NiceTryGPT: Less pattern matching. More actual hacking.
Description and use
<p>I built NiceTryGPT, an open-source project for CTF authors who want to make cheap LLM shortcuts less effective without making challenges harder or more annoying for humans.</p> <p>The idea is simple:</p> <p>«Increase uncertainty, not complexity.»</p> <p><a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fx7yd35atx1rhtp2j1zwn.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity
Problem
<p>I built NiceTryGPT, an open-source project for CTF authors who want to make cheap LLM shortcuts less effective without making challenges harder or more annoying for humans.</p> <p>The idea is simple:</p> <p>«Increase uncertainty, not complexity.»</p> <p><a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fx7yd35atx1rhtp2j1zwn.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity
Outcome
<p>I built NiceTryGPT, an open-source project for CTF authors who want to make cheap LLM shortcuts less effective without making challenges harder or more annoying for humans.</p> <p>The idea is simple:</p> <p>«Increase uncertainty, not complexity.»</p> <p><a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fx7yd35atx1rhtp2j1zwn.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity
Evidence
NiceTryGPT: Less pattern matching. More actual hacking.
- Record date: 2026-09-20T20:30:32.975Z