SoundCloud keeps CAPTCHA-ing devs with DevTools open, and one dev is getting too good at it
IgorBrigadir · x · 2026-10-14
A developer complains that SoundCloud keeps serving CAPTCHAs just because he has browser DevTools installed, calling it an "impossible challenge" — and jokes he's now so fast at solving them that the site might start blocking him. A small but relatable example of bot-detection heuristics misfiring on developers.
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