Developer tools opportunities
Follow Developer tools weekly with ProProblems developers keep running into with their editors, build tools, tests, deployments and AI coding assistants. Developers are quick to try new tools and will pay for ones that save them time at work. Every opportunity here was described by at least three different people in public discussions. Open one to see what they said, how it scores and what you could build.
341 opportunities
Code renames are fragile across files and naming styles
For developers using VS Code and Terraform
Developers lose project context and momentum after time away
For hobbyist developers and personal-project builders
VS Code users struggle to review complete, up-to-date diagnostics
For javaScript and TypeScript developers using VS Code
Kubernetes file and volume operations still require manual workflows
For kubernetes developers and cluster operators
API testers struggle to automate file-upload requests
For API testers and developers
People struggle to reach their PCs and development sessions remotely
For developers and personal-computer owners
Project tasks break across tools and execution environments
For developers maintaining multi-toolchain projects
VS Code users struggle to stage selected deleted lines
For VS Code developers who make partial Git commits
CloudFormation users hit friction working with YAML
For AWS infrastructure developers
Developers struggle to navigate symbols and relationships across codebases
For VS Code developers working in multi-file codebases
People struggle to identify unfamiliar Unicode characters
For unicode users and developers
Developers struggle to filter noise from call hierarchies
For developers exploring code call hierarchies
Developers struggle to parse inconsistent API error responses
For frontend and API-client developers
Terraform configuration is hard to read and validate in editors
For terraform and infrastructure-as-code developers
Python developers struggle to type-check boto3 code
For python developers using boto3
Developers can’t reliably tailor editor shortcuts and settings per project
For developers who customize their editor workflows
Mosh users lose terminal scrollback during remote sessions
For remote-shell users and terminal power users
Self-hosters struggle to set up HTTPS for local services
For home Assistant and self-hosted service administrators
Custom binary formats demand precise control and manual mappings
For developers building custom binary formats
Developers lack a smooth way to manage GitHub reminders in their workflows
For developers who manage GitHub work from the terminal
RTL users struggle with mixed-direction text in developer tools
For developers and technical users who work with RTL languages
Self-hosters struggle to centralize login across apps
For self-hosters running multiple services
CDK teams struggle to clean up generated and deployed resources
For AWS CDK developers and infrastructure teams
Long Markdown documents are cumbersome to read and reformat
For markdown authors and developers maintaining long documents