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.
194 opportunities
AI coding sessions lose project context between tasks
For developers relying on AI coding agents for multi-session code work
Kubernetes teams struggle to make Helm deployments safe and portable
For kubernetes platform engineers and Helm chart maintainers
Container teams struggle to deliver secrets safely
For devOps and platform engineers running containerized applications
Developers struggle to inspect and diagram existing database schemas
For database developers and application developers
AWS Kubernetes teams struggle to control capacity costs
For AWS Kubernetes platform and infrastructure teams
AWS teams struggle to govern automatically created log groups
For AWS infrastructure and platform engineers
Local AI is hard to run reliably on everyday hardware
For local AI experimenters with consumer PCs
Application teams struggle to ship database migrations safely
For developers and small teams shipping database-backed applications
Markdown and notebook authors struggle to publish across formats
For markdown and notebook authors
Web developers struggle to separate reusable components from styling
For web developers building custom applications
Python developers struggle to keep project environments reproducible
For python developers and maintainers
Admins struggle to provision consistent VS Code setups
For IT administrators provisioning shared developer environments
JavaScript developers wrestle with fragmented project tooling
For javaScript and Node.js developers
Developers lack fine-grained control when debugging failing tests
For software developers and test engineers
Developers can’t reliably use local models for inline code completion
For developers who prefer local inline code completion
Developers duplicate shared configuration across repos and machines
For development teams and developers maintaining multiple repositories
Indie game developers struggle to turn ideas into tested prototypes
For indie game developers
Frontend developers hand-build UI when libraries don't fit their stack
For frontend developers who want less hand-written UI code
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
Developers can’t reliably cap unpredictable API and cloud bills
For developers and small software teams using metered APIs
Teams struggle to deploy OpenTelemetry without complexity or bill shocks
For backend and platform engineering teams adopting OpenTelemetry
Developers struggle to provision environments on restricted networks
For developers and platform engineers in restricted-network environments
Developers struggle to collect and compare performance results
For software developers and performance engineers