Show HN: Beautiful QR Codes(scanwayy.com)

20 pointsby janpmz6 hours ago5 comments

jeroenhd5 hours 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...
tlonny6 hours 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.
- gnfargbl5 hours 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.
  - alansaberan hour ago
    Those dropbox guys might have been onto something
  - tlonny5 hours 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.
    cyberge995 hours ago
    Many people are not as skilled as you. No pun intended.
- janpmz5 hours 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.
- romanovcode5 hours ago
  Jokes on you, this is the exact prompt OP uses in the BE lol
jruohonen5 hours 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.)
tapland5 hours ago
Good looking qr codes is nice, but doing them using AI feels like a huge waste?
zerolunier5 hours ago
yo, design looks dope, 100% gone use it for my business