This looks super cool but I could only get 10/21 to scan with the classic zxing scanner (>100M downloads), and 3 of those took a bunch of playing with camera angles and distance,…
bscphil on HNhmm. i can't scan most of these QR codes (i got about 2 of them to scan.) so while i applaud the creative impulse (some of them look REALLY cool), i recommend people use QR codes…
OhMeadhbh on HNWhile those look cool, most do not work at all on my phone
kdjdjdndnd on HNPixel 8, about half of the codes work.
jerjerjer on HN
Some designs not recognizable as QR codes
From 2 comments
Looks great, very inspiring. Some of these, like examples/blocks.svg[1], are not immediately recognized as qr codes by humans. This could lead to interesting possibilities; e.g.…
thih9 on HNPeople have to be able to recognize that it is a QR code visually - these are too graphical to realize their true purpose, imho
hipjiveguy on HN
Requests
Package should be published to npm
From 1 comment
I tried to use the qrframe package, but it doesn't seem to be published to npm https://www.npmjs.com/package/qrframe
spankalee on HN
Questions
How are fast phone QR scanners implemented?
From 1 comment
Hmm, yes, I did not try these but I have noticed that my default phone app in my S22 is freakishly fast at detecting QR codes, something I never remember that zxing was. Does…
sandos on HN
Alternatives named
Stable Diffusion ControlNet QR codes
From 1 comment
Neat! In my opinion those generated by generative AI with controlnet are even more impressive [0], albeit also reducing their likelihood of being correctly read by all. [0]…
KolmogorovComp on HN
qrbtf.com
From 1 comment
qrcode.antfu.me
From 1 comment
Yeah, there are a lot of annoying sites like that. Your site is cool, it's streamlined and has a easy to remember name and you made it (with a little help) which is great. It's…
zhengkyl on HN
qr.grid.ws
From 1 comment
Yeah, there are a lot of annoying sites like that. Your site is cool, it's streamlined and has a easy to remember name and you made it (with a little help) which is great. It's…
zhengkyl on HN
nayuki QR generator
From 1 comment
If you google "github qr code generator", the top result has a live demo that I've used quite a bit: https://www.nayuki.io/page/qr-code-generator-library#live-demo-javascript
bobtheborg on HN