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Developers struggle to identify and prioritize what side projects or products to build next

Software developers and makers frequently waste time on projects that don't gain traction or solve real problems, leading to abandoned work and lost opportunity cost. Current solutions like product hunt or idea lists are generic and don't help developers validate if their specific idea will resonate with paying customers. Developers need a systematic way to discover what problems are actually worth solving and have proven demand before investing weeks of development time.

Validation Scores

search volume 10%
pain intensity 49%
payment evidence 10%
competition gap 80%

Overall Score: 36.1%

Source Signals (1)

Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2026)

What are you working on? What have you been curious about lately?...

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Problem Details

Category
software_development
Pain Keywords
project ideation, product validation, side project failure, wasted development time, market demand uncertainty
Signals Collected
1
Created
2026-09-14 05:21