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Developer builds intentionally frustrating AI date-picker to parody over-reliance on bots

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A developer created 'Date Slop', a deliberately bad date-picker that uses an AI chatbot to intercept user input and extract a date of birth through tedious, roundabout questioning instead of accepting direct answers. The project was originally built for a Bad UX competition, where the worst date-picker design would win, though the entry did not take the prize. Built using the OpenAI API and gpt-4o-mini, the app maintains conversation history on a server to simulate a persistent, frustratingly unhelpful assistant. The developer faced challenges including cold-start delays on the free API tier, which were mitigated by pre-loading the serverless function in the background on page open. The project was intended as a parody of a future where AI assistants are so pervasive that they become obstacles rather than aids to everyday tasks.

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