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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Mac users struggle to control windows across displays
For mac power users with multiple displays
Large personal document archives are hard to search and organize
For people with large personal and research document archives
AI assistants flatter users instead of answering plainly
For AI assistant users seeking candid, dependable answers
Windows users lose time repeating and restoring system tweaks
For windows power users and PC setup technicians
Desktop users struggle to make window layouts fit their workflow
For power users who juggle many desktop windows
Readers struggle to follow web content in one calm, user-controlled place
For RSS-first readers and independent news consumers
Obsidian users struggle to explore filtered note relationships
For obsidian users with structured, highly linked vaults
People lose ideas when capturing notes on the go is too slow
For mobile-first note takers and writers
Saved links get trapped in rigid folders and scattered lists
For people who save lots of links and posts for later
Social media users lack control over feeds and scrolling
For social media users seeking safer, less distracting feeds
Obsidian users lack reliable project views over their Markdown notes
For obsidian users managing projects in Markdown
Saved web pages and sites are hard to preserve and retrieve
For web-heavy readers, researchers, and hobbyist archivists
Busy adults lose focus managing work, home tasks, and transitions
For busy adults balancing work and personal responsibilities
People lose access to chat histories across apps and workspaces
For AI-chat users, developers, and messaging-app users
Obsidian users can’t use formulas flexibly in notes
For obsidian users with formula-heavy notes
Obsidian users lack reusable inline computed properties
For obsidian power users and personal-knowledge-base maintainers
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
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