use qr-encode on the command line like this: qr-encode -t utf8 "wifipassword"
on a Mac, one can 'brew install qrencode' (from https://fukuchi.org/works/qrencode/index.html.en)
They kept asking for “Priority” but never said “Emergency” or “Mayday” or “Pan Pan”
A statically compiled Rust based replacement for an entire distribution isn't a realistic proposition, unless you fancy downloading a gig or two every time there's a security update and everything has to be rebuilt.
|& is your friend:
g++ foo.cc |& less