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.
27 opportunities
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
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
Obsidian users struggle to explore filtered note relationships
For obsidian users with structured, highly linked vaults
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
Obsidian users lack reliable project views over their Markdown notes
For obsidian users managing projects in Markdown
Dated notes and records are hard to explore on a timeline
For obsidian note-takers and writers
People lose access to chat histories across apps and workspaces
For AI-chat users, developers, and messaging-app users
Obsidian users can’t use formulas flexibly in notes
For obsidian users with formula-heavy notes
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
Obsidian users lack reusable inline computed properties
For obsidian power users and personal-knowledge-base maintainers
Teams lose useful knowledge across chat and scattered docs
For teams with scattered internal documentation
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 lose time finding files across folders and project scopes
For developers and power users managing many local files
Project progress and accomplishments are hard to see at a glance
For independent consultants and project-based teams
People struggle to coordinate plans across fragmented calendars
For people coordinating personal, work, and group schedules
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