Feels weird to be flexing github followers on a business card especially since github is less about social influence.
Show HN: A GitHub business card generator
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#42Ideas: show loading icon while card is being created; allow hotlinking of the image and update its content periodically.
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#43Very beautiful.
Suggestion: vcard data in qr code
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#44Awesome! Made a change to my profile as a result but I guess the site is caching generated profiles. How long is the cache?
The cache lives only in your browser, so Cmd+Shift+R (on Mac) should refresh the image :)
Love the idea, but I couldn't get the refresh to work, personally. I even tried loading the image url directly in an incognito tab, no dice: https://github-business-card.vercel.app/api/github?username=...
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#45Love it. Integrate this with a printing/shipping service and I'd spend $20 easily.
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#46Brilliant way to get thousands of tech people to look at your business card.
Edit: This was updated, it used to point to his real Github username. Not that there's anything wrong with that! It's clever marketing.
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#47I dig it—any plans for generating a dark mode card?
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#48Fun fact: I have never had a business card with my name on it ever.
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#49Brilliant way to get thousands of tech people to look at your business card. Edit: This was updated, it used to point to his real Github username. Not that there's anything wrong with that! It's clever marketing.
I didn't look what does it say?
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#50Nice idea. Might be able to make money by linking to a business card company!