Productivity
Follow Productivity 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.
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Desktop users lack text tools that work across apps
For desktop users who write across multiple apps
Mac users struggle to control windows across displays
For mac power users with multiple displays
Large personal document archives are hard to search and organize
For people with large personal and research document archives
Mac users find app and desktop switching slow and inflexible
For mac power users who switch between apps and virtual desktops
People struggle to turn spoken audio into reliable, usable text
For researchers, journalists, and privacy-conscious people who work with spoken audio
Researchers lose research time to grant applications
For academic researchers and grant-writing teams
AI assistants flatter users instead of answering plainly
For AI assistant users seeking candid, dependable answers
Windows users want a cleaner, less intrusive desktop
For windows users who want a lean, controllable desktop
Recurring meeting hosts struggle to manage attendees and access settings
For recurring meeting organizers
Windows users lose time repeating and restoring system tweaks
For windows power users and PC setup technicians
Desktop users struggle to make window layouts fit their workflow
For power users who juggle many desktop windows
Readers struggle to follow web content in one calm, user-controlled place
For RSS-first readers and independent news consumers
Obsidian users struggle to explore filtered note relationships
For obsidian users with structured, highly linked vaults
Screenshot users switch tools to crop and revise captures
For desktop screenshot users
People lose ideas when capturing notes on the go is too slow
For mobile-first note takers and writers
Saved links get trapped in rigid folders and scattered lists
For people who save lots of links and posts for later
People lack a trustworthy private home for personal notes
For privacy-conscious people keeping personal notes
People find accurate work-time tracking too tedious to maintain
For developers, tech workers, and self-directed learners who need time records
Social media users lack control over feeds and scrolling
For social media users seeking safer, less distracting feeds
Google Sheets users struggle to automate precise formatting
For google Sheets power users
People struggle to send sensitive documents without fax hassle
For people and small teams sending sensitive documents
Office teams manually turn spreadsheet and form data into emails
For office administrators and operations teams
Obsidian users lack reliable project views over their Markdown notes
For obsidian users managing projects in Markdown
Saved web pages and sites are hard to preserve and retrieve
For web-heavy readers, researchers, and hobbyist archivists