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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People struggle to view their existing data on calendars
For people managing notes, tasks, and events across apps
Researchers lose time tracing and managing paper citations
For researchers and graduate students reading and writing literature-heavy papers
People lose their workspace when apps restart or tabs change
For developers and power users who work across many windows and tabs
Spreadsheet users get stuck translating calculations into formulas
For spreadsheet users who need occasional custom calculations
Obsidian users lack reusable inline computed properties
For obsidian power users and personal-knowledge-base maintainers
Google Sheets users wrestle with dynamic data reshaping formulas
For google Sheets users maintaining multi-tab, formula-driven datasets
Readers lose track of fragmented publication subscriptions
For readers of independent journalism and email newsletters
Teams lose useful knowledge across chat and scattered docs
For teams with scattered internal documentation
People struggle to keep browser sessions distinct and predictable
For people who separate browser sessions for work, projects, or accounts
Note users struggle to keep structured data connected to documents
For people building document-centric knowledge systems
Obsidian writers cannot keep note word counts in properties
For obsidian users organizing long-form writing in notes
People struggle to keep unwanted AI out of everyday apps
For people who prefer software without generative AI
Users struggle to copy, verify, and recover text
For desktop and web users who frequently copy text
People lose time finding files across folders and project scopes
For developers and power users managing many local files
Multilingual users repeatedly reset language preferences across websites
For multilingual internet users
People lose track of personal tasks and struggle to follow through
For people managing personal tasks and recurring routines
Teams struggle to delegate and claim tasks in shared lists
For small-team coordinators and group organizers
Project progress and accomplishments are hard to see at a glance
For independent consultants and project-based teams
People struggle to spot meaningful changes across web pages
For people who monitor web pages for updates
Small teams struggle to keep work, ownership, and priorities aligned
For small, cross-functional project teams
People struggle to coordinate plans across fragmented calendars
For people coordinating personal, work, and group schedules
People lose time finding, editing, and reusing clipboard content
For desktop users who frequently move text between apps
People can't share notes and reviews with their context intact
For researchers, technical writers, and knowledge workers sharing work across tools
Note-takers struggle to search and navigate their own notes
For markdown note-takers