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
Developers miss lint errors outside the files open in their editor
For developers who rely on editor-based linting
Developers struggle to enforce AI coding-agent boundaries
For developers using AI coding agents
Developers find self-hosting Next.js apps difficult
For next.js developers self-hosting applications
GraphQL request authors switch tools to inspect and edit queries
For developers testing GraphQL APIs in API clients
Hardware developers lose time setting up fragmented toolchains
For embedded and hobbyist FPGA developers
Teams struggle to dispatch work across multiple machines
For developers and infrastructure teams managing server fleets
Developers lack reliable control over code appearance in editors
For developers customizing code editors and editing mixed-language files
Developers struggle to keep LLM cost estimates accurate
For LLM application developers
Developers struggle to move app events and data between systems
For developers integrating streaming, self-hosted, and indie apps
Mermaid users struggle to preview and export diagrams across tools
For developers and documentation authors who use Mermaid
Code editors struggle with nonstandard indentation needs
For developers maintaining legacy and style-constrained code
Kubernetes users lose flow while authoring and inspecting resources
For kubernetes developers and operators
Python dependency upgrades are tedious and risky
For python developers maintaining projects and development environments
Developers lose time writing and recalling complex jq filters
For developers who query and transform JSON with jq
Developers lose hours revising and debugging UI layouts
For UI developers and designers
Developers struggle to find a terminal that fits their workflow
For developers who rely on terminal emulators across IDEs, Linux desktops, and remote hosts
Developers struggle to update one package without breaking others
For developers managing Nix or Homebrew environments
Web apps ship JavaScript library code they never use
For javaScript web developers
Markdown readers fight awkward preview and file navigation
For markdown readers and developers browsing project documentation
VS Code developers struggle to navigate only relevant diagnostics
For VS Code developers reviewing diagnostics
Developers lack lightweight ways to render text outside an editor
For developers embedding Markdown or rich-text rendering in apps
Linux users lack reliable sharing across Wayland and X11
For linux desktop users and developers
Developers struggle to render reliable HTML across contexts
For developers building HTML-rendering workflows
Python teams struggle to install CPU-only PyTorch cleanly
For python developers and application maintainers deploying CPU-only PyTorch