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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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
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 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 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
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
People lose access to chat histories across apps and workspaces
For AI-chat users, developers, and messaging-app users
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
Teams lose useful knowledge across chat and scattered docs
For teams with scattered internal documentation
Obsidian writers cannot keep note word counts in properties
For obsidian users organizing long-form writing in notes
People lose time finding files across folders and project scopes
For developers and power users managing many local files