The Most Annoying Cookie Banner Ever Hackathon 🤬🍪

#webdev #hacktoberfest #cookies #react

I love cookies, but I hate cookie banners

We've all had enough of those annoying cookie consent banners that get in our way everyday on the internet. So in the spirit of Halloween and Hacktoberfest, I'm proud to present to you 🤬 THE MOST ANNOYING COOKIE BANNER EVER HACKATHON 🍪.

In this contest, you'll connect with that evil developer inside of you and get revenge for all those annoying cookie banners you've had to deal with.

HOW, you ask?!

By creating the most annoying cookie banner you can think of.

WHY, you ask!?

Well, to have fun... and torture users a bit in the process 😈

But what might the most annoying cookie banners look like? Well, I'm glad you asked, because I prepared a nice little video. Have a quick watch.

Hackathon Guidelines

In this hackathon, your mission is simple: make the most annoying cookie consent banner or pop-up you can think of. This isn't a serious hackathon, just a chance to get creative and have fun!

Two winners will receive a sweet mechanical keyboard, chosen by the Open SaaS team and community.

Participation is simple. Just follow these rules:

Fork the Annoying Cookie Banner Stackblitz Template
- If you prefer to work in your own editor, just click on the Create a repository button after you fork the template
When finished with your banner, click on Share in the top left, and in the Embed tab, click Copy URL.
Next, edit the MOST-ANNOYING-COOKIE-BANNER.md file on the Open SaaS repo.
- Enter your GitHub username followed by the embed link you copied from Stackblitz
- When you create a PR, make sure you select the ANNOYING COOKIE BANNER label
Make sure you also ⭐️ star the Open Saas repository to be eligible to win!