I guess you could say

I guess you could say that this idea started right here, in Contra, where I felt like the mobile invite UX could be smoother by including a QR code screen like so many of The Apps™.

From that idea, I designed a mockup in Figma of what I wanted the screen to look like, exported it, stored it in my camera roll, posted about it in the Contra Slack, and moved on.

It wasn’t until I was at a vibe coding meetup that I felt the particularly awkward pain of networking away from my computer… out in the wild… IRL. 😅 Everyone had different accounts and contact preferences. 🤳🏼 We stood around hunting for the right apps on our phones or camera rolls, searching for the most elegant ways to exchange details. 😵‍💫 The process took far longer than it should have—in 2025—but here we are... (continued in thread 🧵)