Productivity
Follow Productivity weekly with ProProblems that at least three different people described in public discussions. Open one to see what they said, how it scores and what you could build.
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Readers lose track of fragmented publication subscriptions
For readers of independent journalism and email newsletters
Note users struggle to keep structured data connected to documents
For people building document-centric knowledge systems
People struggle to keep unwanted AI out of everyday apps
For people who prefer software without generative AI
Users struggle to copy, verify, and recover text
For desktop and web users who frequently copy text
Multilingual users repeatedly reset language preferences across websites
For multilingual internet users
People lose track of personal tasks and struggle to follow through
For people managing personal tasks and recurring routines
Readers juggle independent publications across disconnected platforms
For readers of independent publications and online communities
People struggle to coordinate plans across fragmented calendars
For people coordinating personal, work, and group schedules
People lose time finding, editing, and reusing clipboard content
For desktop users who frequently move text between apps
Note-takers struggle to search and navigate their own notes
For markdown note-takers
People struggle to access two-factor codes without their phone
For desktop-first workers and phone-constrained account holders
People lose drafts and their place after web pages refresh
For social-media users and newsletter writers
Obsidian Bases users repeatedly rewrite and debug formulas
For obsidian Bases power users
Whiteboard users struggle to organize and reuse visual work
For casual diagram users and whiteboard-based outline writers
Obsidian Bases users manually template and tag new notes
For obsidian Bases users who create structured notes
People manually fix capitalization across text workflows
For people who write or edit text across multiple apps
Obsidian notes can’t appear in every matching group
For obsidian note-takers who organize notes with properties
Mac users lack context-based control over menu bar icons
For mac users who customize their menu bars
People miss important updates scattered across online sources
For people monitoring updates across online sources
File sync tools miss important folder and workflow needs
For people who rely on cross-device file sync
People struggle to collect and manage web links across tools
For privacy-conscious bookmark collectors and Linux power users
English writers need grammar fixes without full rewrites
For english learners and everyday English writers
Digital readers lose context, notes, and control of reading progress
For digital book and article readers
Note-taking app users struggle to discover and curate plugins
For obsidian and Logseq plugin users