The Daily Auction
Web and SaaS
online auction
SHOW HN2026
43points
19comments
#1,341of 4,366 in 2026
Top 31%of 2026 by points
How HN took it
RoastedHalf or more of the comments are critical
2 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 3 critical, out of 6 comments about the project. Thread score 0.00.
Idea: 2 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 2 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Cool idea, moves toward constantly changing online content
From 2 comments
I am sure that there will be detractors, who will tell you that it has been done before ( and in a sense, it is true; nihil novi and all that ). That said, this is done in a way…
A4ET8a8uTh0_v2 on HNSo cool! And the timing is funny, we just launched a very similar (albeit much simpler) experiment, sans crypto (https://www.the-last-word.com/). Micro-marketplace experiments…
thirdthing on HN
Objections
Security risk from editable homepage content and social engineering
From 2 comments
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?
x______________ on HNWhat’s to stop someone rewriting the iframe wrapper to hide the real iframe and display a fake one?
hsbauauvhabzb on HN
Idea has been done before; many similar million-pixel style sites exist
From 2 comments
I am sure that there will be detractors, who will tell you that it has been done before ( and in a sense, it is true; nihil novi and all that ). That said, this is done in a way…
A4ET8a8uTh0_v2 on HNthere are thousands of this over the internet.
falloutx on HN
Questions
Can the iframe wrapper be rewritten to fake the editor?
From 1 comment
What’s to stop someone rewriting the iframe wrapper to hide the real iframe and display a fake one?
hsbauauvhabzb on HN
Alternatives named
The Million Dollar Homepage
From 1 comment
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.
TZubiri on HN
The Million Lines
From 1 comment
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…
lapetitejort on HN
The Last Word
From 1 comment
So cool! And the timing is funny, we just launched a very similar (albeit much simpler) experiment, sans crypto (https://www.the-last-word.com/). Micro-marketplace experiments…
thirdthing on HN