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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.
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.
Show HN: Beautiful QR Codes
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Re: Show HN: Beautiful QR Codes
#12Not 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.
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.
Re: Show HN: Beautiful QR Codes
#13The 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…