Demand Gaps — validated product ideas

A SaaS product that provides transparent and predictable billing for language model usage, with clear visibility into how factors like context size, history, and summarization impact token consumption and costs.

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 17:51:04 GMT

For Developers and teams building applications on top of large language models, who need to accurately forecast and control their usage costs.. Posting this because it took me way too long to figure out what was going on, and I wish I had seen a post like this earlier. I just canceled two Cursor Ultra plans. My usage went from a steady ~$60–100/month to $500+ in a few days, projecting ~$1,600/month. Support told me this was “expected.” I did not suddenly start doing 10x more work. Cursor shows a 200k context window and says cont

A SaaS tool that helps founders quickly build effective landing pages focused on addressing their target customers' specific problems, rather than showcasing internal technical decisions or personal preferences.

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 17:55:14 GMT

For Early-stage SaaS founders who are struggling to create landing pages that effectively communicate the value proposition and resonate with their target customers.. Three months ago I was convinced I knew what I was doing. I had read all the books. Followed all the right people on Twitter. Consumed every startup podcast on my morning commute like it was medicine. I thought I was prepared. I was not even close. What followed was 90 days of getting things wrong in ways I never expected and right in ways I never planned. I'm writing this because I spent a lo

A SaaS platform that helps online businesses monitor and proactively manage their payment provider relationships, including early warning signals for potential account freezes or fund withholdings.

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 17:51:04 GMT

For Founders and finance teams of online businesses that rely on payment providers like Stripe to process customer transactions.. I'm the founder of Zorq AI (zorqai.com), an AI video and image generation platform based in Sweden. I want to share what happened to us as a warning to other founders, and to seek advice from anyone who has been through something similar. We launched in November 2025 and grew quickly. On March 24, Stripe flagged our account for a routine credit review due to a spike in volume. We submitted al

A SaaS tool that allows agencies to easily generate and send invoices, as well as automate payment follow-up with clients

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 17:55:14 GMT

For Agencies that struggle with the manual process of sending invoices and chasing payments from their clients. Taking a short break from work and curious to see what everyone else is shipping. I’m currently building a **simple invoice generator + automated reminder tool for agencies**. **The problem:** Sending invoices is awkward. Following up for payments is even worse. Most agencies still do this manually on WhatsApp, email, or Excel. **What I’m building:** A tool that lets agencies • Generate

A SaaS tool that helps founders find their first 100 paying customers by systematically monitoring social media for 'pain signals' and then engaging in a non-salesy outreach process to validate demand and capture early customers.

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 17:55:14 GMT

For Early-stage founders of B2B SaaS startups who are struggling to find their first customers and validate their product ideas.. The biggest mistake I see founders make (and one I've made myself) is the "Build and they will come" trap. You spend 6 months coding in a basement, launch on Product Hunt, get a few upvotes, and then... crickets. No one actually needs what you built. For my latest project, I decided to flip the script. I didn’t start with a landing page or an ad budget. I started by listening. I found my first 1

A SaaS tool that helps developers and clients proactively manage scope creep, with features like automated change order generation, version control, and project-level analytics on scope drift.

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 17:55:14 GMT

For Freelance developers and agencies who work with clients that frequently request additional work outside the original scope of a project.. Real question — how do you guys actually handle it when a client asks for extra stuff thats clearly not what you agreed onI'm a dev and I keep seeing people talk about scope creep but every time I read the advice its always "have a better contract" or "learn to say no" which... ok thanks lol. thats like telling someone with insomnia to "just sleep"what I actually want to know is whats happening in

A SaaS tool that automatically monitors changes in a company's CRM contacts and alerts the user when past customers or leads move to a new company, enabling timely outreach and reengagement.

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 17:55:14 GMT

For Founders and sales teams of B2B SaaS companies that want to efficiently re-engage with past customers and leads who have changed jobs.. I'm a founder of a mid size B2B SaaS. We have a decent number of past users, churned trials, and closed lost deals sitting in our CRM. I want to know when any of these people move to a new company so we can reach out at the right moment. Came across UserGems, but after a call with their team the quote came back at $30k+. That's hard to justify for what is essentially a job change monitoring. I k

An automated sync tool that integrates with help desk platforms like Zendesk to keep AI chatbots up-to-date with the latest knowledge base articles and policy changes without manual intervention.

