--- title: Chicken Feed | daily.dev description: A collection of software development and tech-related mishaps including billing system errors showing negative amounts, absurd CAPTCHA requirements, confusing... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/chicken-feed-iu1jftdnf twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Chicken Feed | daily.dev og:description: A collection of software development and tech-related mishaps including billing system errors showing negative amounts, absurd CAPTCHA requirements, confusing... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/chicken-feed-iu1jftdnf og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/IU1jfTDNF.png og:image:alt: Chicken Feed og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Chicken Feed **[The Daily WTF](https://daily.dev/sources/thedailywtf)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A collection of software development and tech-related mishaps including billing system errors showing negative amounts, absurd CAPTCHA requirements, confusing password validation messages, and inconsistent identity theft monitoring expiration dates. The post also discusses the business model behind complimentary identity protection services offered after data breaches, questioning their actual cost and effectiveness as customer acquisition funnels. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#security](https://daily.dev/tags/security), [#data-breach](https://daily.dev/tags/data-breach) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/chicken-feed-iu1jftdnf) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Chicken Feed","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/chicken-feed-iu1jftdnf","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/chicken-feed-iu1jftdnf"},"datePublished":"2026-01-16T11:53:20.951Z","dateModified":"2026-01-16T11:53:38.948Z","description":"A collection of software development and tech-related mishaps including billing system errors showing negative amounts, absurd CAPTCHA requirements, confusing...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/42438fef154139d863312b9acbebb8ec?_a=AQAEulh","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/42438fef154139d863312b9acbebb8ec?_a=AQAEulh","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"The Daily WTF","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The Daily WTF","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/d21a6aa61a7244d893a3b3284df8e2ef","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/thedailywtf"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/chicken-feed-iu1jftdnf","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"security,data-breach","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Daily WTF","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/thedailywtf"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Chicken Feed"}]} ```