In developmentCustom costume business
Real-Time Auction Platform
A custom costume maker sold one-of-a-kind pieces through comment-section chaos instead of real timed auctions.
roleFounder-engineer via FireFly Stack
timeline2026
statusin development
- Next.js
- TypeScript
- Supabase
- Realtime
// problem
One-of-a-kind costumes have no fixed price — auctions fit, but running them manually over social media loses bids and trust.
// users
The business owner listing costumes and launching timed auction sessions; customers placing bids.
// solution
Timed auction sessions: the owner lists custom pieces and launches a session; customers bid; the platform tracks the highest bid in real time and closes the session at a defined time, declaring the highest eligible bidder.
// my role
- Real-time bidding and session state design
- Administrative tools for listing and session management
- Customer-facing bidding interface
// status & outcomes
In active development for a paying FireFly Stack client.
// lessons
Auction closing is an exercise in server-authoritative time — the client clock is a rumor.