I built a QR code with my bare hands to see how it works
What it is
Veritasium builds a QR code by hand to explain how it works. It covers the history of Morse code and barcodes, how QR codes encode data, why damaged codes still scan, and how safe they are.
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN points to it as a recent, well-made explanation of QR code structure and error correction.
- 1 people recommended it
- 1 different months
- 0 strong recommendations
- first 2024, last 2025
What HN commenters said
“Derek Muller just did an interesting take on QR codes and their history”
Interesting take on QR codes and their history
nhatcher, 2024-10 · Recommendation · in “The history of the barcode”
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Topics: qr codes, error correction, barcodes, veritasium, encoding
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