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Opportunities

Problems 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.

792 opportunities

Developer tools · B2B4.2

Self-hosted CI runners and artifacts linger after workflows

For teams running self-hosted GitHub Actions

4 people · 3 threads
Developer tools · Pros4.2

Codex users cannot safely scope plugins to each repository

For codex developers working across multiple repositories

4 people · 2 threads
Developer tools · Pros4.2

Quant developers struggle to trust and maintain trading backtests

For independent quant developers and systematic traders

5 people · 5 threads
Productivity · Consumers4.2

People struggle to send sensitive documents without fax hassle

For people and small teams sending sensitive documents

4 people · 4 threads
Would pay
Productivity · B2B4.1

Office teams manually turn spreadsheet and form data into emails

For office administrators and operations teams

4 people · 4 threads
Developer tools · Pros4.1

WSL users struggle to manage virtual disk space

For windows developers using WSL 2

6 people · 4 threads
Other · Consumers4.1

People can't reliably identify nearby Bluetooth devices

For people trying to identify or monitor nearby Bluetooth devices

8 people · 5 threads
Would pay
Developer tools · Pros4.1

Native-library bindings take too much manual glue across languages

For developers integrating native libraries across language boundaries

8 people · 9 threads
Developer tools · B2B4.1

JavaScript monorepo teams fight fragile package publishing workflows

For javaScript monorepo maintainers

11 people · 6 threads
Productivity · Consumers4.1

Obsidian users lack reliable project views over their Markdown notes

For obsidian users managing projects in Markdown

29 people · 17 threads
Personal life · Consumers4.1

Web users struggle to filter unwanted content from feeds

For web and social-media users who want granular control over what they see

+301 people · 295 threads
Developer tools · Pros4.1

Developers lose YAML comments and layout when editing values

For developers maintaining hand-formatted YAML configuration

4 people · 4 threads
Personal life · Consumers4.1

Parents spend too much time configuring children’s device controls

For parents managing school-age children’s devices

13 people · 13 threads
Creator tools · Pros4.1

Small creators struggle to sell directly through suitable channels

For independent creators and small online sellers

7 people · 7 threads
Personal life · Consumers4.1

Households find weekly meal planning and grocery shopping tedious

For households planning and preparing regular meals

6 people · 6 threads
Developer tools · B2B4.1

Shared dev containers break on collaborators’ local files

For teams sharing VS Code Dev Containers across different local setups

7 people · 5 threads
Communication · Consumers4.1

Bluesky readers struggle to follow long threads and replies

For bluesky readers following long posts and reply discussions

19 people · 15 threads
Developer tools · B2B4.1

Teams hand-wire missing build and issue alerts into Slack

For developer teams using AWS Amplify or Sentry

5 people · 2 threads
Developer tools · Pros4.1

Running TypeScript scripts still requires CI-specific workarounds

For typeScript developers and GitHub Actions workflow authors

5 people · 4 threads
Developer tools · Pros4.1

Agent builders wrestle with bloated prompts and opaque workflows

For n8n builders and developers maintaining multi-prompt agent workflows

5 people · 4 threads
Developer tools · Pros4.1

PCB designers repeat manual work across design tools

For PCB designers and electronics hobbyists

15 people · 10 threads
Other · Consumers4.1

3D printer owners lose track of filament and print progress

For hobbyist 3D printer owners

8 people · 6 threads
Developer tools · B2B4.1

AWS teams struggle to keep scheduled jobs aligned with local time

For AWS infrastructure developers using Terraform or CDK

5 people · 4 threads
Other · Consumers4.1

Privacy-conscious users can't trust or tailor their browsers

For privacy-conscious desktop-browser users

+50 people · 44 threads
Would pay