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A comment on Show HN: Generate avatars from user initials.

Re:Show HN: Generate avatars from user initials by flotillo on Saturday October 07, 2017 @08:38AM (#15423523)
Perhaps I'm missing something here, but isn't this just an API that draws two letters inside a circle?

Why is this at the top of HN and receiving such accolades? It's neither interesting nor technically challenging.

Am I just missing the satire here?

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Re:Show HN: Generate avatars from user initials by lasserafn on Saturday October 07, 2017 @10:29AM (#15423897)
However interest is subjective, and it’s obviously interesting to some, considering the traction it’s gotten.
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Re:Show HN: Generate avatars from user initials by lasserafn on Saturday October 07, 2017 @10:28AM (#15423888)
I dont get it either :) Yes, that’s basically all it does.

I don’t think theres anything to it

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