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 17:55:14 GMT

For Customer service managers or developers responsible for maintaining chatbots and integrating them with their company's knowledge base.. Hey Everyone, I'm so sick of updating our bot every time we change a policy on Zendesk. Maintaining it is killing my time! Does anyone know of a tool that truly syncs KB articles automatically so I don't have to keep copy pasting changes?

A no-code form builder that allows users to dynamically carry over answers from previous form fields to later questions, and apply conditional logic based on those responses

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 17:55:14 GMT

For Businesses and individuals who need to collect data through online forms, and want an easy way to create forms with complex branching logic and data reuse. Hi everyone, I’m looking for a form builder (preferably no-code, but not required) that can do the following: Take an answer from a previous question and reuse / carry it over into later questions or fields within the same form. Does anyone know of a tool that supports: - Dynamic variables or piping answers into later questions - Conditional logic based on previous responses - A relatively user

A flexible, no-code CRM platform that allows non-technical users to easily create and customize their own CRM workflows, objects, and automations, without requiring developer resources or complex configurations.

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 17:55:14 GMT

For Non-technical founders or small business owners who need a CRM system but lack the budget or technical skills to build a custom solution from scratch.. As the title says, I want to build a CRM for custom workflows without having to hire a developer. I’m a non-technical founder trying to get out of spreadsheet hell. It’s become unmanageable at this point to keep doing what I’m doing with Google Sheets. My goal is to build something that behaves like a CRM. The challenge is that my pipeline is kind of specific, so the usual CRM options aren’t a goo

Proactive system monitoring and alerting SaaS that detects silent failures in infrastructure before they impact customers or revenue.

Tue, 23 Jun 2026 18:37:56 GMT

For DevOps engineers, ops managers, and CTOs at mid-to-large companies managing distributed systems or critical infrastructure.. Jun 18, 2025 · I'd pay for something that tells me when my systems break instead of finding out from customers or revenue dropping. Quiet failures in ops ...

A no-code tool for quickly building and launching personal productivity apps and tools to solve one's own specific, repetitive problems

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 17:55:14 GMT

For Knowledge workers and professionals who have unique, repetitive problems that generic productivity tools can't solve. TL;DR: (This is NOT an ad. I don't name my product, mention my brand, or drop any links in this post). Stop asking Reddit for SaaS ideas. Instead, build solutions for your own highly specific, annoying daily points. I did this for a tiny, personal problem, built a tool just for myself with zero market research, and accidentally got 300 organic users (a third of them paying). Your niche isn't too s

An AI-powered appointment scheduling and outreach platform that can quickly reach out to leads, qualify them, and book meetings with sales reps

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 17:55:14 GMT

For Sales leaders or operations managers at B2B companies that struggle with lead follow-up and low meeting conversion rates. Honestly been pulling my hair out trying to figure this out. Our sales team gets like 100+ leads a week but we're only converting like 8-10 into actual meetings. The reps are just drowning in follow-ups and half the time they don't even get back to people in time. Started looking into appointment setting services since we clearly can't keep doing this manually. But there's so many options out the

A browser extension or desktop app that automatically scrubs sensitive data like API keys and cookies from HAR files before sending them to support

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 17:55:14 GMT

For Developers and technical support teams who need to share HTTP Archive (HAR) files with external parties, but want to protect sensitive information contained within. Hey everyone, I was debugging a chaotic issue with a SaaS provider today and they asked for a HAR file. I exported it from Chrome, but before sending, I grepped for my Auth header. It was there. Plain text. Along with some HttpOnly cookies I didn't want to share. I spent 20 mins manually removing lines in VS Code JSON. Is there a tool that does this strictly

A SaaS tool to automate accounting and tax compliance for small businesses and freelancers, with a simple pricing model and better customer support than traditional accounting firms

