Fake UK gov agency regulating blinks, built as April Fools satire with vanilla web tech.

How does HOOCER monitor blinks?

JavaScript facade pretends to webcam-track; exceed 25, face fake fines and denied appeals.

Is HOOCER's code available?

Runs on Cloudflare Pages—no build step, pure HTML/CSS/JS for anyone to fork and mock.

Four coffees deep, staring at a rubber-stamped 'APPEAL DENIED' at 2am. That's how one dev birthed HOOCER, the UK's absurd blink regulation agency.

theAIcatchup Apr 09, 2026 4 min read

HOOCER satirizes pointless UK regs with a full fake agency site—no frameworks needed. 𝕏
Vanilla web dev shines for quick, bloat-free projects like this 335KB masterpiece. 𝕏
Exposes bureaucratic traps we all know: appeals that cost more than the fine. 𝕏

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