We build the world most painful CAPTCHAs (Kitboga scammers)

Scott, Wes, and CJ joined Kitboga’s Code Jam and created captchas meant to frustrate scammers into giving up. These anti-human, totally absurd puzzles are hilarious and they walk you through how they work.

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Kitboga Code Jam: https://kitboga.com/codejam

Timestamps:
00:00 - Kitboga Code Jam 2025
00:46 - Scott’s Sing to hit a note captcha
02:45 - CJ’s awful word problem captcha
06:45 - Wes’ Cooking Game Submission
09:35 - Randy Attempt’s Scott’s Piano Captcha
12:25 - CJ’s XKCD Inspried Hell Game
15:41 - A special treat

Code:

Number 1 (sing) Code: https://github.com/stolinski/kitboga-codejam25-fail Try It: https://celadon-choux-355ac9.netlify.app/

Number 2 (word problem) Code: https://github.com/w3cj/kitboga-codejam25-word-problem-captcha Try it: https://w3cj.github.io/kitboga-codejam25-word-problem-captcha/

Number 3 (grillmaster) Code: https://github.com/wesbos/Kitboga-captcha Try it: https://wesbos.github.io/Kitboga-captcha/

Number 4 (piano) Code: https://github.com/stolinski/kitboga-codejam25 Try It: https://kitboga.netlify.app/

Number 5 (xkcd) Code: https://github.com/w3cj/kitboga-codejam25-xkcd-captcha/ Try it: https://w3cj.github.io/kitboga-codejam25-xkcd-captcha/