qrencode -t utf8 'WIFI:T:WPA;S:network;P:password;;'
>zsh: command not found: qrencode
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Re: Show HN: Print a WiFi Login Card
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wow ok, so you expect me to have a computer (?!) with: - a keyboard? - access to a terminal??!?!?! - ability to install qrencode??? - knowledge of copy and paste!?!?! - some way to edit the command you posted to my specific username and password?! franky this is ridiculous when i could just make a repo that uses make, docker, yarn, npx, nginx, react, and jest /s
And access to Linux. Which most of non-tech people are not going to have.
Works on Android using Termux. libqrencode is a package in its default repo. From what I understand, Android is quite popular.
Re: Show HN: Print a WiFi Login Card
#223My iPhone has a pre-defined "Make QR Code" "Starter Shortcut" that you can invoke by typing "Make QR Code" in Home screen search. It basically generates a QR code of the same WIFI:S:$SSID;P:$PASSWORD;; format as wificard.io. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_code#Joining_a_Wi%E2%80%91F...
Samsung Galaxy Ultra 21 can do this too.
Re: Show HN: Print a WiFi Login Card
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I wouldn’t ask if it wasn’t the top comment, on the current #1 front page story, but Can someone please explain this command, and why it is presumably given as a criticism of this submission?
As other comments have pointed out, the tech stack used here is excessive for what it is trying to do. The author has said it was a project to learn some specific technologies. There is a lot of mirth for overcomplicated contraptions mucking up otherwise simple tasks (and rightfully so, IMO), hence the retort of a one-line console command.
It's not excessive. The linked post is way easier to use and doesn't require a terminal or installing packages manually. I wouldn't even know how to get the cli version to work on windows.
The only downside IMO is that you are entering your wifi details in to an untrusted website.
Re: Show HN: Print a WiFi Login Card
#225Earlier quoted context omitted.
And access to Linux. Which most of non-tech people are not going to have.
Works on Android using Termux. libqrencode is a package in its default repo. From what I understand, Android is quite popular.
If the options for helping someone are sending them a URL or explaining how to install termux and then a new package and then running an obscure command in it, I know which option I would pick.
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If I had done this project it would probably use node.js + gulp + sass + pug + browserify + babel + bootstrap ... or maybe Webpack instead of gulp and browserify (depends on the project). Why? Because I have a website template that solves many things for me, like: - I see no reason not to use SASS or the latest ES even though I know how to. Or pug, for that matter... which I like. I also have a SASS template with som…
> All the extra baggage is just part of the development environment. If you want to skip my tools, they're quite easy to bypass and replace for any other transpiler... or you can just ignore my sources, reindent my compiled files and work on them directly. This might be technically true, but is not true in any meaningful sense if another developer ever has to work with your code. They will have to deal with all your…
I'd much rather work on projects that used as many standardized common tools as practical to do the job, versus a project where someone did some kind of code golf to try and use as few tools as possible to save some negligible amount of server space or bandwidth. I'd expect it would be much easier generally to find other collaborators for the first type of project too.
Re: Show HN: Print a WiFi Login Card
#227Easy version: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27805746
Re: Show HN: Print a WiFi Login Card
#228Earlier quoted context omitted.
Make a project -> learn to code Share a project -> get opinions on it What's the problem?
It's fine to criticize, but it's very likely "release wificard.io" was a bonus on top of the main goal of "learn react, nginx, docker, jest", so the author could have used simpler technology if it weren't for their objective of obtaining hands-on experience.
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Re: Show HN: Print a WiFi Login Card
#229Earlier quoted context omitted.
As other comments have pointed out, the tech stack used here is excessive for what it is trying to do. The author has said it was a project to learn some specific technologies. There is a lot of mirth for overcomplicated contraptions mucking up otherwise simple tasks (and rightfully so, IMO), hence the retort of a one-line console command.
It's not excessive. The linked post is way easier to use and doesn't require a terminal or installing packages manually. I wouldn't even know how to get the cli version to work on windows. The only downside IMO is that you are entering your wifi details in to an untrusted website.
The command-line app is effectively eternal as long as it's mirrored and the runtime interface doesn't change. Can we count on this link to still be there when we need it?
Do you know how long most "Show HN" links still work after a year or two?
Re: Show HN: Print a WiFi Login Card
#230Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's not excessive. The linked post is way easier to use and doesn't require a terminal or installing packages manually. I wouldn't even know how to get the cli version to work on windows. The only downside IMO is that you are entering your wifi details in to an untrusted website.
The command-line app is effectively eternal as long as it's mirrored and the runtime interface doesn't change. Can we count on this link to still be there when we need it? Do you know how long most "Show HN" links still work after a year or two?
You can just fork/clone/whatever it, it's right there.