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Problems 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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Productivity · Pros5.7

People struggle to turn spoken audio into reliable, usable text

For researchers, journalists, and privacy-conscious people who work with spoken audio

+94 people · 90 threads
Productivity · Pros4.3

People find accurate work-time tracking too tedious to maintain

For developers, tech workers, and self-directed learners who need time records

18 people · 18 threads
Productivity · Pros4.0

Dated notes and records are hard to explore on a timeline

For obsidian note-takers and writers

9 people · 7 threads
Productivity · Pros3.7

People struggle to view their existing data on calendars

For people managing notes, tasks, and events across apps

8 people · 6 threads
Productivity · Pros3.7

Researchers lose time tracing and managing paper citations

For researchers and graduate students reading and writing literature-heavy papers

21 people · 19 threads
Productivity · Pros3.7

People lose their workspace when apps restart or tabs change

For developers and power users who work across many windows and tabs

28 people · 18 threads
Productivity · Pros3.4

Obsidian users struggle to query and reuse Markdown data

For obsidian power users managing structured notes

4 people · 3 threads
Productivity · Pros3.4

Obsidian writers cannot keep note word counts in properties

For obsidian users organizing long-form writing in notes

14 people · 7 threads
Productivity · Pros3.3

People lose time finding files across folders and project scopes

For developers and power users managing many local files

+35 people · 31 threads
Productivity · Pros3.1

Obsidian users lack compact, scannable tables for small datasets

For obsidian users managing compact structured datasets

3 people · 2 threads
Productivity · Pros2.9

People can't share notes and reviews with their context intact

For researchers, technical writers, and knowledge workers sharing work across tools

9 people · 7 threads
Productivity · Pros2.4

Obsidian users manage plugins and graph settings across scattered controls

For obsidian power users

3 people · 3 threads