Notes on my tiny Hello World programs and apps, about once a month. https://www.thehelloworldwriter.com/blog/ 2026-10-18T20:00:00Z The Hello World Writer https://www.thehelloworldwriter.com https://www.thehelloworldwriter.com/blog/how-a-netlify-challenge-became-useless-random-color-buttons/ 2026-10-18T20:00:00Z

<a href="https://www.thehelloworldwriter.com/blog/how-a-netlify-challenge-became-useless-random-color-buttons/"><img src="https://static.thehelloworldwriter.com/images/blog/2026/how-a-netlify-challenge-became-useless-random-color-buttons/useless-random-color-buttons-og.png" width="1200" height="630" alt="useless random color buttons after three minutes of play. Hundreds of buttons labeled with hex color codes pile up on a red background, under counters that show 460 created, 202 clicked and 258 remaining."></a><p>In December 2021, Netlify asked developers to put their forgotten domains to work for charity. I had three free days between family celebrations and one silly idea: buttons that keep appearing faster than you can click them. This is how that experiment came to be, how I rewrote it four years later, and what the reviewers said.</p> <p><a href="https://www.thehelloworldwriter.com/blog/how-a-netlify-challenge-became-useless-random-color-buttons/">Read the full post on The Hello World Writer's blog</a></p>