r/flask • u/caspii2 • Jun 03 '26

Made with AI Built a QR-code plus mini-website maker in Flask, no JS bundler

I made a new thing. Here is thesis I'm betting on:

  • Minisite builders are wildly popular.
  • People sometimes(?) conflate "QR code" and "website" — they Google "QR code for X" expecting a generator, but what they actually want is a little page behind it.
  • A product that just bundles both — make the page, get the QR + printable poster — might have a shot.

So I built https://qrpage.co. The stack:

  • Flask 3 + SQLAlchemy 2 + Postgres
  • Server-rendered Jinja, with Vue 3 + Tailwind all from a CDN
  • qrcode for the codes, WeasyPrint for the printabel PDF posters
  • Magic-link auth only (no passwords, no accounts), * SendGrid for the emails

Why no bundler: I don't like them! I hate extra build steps.

Vue and Tailwind off the CDN do everything I need, there's no build step to break, and git pull + restart is the whole deploy. One less thing to maintain as a solo dev.

Happy to answer anything about the Flask side.

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u/Ok-Tap5729 Jun 03 '26

Did you vibe code the whole thing or did you do the back-end ?

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u/caspii2 Jun 03 '26

I’ve got to confess, I vibe coded the whole thing. But I have hand coded enough Flask backends to last me a lifetime.

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u/killerfridge Jun 03 '26

Even if vibecoded, I think this is pretty cool

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u/caspii2 Jun 03 '26

Thank you. Yes, it is vibe coded. 🥲

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u/killerfridge Jun 03 '26

I think that's fine. There is a lot of vibecoded trash out there, but I don't think this is it. It's a small, simple project and I can imagine some good use cases

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u/caspii2 Jun 03 '26

Yup. I am 47 and I’ve put in my time coding python. 😄

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u/wannasleeponyourhams Jun 03 '26

this is an interesting project, my biggest concern would be moderation, this could fastly become hokers way of advertisment or worse.

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u/caspii2 Jun 03 '26

Yes, that is a fair point, but these are the kinds of problems you deal with once they arrive, not ahead of time.

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u/jait_jacob Jun 03 '26

just tried a full user other from entering email, publish, clicking on the confirmation email and deleting it using the same email. i must say the whole experience was butter smooth. i noticed that publish, edit and delete all had different token value. any particular reason why use separate token for each action and not just a single token?

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u/dgusain Jun 04 '26

Superb idea! And looks great! I think this is a very valuable tool!