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 17:51:04 GMT

For Small business owners and freelancers who find their current accounting and tax services to be overly complex, expensive, and frustrating to manage. Hello everyone, I’d love to hear about: 1. Tools you pay for that feel overpriced or frustrating (especially if you’d replace them immediately if something better existed), and 2. Anything that routinely costs you time, money, or attention (and how much money and time it costs you). I’m most interested in problems that are painful enough that you’d gladly pay to fix them. If you’re open to sharing

Lenzy AI - A product analytics platform that continuously analyzes conversations between users and AI agents to discover missing features, spot churn signals, detect chats requiring human review, track user satisfaction and task completion rates, and surface custom insights

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 17:51:04 GMT

For Companies building and shipping AI agents, who have thousands or even millions of user conversations they want to analyze to improve their products. Hey HN, I’m building Lenzy AI - probably the first product analytics platform for AI agents. From my research: Companies building AI agents have thousands or even millions of conversations. In these, users express what they need, use, love, or hate. Often long before they reach out to support (or churn). Some teams try to read chats manually, some build in-house pipelines to analyze them, others c

A SaaS platform that helps software developers and companies charge for their software products and services, while maintaining an open-source component.

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 17:51:04 GMT

For Software developers, freelancers, and small-to-medium sized software companies who want to monetize their work without sacrificing the benefits of open-source.. It seems like I and many others have develop a bad habit of giving software away for free. Whereas in the real world we charge for anything of value. I met a carpenter today. You could not imagine giving away hand crafted furniture for free. It's his trade. So why is it in software we give so much away for free? Like open source and even hosted services? I have written a lot of open source bu

A file management tool that can bulk rename and automatically organize files into folders in a single workflow

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 17:55:14 GMT

For Knowledge workers, content creators, and anyone who deals with managing large file libraries or archives. Is there a tool that can bulk rename files and automatically organize them into folders in one app? I know there are tools that can bulk rename, but most of the ones I’ve seen don’t really handle the organization part. Just wondering if anyone here uses something that can do both in one workflow, TIA!

A scheduling and booking coordination platform for tour operators and travel agencies to manage group bookings with conflicting schedules and preferences

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 17:55:14 GMT

For Small to medium-sized tour operators and travel agencies that coordinate group bookings. I run a small agency in london and recently booked a 12 person group tour in greece half of them wanted early morning excursions the other half preferred afternoons some tours only run at specific times and some clients booked hotels with conflicting schedules coordinating everything so the group can actually enjoy the experience has been a logistical nightmare i wish there was a way to easily see

An email automation platform that can handle complex sequences without constant human supervision, and enables cross-department collaboration between sales and marketing teams.

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 17:55:14 GMT

For Marketing and sales managers at small-to-medium businesses who need to coordinate email outreach campaigns across teams.. The options i am seeing for email automation are just overwhelming! Looking for something that can handle complex sequences without needing a dedicated person to babysit it 24/7. Cross-department collaboration is key too since our sales and marketing teams need to stay synced. What's been your experience and any setups that work?

A SaaS tool that can automatically summarize long podcasts and videos into concise, actionable notes that users can review later

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 17:55:14 GMT

For Busy professionals who consume a lot of long-form audio/video content for work or personal growth but struggle to retain the information. I’ve been watching a lot of long talks and productivity podcasts lately, but it’s getting overwhelming. Even at 2x speed, I feel like I’m not retaining much. I’m looking for something that can summarize or turn these long videos into clear notes I can review later. Tried a few tools but most summaries are messy. Anyone found something that actually works well? I’m testing Wayin.ai right now and

A collaboration and roadmapping platform designed specifically for cross-functional product teams to align on goals, map user journeys, plan sprints, and keep everyone on the same page.

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 17:55:14 GMT

For Product managers, designers, and engineers working on a shared product roadmap across functions. We're looking for something that can help us in aligning eng, design and stakeholders on roadmaps. The better if it's visual and can map user journeys, run sprint planning and keep everyone on the same page. What's everyone using that brings teams together instead of creating more silos?

