Show HN: Beautiful QR Codes

18 points | by janpmz an hour ago

10 comments

  • jeroenhd 36 minutes ago

    The concept itself has been done a few times before. This Reddit thread has an explanation on how you can generate these yourself: https://www.reddit.com/r/StableDiffusion/comments/18aoqs0/co...

    The good old https://huggingface.co/monster-labs/control_v1p_sd15_qrcode_... model and its predecessors also help.

    The technique works for other black-and-white masks too: https://reticulated.net/dailyai/ai-generated-qr-codes-with-s...

  • tlonny an hour ago

    Not to disparage, but I wrote:

    "Using the attached image as a stencil/background - please generate a QR code for https://XXX"

    into ChatGPT and got something valid that looks similar in style to your offering.

    I think the age of trying to wrap a highly focused AI task in a SaaS has come and gone.

      gnfargbl an hour ago

      I don't disagree, but remember the lesson of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224 -- historically, people have been willing to pay for convenience.

        tlonny 43 minutes ago

        I would argue that my proposed flow is far more convenient. I don’t have to sign up, enter payment details and I can interface in plain English.

          cyberge99 31 minutes ago

          Many people are not as skilled as you. No pun intended.

      janpmz 32 minutes ago

      With simple prompting it works sometimes but less reliably. I implemented a healing and strengthening algorithm which can improve codes that don't scan quickly.

      romanovcode an hour ago

      Jokes on you, this is the exact prompt OP uses in the BE lol

  • jruohonen 42 minutes ago

    Nice idea! Simple but no one has done it previously, so that counts. (As per some posts, I stand corrected, but still, I believe no one has done it as an implementation.)

  • tapland 34 minutes ago

    Good looking qr codes is nice, but doing them using AI feels like a huge waste?

  • zerolunier an hour ago

    yo, design looks dope, 100% gone use it for my business