Developer tools
Follow Developer tools 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.
52 opportunities
Frontend developers lose time inspecting and tweaking rendered CSS
For frontend developers and web designers
Developers struggle to make safe, repetitive changes across codebases
For developers maintaining multi-file codebases
Developers struggle to review and undo AI-generated code changes
For software engineers reviewing code written by AI agents
Developers struggle to run coding agents in safe, reusable sandboxes
For AI-assisted software developers
Developers repeatedly log out to switch work and personal accounts
For developers and consultants juggling multiple work and personal accounts
Technical users struggle to get reliable answers from documentation
For software developers and technical users
Developers hit rough edges using DevContainers across tools
For developers who work in DevContainers
AI coding agents are hard to supervise safely across projects
For developers running multiple AI coding agents across repositories
Small teams find simple, low-cost app deployment too hard
For solo developers and small startup teams
Mobile developers lose time preparing app-store releases
For independent mobile app developers and small app teams
AI coding sessions lose project context between tasks
For developers relying on AI coding agents for multi-session code work
Developers struggle to inspect and diagram existing database schemas
For database developers and application developers
Local AI is hard to run reliably on everyday hardware
For local AI experimenters with consumer PCs
Markdown and notebook authors struggle to publish across formats
For markdown and notebook authors
Python developers struggle to keep project environments reproducible
For python developers and maintainers
Developers duplicate shared configuration across repos and machines
For development teams and developers maintaining multiple repositories
Developers lack reliable editor feedback for modern JSON and YAML schemas
For developers authoring API and configuration schemas
Keyboard-first developers struggle to shape fluent editor workflows
For keyboard-oriented developers using VS Code and developers learning modal editors
Teams lack flexible orchestration for multi-stage test suites
For developers and test engineers maintaining integration and performance test suites
Developers struggle to collect and compare performance results
For software developers and performance engineers
Markdown writers struggle to manage image assets reliably
For markdown writers and static-site authors
Developers lose command output in long terminal sessions
For developers who spend long sessions in command-line terminals
Remote developers lose access to long-running work after disconnects
For remote developers and Jupyter users
Small-site creators struggle to build responsive, portable websites
For independent creators and small teams building websites