Show HN: A website that auctions itself daily

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Post by nsomani » Fri, Jan 09, 2026, 1:59 AM UTC

Hi HN, I built this side project earlier this week. It executes an English auction on Solana with a reserve price of 0.1 SOL. Auction winner gets control of a Codex editor. Auction losers get refunded (minus a The project is open-source: https://github.com/neelsomani/the-daily-auction

Show HN: A website that auctions itself daily
thedailyauction.com

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Jan 09, 2026, 1:59 AM UTC

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Post by x______________ » Fri, Jan 09, 2026, 10:00 PM UTC

Assuming the codex editor is the editor for the area below the auction counter, isn't that a security vulnerability that can put the site audience at risk?

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Post by nsomani » Fri, Jan 09, 2026, 10:07 PM UTC

x______________ wrote: post #3

Assuming the codex editor is the editor for the area below the auction counter, isn't that a security vulnerability that can put the site audience at risk?

The Codex agent is only given tools to edit the single HTML file that displays on the homepage. The page is on a separate domain, so there's no cookie sharing, and the iFrame is in a sandbox. That said, the biggest risk is social engineering attacks.

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Post by TZubiri » Fri, Jan 09, 2026, 10:28 PM UTC

Fuck, another brilliant idea that was easy to make, but I didn't do.

It reminds me of the million dollar website where each pixel was sold as advertisement.

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Post by ge96 » Fri, Jan 09, 2026, 10:36 PM UTC

TZubiri wrote: post #5

Fuck, another brilliant idea that was easy to make, but I didn't do. It reminds me of the million dollar website where each pixel was sold as advertisement.

I also think that's one of those lucky/momentum deals, wasn't it each pixel was $1 or were they worth more? There are a million companies out there (to ask)?.

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Post by lapetitejort » Fri, Jan 09, 2026, 11:21 PM UTC

TZubiri wrote: post #5

Fuck, another brilliant idea that was easy to make, but I didn't do. It reminds me of the million dollar website where each pixel was sold as advertisement.

Since then a million other "million _____" websites popped up. I saw a site selling one million text lines for $1 apiece. Last I saw they sold one line, now the site is gone [edit: INCORRECT].

Found the site: https://www.themillionlines.com/

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Post by BizarroLand » Sat, Jan 10, 2026, 12:09 AM UTC

ge96 wrote: post #6

TZubiri wrote: post #5

Fuck, another brilliant idea that was easy to make, but I didn't do. It reminds me of the million dollar website where each pixel was sold as advertisement.

I also think that's one of those lucky/momentum deals, wasn't it each pixel was $1 or were they worth more? There are a million companies out there (to ask)?.

From what I remember, some people bought sections so their company icon was visible on the page.

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Post by falloutx » Sat, Jan 10, 2026, 12:10 AM UTC

TZubiri wrote: post #5

Fuck, another brilliant idea that was easy to make, but I didn't do. It reminds me of the million dollar website where each pixel was sold as advertisement.

there are thousands of this over the internet.

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Jan 10, 2026, 3:38 AM UTC

TZubiri wrote: post #5

Fuck, another brilliant idea that was easy to make, but I didn't do. It reminds me of the million dollar website where each pixel was sold as advertisement.

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