No. 11 · Class of 2026
QRBench
The Dragon FruitFor services to squares: a dragon fruit whose seeds form a code that still scans, with your logo in the middle.
Scan me. I’m not going anywhere
The plaque
- Stage name
- The Dragon Fruit
- Instrument
- A dragon fruit slice whose seeds form a QR code, with a scanner line across it.
- Day job
- Makes QR codes for links, Wi-Fi and contacts, with colours and a logo that still scan, and reads codes with the camera or from a picture.
- Signature move
- Checking where a code leads before you print it.
- Plays with
- DropBench (it draws codes too), the camera (it reads them through it).
- Debut
- October 2, 2026, the same day as ToolBench
- Inducted
- October 18, 2026
The original
The logo you see on the site, in colour.
- A dragon fruit cut across: the black seeds in the pink flesh form the code.
- The scanner line runs across the middle, as if the code is being read right now.
- Each seed is a module: the dark ones are ink, and the gaps between them are paper.
On paper
The black-and-white version from the blog comics. Model sheet:
- calm
- delighted
- shocked
- sly
Biography
Dragon fruit is pink on the outside and studded with tiny black seeds inside, which is more than most fruit offers a code designer. QRBench uses the seeds as the modules of the code: dark seeds are ink, the gaps are paper, and a scanner line runs across the middle to show that the code is being read.
It makes codes for links, Wi-Fi and contacts, in colours, with your logo in the centre and error correction chosen so the code still scans. You can save it as PNG or SVG, and it checks where a code leads before you print it. The scanner reads codes from the camera or from a picture. Nothing is uploaded.
In the comics it is the oddball of the back row: it peers forward with its mouth open, as if it has just found something on the bench. For its induction it was drawn mouth open with its eyes glancing to one side, mid-scan.
Greatest hits
Where to catch it in the blog comics:
- Our principles: stands in the back row, peering over the bench with its mouth open.
- The Hall of Fame is open: waits first in the queue at the door, still a silhouette.