diff --git a/thentos-purescript/src/Broken0.purs b/thentos-purescript/src/Broken0.purs
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+-- build like this:
+-- pulp browserify -m Broken0.purs --to ../static/thentos.js
+module Broken0 where
+
+import Control.Monad.Aff.Class (MonadAff)
+import Control.Monad.Aff (Aff())
+import Data.Maybe
+import DOM.HTML.Types (HTMLElement())
+import Halogen (Component(), ComponentHTML(), ComponentDSL(), HalogenEffects(), Natural(), runUI, component, modify)
+import Network.HTTP.Affjax (AJAX(), AffjaxResponse(), affjax, defaultRequest)
+import Prelude
+
+import qualified Data.ArrayBuffer.Types as AB
+import qualified Halogen.HTML.Indexed as H
+import qualified Halogen.Query as Q
+
+type Effs eff = HalogenEffects (ajax :: AJAX | eff)
+
+type State = { stCaptchaQ :: Maybe (AffjaxResponse AB.ArrayBuffer) }
+
+data Query a = NewCaptchaReceived (AffjaxResponse AB.ArrayBuffer) a
+
+initialState :: State
+initialState = { stCaptchaQ: Nothing }
+
+render :: State -> ComponentHTML Query
+render st = H.div_ []
+
+-- fetchCaptcha :: forall eff. Natural Query (Aff (Effs eff)) -> Aff (Effs eff) Unit
+fetchCaptcha driver = do
+    response <- affjax defaultRequest
+    driver (Q.action (NewCaptchaReceived response))
+
+eval :: forall eff g. (MonadAff (Effs eff) g) => Natural Query (ComponentDSL State Query g)
+eval e@(NewCaptchaReceived resp next) = do
+    modify (_ { stCaptchaQ = Just resp })
+    pure next
+
+ui :: forall eff g. (MonadAff (Effs eff) g) => Component State Query g
+ui = component render eval
+
+main' :: forall eff a. (HTMLElement -> Aff (Effs eff) a) -> Aff (Effs eff) Unit
+main' addToDOM = do
+    { node: node, driver: driver } <- runUI ui initialState
+    fetchCaptcha driver
diff --git a/thentos-purescript/src/Broken1.purs b/thentos-purescript/src/Broken1.purs
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+-- build like this:
+-- pulp browserify -m Broken1.purs --to ../static/thentos.js
+module Broken1 where
+
+import Control.Monad.Aff.Class (MonadAff)
+import Control.Monad.Aff (Aff())
+import DOM.HTML.Types (HTMLElement())
+import Halogen (Component(), HalogenEffects(), Natural(), runUI, component)
+import Prelude
+
+import qualified Halogen.HTML.Indexed as H
+
+data State = State
+data Query a = Query a
+
+ui :: forall eff g. (MonadAff (HalogenEffects eff) g) => Component State Query g
+ui = component (\_ -> H.div_ []) (\(Query next) -> pure next)
+
+main' :: forall eff a. (HTMLElement -> Aff (HalogenEffects eff) a) -> Aff (HalogenEffects eff) Unit
+main' addToDOM = do
+    { node: node, driver: driver } <- runUI ui State
+
+    let driver' :: Natural Query (Aff (HalogenEffects eff))
+        driver' = driver
+
+    return unit