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6/17/2026

I Built an Open-Source Telegram Bot for the OpenAI Codex Referral Promo
Short summary
OpenAI's one-shot Codex referrals waste unused codes. A developer built @codexHuddbot, a Telegram bot solving this with queue-based one-to-one matching (Python aiohttp + SQLite): users submit links, the bot dequeues and claims them privately. The lightweight architecture is reusable for any time-limited Telegram bot; MIT-licensed, shipping through June 24.
- •Telegram bot solves OpenAI Codex referral waste by matching one-time codes to users via queue
- •Python aiohttp + SQLite backend handles duplicates, tracks consumption, queues matches
- •Reference-quality architecture reusable for any time-limited bot; MIT-licensed
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