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.
90 opportunities
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
Google Sheets users struggle to manage links across cells and imports
For spreadsheet users managing link-heavy data
Readers juggle independent publications across disconnected platforms
For readers of independent publications and online communities
Google Docs users struggle to reconstruct document changes
For google Docs users who need to review document history
Obsidian users lack compact, scannable tables for small datasets
For obsidian users managing compact structured datasets
Project progress and accomplishments are hard to see at a glance
For independent consultants and project-based teams
Writers struggle to keep figure and table references in sync
For academic and technical writers preparing long documents
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
Power users struggle to keep keyboard shortcuts consistent across setups
For developers and keyboard-heavy computer users
People struggle to access two-factor codes without their phone
For desktop-first workers and phone-constrained account holders
People lose drafts and their place after web pages refresh
For social-media users and newsletter writers
Obsidian Bases users repeatedly rewrite and debug formulas
For obsidian Bases power users
Distributed groups struggle to plan around local time
For distributed teams and international community organizers
Whiteboard users struggle to organize and reuse visual work
For casual diagram users and whiteboard-based outline writers
Obsidian Bases users manually template and tag new notes
For obsidian Bases users who create structured notes
People manually fix capitalization across text workflows
For people who write or edit text across multiple apps