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Re:Show HN: Generate avatars from user initials by padolsey on Saturday October 07, 2017 @07:06AM (#15423302)
Yep! Or even:

    const initials = name.match(/\b\w/g).join('')
Re:Show HN: Generate avatars from user initials by tyingq on Saturday October 07, 2017 @09:15AM (#15423646)
JavaScript's \b in a regex doesn't like unicode.

But, yes, this does seem an odd thing to call out to a remote api for.

This would need some work to match the features of what was posted, but not much. https://jsfiddle.net/g6nrs5cq/