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Re:Show HN: Self-hosted service for creating random avatars by phoboslab on Sunday March 13, 2022 @12:03PM (#30662490)
Sorry to rain on your parade, but this looks seriously over-engineered. There are 71 files in this github repo (6914 after `npm install`) for something that requires ~100 lines of code.

Related: here's some PHP code I wrote 14 years ago that does something similar, but tries to generate aesthetically pleasing avatars:

https://phoboslab.org/log/2008/12/instant-avatars

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