I’m an Infrastructure/SRE guy, but I recently found myself extremely frustrated with a basic front-end problem: generating a simple QR code.
Almost every "free" QR generator out there is a trap. They either inject ads before redirecting the user, or they gate your "dynamic" link behind a $20/month paywall after it hits 100 scans. It’s a broken, hostile UX for something that should be a basic web utility.
So, I built miqr.mx to solve my own itch.
It’s a straightforward, lightweight tool for:
Generating clean, ad-free QR codes.
Creating short links.
Building minimal "link-in-bio" pages.
My biggest annoyance was context-switching just to generate a code. To fix this, I focused on building Chrome and Firefox extensions. You simply right-click anywhere on a webpage, and it instantly generates the QR code for that URL without leaving the tab.
I would love to hear your feedback on the UX, the extensions, or if you've found any better workflows for this kind of daily utility.
All this is cause someone at a local coffesshop was complaining about having to print new QR codes everytime they change the menu. Hope you find this tools useful
That said, exactly due to this problem I just use qr-cli whenever I've needed QR codes as it's pretty quick and handy.