Show HN: A GitHub business card generator

#1

Post by scastiel » Sat, Nov 12, 2022, 6:17 PM UTC

I built this small app for fun, to play with image generation thanks to Vercel’s new library [1]. You enter your GitHub username (or anyone’s), and it generates an image with a few info about your account.

[1] https://vercel.com/docs/concepts/functions/edge-functions/og...

Show HN: A GitHub business card generator
github-business-card.vercel.app

Re: Show HN: A GitHub business card generator

#2

Post by jansan » Sat, Nov 12, 2022, 7:44 PM UTC

I really like that suble off-white coloring (sorry, someone had to say it).

Re: Show HN: A GitHub business card generator

#3

Post by V__ » Sat, Nov 12, 2022, 7:46 PM UTC

jansan wrote: post #2

I really like that suble off-white coloring (sorry, someone had to say it).

You have nothing to apologise for.

Re: Show HN: A GitHub business card generator

#4

Post by simonw » Sat, Nov 12, 2022, 7:47 PM UTC

Suggestion: instead of just my GitHub username under my name, it would be nice if it showed github.com/simonw

Re: Show HN: A GitHub business card generator

#5

Post by scastiel » Sat, Nov 12, 2022, 7:49 PM UTC

simonw wrote: post #4

Suggestion: instead of just my GitHub username under my name, it would be nice if it showed github.com/simonw

Fantastic idea, let me add it ;)

Re: Show HN: A GitHub business card generator

#6

Post by mthld » Sat, Nov 12, 2022, 8:02 PM UTC

Nice project! Sadly the emojis present in my GitHub bio aren’t being rendered. I can’t see them in the image. :)

Re: Show HN: A GitHub business card generator

#7

Post by sureglymop » Sat, Nov 12, 2022, 8:03 PM UTC

I'm interested in your book. Is it available as epub or pdf somewhere? Or do I get those formats when I buy it on Amazon?

Re: Show HN: A GitHub business card generator

#8

Post by scastiel » Sat, Nov 12, 2022, 8:09 PM UTC

mthld wrote: post #6

Nice project! Sadly the emojis present in my GitHub bio aren’t being rendered. I can’t see them in the image. :)

Yes, there was a bug with the image not rendering with certain emojis, so I had to remove them as a quick fix. But I’ll investigate to find a way to show them :)

Re: Show HN: A GitHub business card generator

#9

Post by bonney_io » Sat, Nov 12, 2022, 8:10 PM UTC

Very cool project! What do you think about including a QR code linking back to the user's GitHub page on the rendered card?

Re: Show HN: A GitHub business card generator

#10

Post by scastiel » Sat, Nov 12, 2022, 8:11 PM UTC

sureglymop wrote: post #7

I'm interested in your book. Is it available as epub or pdf somewhere? Or do I get those formats when I buy it on Amazon?

Hi, for now the book is available only on Amazon (Kindle format), but you’ll find many tools on the web to convert it to ePub or other. Also, you can read the book online using Amazon’s reader. Hopefully this is good enough for you :)