The other day, my wife and I had to go to the "big city." I was sitting with a morning coffee waiting as she got ready and I had a few minutes. Phone-scrolling, I saw this web app: https://pocket-vibe.koyeb.app/ and figured, "I'll try that."

With no idea what app to make, I pondered, looking at my phone. One thing that I like is the auto-generated user avatars that a lot of front ends and clients use in case the user hasn't uploaded their own image or if the network is slow. So, I figured I'd make that - I prompted pocket-vibe to make that app to generate an 8bit avatar based on a username type of input. Within five minutes, I had a working version. I did a handful of versions to get it to where I liked it, but it was really, really easy. 

It's rather amazing to me that we're now in a time where we can "code" out a working app in literally less than five minutes. This little app that I came up with is really no different than a QR code generator, except that it's colorful, more fun, and doesn't do any QR code scanning, I think.

What does your username look like? Enter it at this 8bit avatar app to find out: https://pocket-vibe.koyeb.app/site/pv_b5393c85
Example, my "crrdlx" username: https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/005bc4de41cfcb580f71cad6ae8909a976568633a4f6a93c6b7fd5bfef11e1a2/2100cba088952178a97c9bb1ad2c81e18fd011f1dc22f6b2d137d59e8a802403.webp
Example, my npub, which I like because it looks like a dog:  https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/005bc4de41cfcb580f71cad6ae8909a976568633a4f6a93c6b7fd5bfef11e1a2/4401cdfd6d67377f58075bbb05c853886638d6aabad7a0b4c8fe7795726e4f0b.webp

Bridged via [Hostr](https://github.com/crrdlx/hostr), view [original on Nostr](https://njump.me/9a10801d0b5a188d8b3a59d62890357fe29236b8567202a9a0f0a929cb5b402f).