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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.

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.

Many people are not as skilled as you. No pun intended.

Those dropbox guys might have been onto something

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.

Jokes on you, this is the exact prompt OP uses in the BE lol

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