QR designer
Dev tools
qr code generator
SHOW HN2023
How HN took it
18 positive, 23 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 6 critical, out of 47 comments about the project. Thread score +0.24.
Idea: 9 for, 1 againstDesign: 4 for, 1 againstExecution: 2 for, 3 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Cool, useful design tool that is simple to use
From 3 comments
I really like the tool. I used some similar desktop apps few years ago, but they missed the simplicity of your solution. Almost a 1000 GitHub stars within one day. Really…
taubek on HNThis is so cool. I think I've already got a project idea I can use this for
brundolf on HNMan I really wish I had access to this functionality ~ 5 years ago. Thankyou for open sourcing this! Always nice to see stuff like this. I will definitely pass this onto some…
Prickle on HN
Thanks for open sourcing it
From 2 comments
Thanks for open sourcing this. Reminds me of halftone QR codes http://vecg.cs.ucl.ac.uk/Projects/SmartGeometry/halftone_QR/halftoneQR_sigga13.html
TechTechTech on HNVery cool stuff, thanks for open-sourcing this! Might incorporate it into Dub , an open-source link management tool that I'm building: https://github.com/steven-tey/dub
steventey on HN
Objections
Designed URLs must be exactly 25 characters, which limits general use
From 1 comment
> In order to maximize designer space, the url that the QR codes links to is expected to be exactly 25 characters long Seems like a cool QR code, but also limited for general use.
david422 on HN
Images in the center reduce error correction and scannability
From 1 comment
Eh, not a big fan of QR codes with images in the middle. One of my favorite things about QR codes is their extremely generous error correction capability, which is greatly…
RadiozRadioz on HN
Light-on-dark QR codes may not scan on all readers
From 1 comment
Just a warning to users: light-on-dark QR codes can not be parsed by all QR code readers, even though they look nice.
ketzu on HN
Requests
Support image upload
From 2 comments
This is really cool. If you fixed the image upload, removed the 25 character requirement (less would be fine), and made the link customisable in the site, I think you could have…
willsmith72 on HNThe add image feature is not working for me.
xfalcox on HN
Customisable URL length
From 2 comments
This is really cool. If you fixed the image upload, removed the 25 character requirement (less would be fine), and made the link customisable in the site, I think you could have…
willsmith72 on HNDefinitely. I would love to be able to customize the design area and get matching amounts of data to be entered.
kevincox on HN
Questions
How the design is encoded without error correction
From 2 comments
> Compared to other QR designs, this does not take advantage of error correction that QR codes use, but rather deterministically turns some pixels in the code pattern on or off…
unholiness on HNI assume there's a bit more to it, but QR codes inherently support a "mask" that tells the scanner parts of the image to ignore. So you could do at least some of that with the…
tyingq on HN
Why the startup failed
From 2 comments
What product was your startup building, how did having a fancy QR designer benefited your product? Was QR designer the product? Why did it fail and what are your plans next?
karolist on HNWhy did your startup fail?
phoenixreader on HN
Alternatives named
Halftone QR codes
From 1 comment
Thanks for open sourcing this. Reminds me of halftone QR codes http://vecg.cs.ucl.ac.uk/Projects/SmartGeometry/halftone_QR/halftoneQR_sigga13.html
TechTechTech on HN
QART
From 1 comment
Very cool! Years ago, I was also inspired by https://research.swtch.com/qart
krasin on HN