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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.

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Other · Consumers5.8

Home Assistant backups are hard to store, verify, and restore

For home Assistant users managing their own installations

31 people · 16 threads
Productivity · Consumers5.7

Large personal document archives are hard to search and organize

For people with large personal and research document archives

+45 people · 43 threads
Productivity · Pros5.7

People struggle to turn spoken audio into reliable, usable text

For researchers, journalists, and privacy-conscious people who work with spoken audio

+94 people · 90 threads
Developer tools · B2B5.5

Software teams struggle to know whether their tests catch real defects

For software developers and QA engineers maintaining automated test suites

+68 people · 67 threads
Productivity · Consumers5.2

AI assistants flatter users instead of answering plainly

For AI assistant users seeking candid, dependable answers

+36 people · 35 threads
Would pay
Developer tools · Pros5.0

AI coding agents are hard to supervise safely across projects

For developers running multiple AI coding agents across repositories

+92 people · 87 threads
Rising
Developer tools · Pros5.0

Small teams find simple, low-cost app deployment too hard

For solo developers and small startup teams

+110 people · 88 threads
Personal life · Consumers4.4

Large photo libraries are hard to keep portable and safely backed up

For families and privacy-conscious owners of large photo libraries

+172 people · 161 threads
Developer tools · Pros4.3

Small-site creators struggle to build responsive, portable websites

For independent creators and small teams building websites

+76 people · 70 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
Developer tools · B2B4.0

Teams struggle to issue, renew, and trust TLS certificates across environments

For developers and IT teams operating web services and development environments

+47 people · 38 threads
Personal life · Consumers3.9

People struggle to keep personal data intact across devices

For individuals maintaining files and backups across phones and computers

+246 people · 219 threads
Rising
Productivity · Consumers3.8

People lose access to chat histories across apps and workspaces

For AI-chat users, developers, and messaging-app users

+71 people · 61 threads
Developer tools · Pros3.8

Developers struggle to test apps outside standard browser workflows

For frontend and app developers maintaining automated UI tests

+47 people · 40 threads
Productivity · Pros3.7

People lose their workspace when apps restart or tabs change

For developers and power users who work across many windows and tabs

28 people · 18 threads
Communication · Consumers3.6

Phone users struggle to type accurately without fighting autocorrect

For phone users who struggle with touchscreen typing

34 people · 33 threads
Productivity · Pros3.3

People lose time finding files across folders and project scopes

For developers and power users managing many local files

+35 people · 31 threads
Productivity · Consumers3.0

People struggle to coordinate plans across fragmented calendars

For people coordinating personal, work, and group schedules

+38 people · 38 threads