Problem. The useful part of a meetup is the people, and most of them are lost by the next morning. Scanning each other's LinkedIn QR code takes long enough that people stop after the first few conversations, and a handwritten badge gives you a first name and nothing to follow up with.
Built. Numbered paper badges, 80 by 50 mm, printed on a normal printer, each with an NFC sticker and a small QR code as a fallback. The guest list comes from the event's Luma page, so checking in is picking your own name. A host board shows who holds which badge and lets the host free a badge if someone leaves early.
Result. First run on 30 September 2026. Results here after the event.