A SaaS that helps first-time founders navigate legal and tax requirements when incorporating a new business, including automatic filing of required documents and reminders of key deadlines

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 17:51:04 GMT

For First-time founders, especially those from outside the US, who are incorporating a new business and need guidance on legal and tax compliance. In 2020, in the middle of COVID, a few friends and I decided that obviously the world needed another presentation tool. Our pain point was simple: we hated fighting with PowerPoint/Google Slides. We just wanted to write content and get nice slides without babysitting fonts, sizes, alignment, colors, and 19 different "Title + Subtitle" layouts that all somehow looked bad. So we built

A comprehensive software update management tool for macOS, with automated version checking and updating capabilities across a wide range of applications.

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 17:51:04 GMT

For macOS users who need to keep their software up-to-date, especially those who previously relied on the now-discontinued MacUpdater tool.. I've been a happy user of CoreCode's MacUpdater - a tool for macOS that automatically compared versions of local applications against the latest known ones and would auto-update if local lagged behind. It unfortunately reached EOL on 2026-01-01 - updates no longer work. Now it only lists outdated apps. Do you know of a good replacement? Does anyone else publicly track latest versions of

A self-hosted SaaS platform that provides automated, reliable, and secure backups for Docker containers and their associated data, with easy recovery and failover options.

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 17:55:14 GMT

For Self-hosted service providers and DevOps teams managing multiple Docker-based applications and services.. Hello selfhosters! i would like to ask you all about your DR & backup strategy for all your self hosted services? today i have a script that runs once a week, turn off the container(s) (it does this one by one - so if it fails only one service suffer) and copies it's volume and db to another location for retention (i dont mind cache etc)) today i run \~20 containers and this backup strateg

A workflow automation platform that offers advanced conditional logic, multi-step approvals, and flexible process management without constant developer involvement

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 17:55:14 GMT

For Managers and team leaders at small-to-medium businesses who need to automate complex workflows that go beyond simple triggers and notifications. Zapier has worked well for simple triggers and notifications, but once we started adding conditional logic and multi-step approvals, things became difficult to manage. I’m now exploring alternatives that offer better control, visibility, and flexibility, without needing constant developer involvement. Ideally, I’m looking for something that can handle more complex workflows smoothly and doesn’t

A SaaS file indexing and search tool that can index a user's NAS, perform OCR and metadata extraction on files, and provide a searchable interface to the content

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 17:55:14 GMT

For Users with a NAS or large local file storage who need to easily search and access the contents of their files. I am looking for something that can index my NAS and provide a interface to search contents of files. Processing images and doing OCR/Metadata extraction for files, listing contents of archives, etc. I know SOLR can do this separately but it is more a library then a tool. Is there an open source tool that does this? I was thinking about making my own but I figure someone has to have something like

A cost-governance layer that validates prompt caching is actually working across multi-hop LLM provider chains and hard-stops spending when cache miss rates exceed thresholds.

Tue, 23 Jun 2026 15:56:03 GMT

For Engineering teams running AI agents through proxy layers (LiteLLM, Droid, similar) against metered cloud LLM APIs who need to prevent silent cache failures from causing runaway bills.. I just learned a $37,901.73 lesson about AWS Bedrock, Claude Opus, prompt caching, and the complete lack of hard safety rails around metered AI infrastructure. This was not a leaked key. This was not crypto mining. This was not an infinite loop. This was not one ridiculous request. It was a normal local coding-agent workflow: Droid -> OpenAI-compatible API -> LiteLLM -> AWS Bedrock ->

A SaaS tool that helps software developers maintain their coding skills and passion in the face of rapid AI adoption and changing industry dynamics.

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 17:51:04 GMT

For Software developers who are feeling frustrated by the rise of AI-powered tools and feeling like their core skills are becoming less valuable.. First fancy LLMs, then image generation, then assistants, then agents… When will this end? I’m tired of this hype. Everytime I open HN, or any other community based platform, everyone is talking about AI. Why does this ick me? Am I alone? Simply because i’ve spent my past years, learning how to code, building stuff, reading docs, debugging, scraping through stackoverflow etc…. Am I just, jealous?

A VS Code extension or alternative IDE feature that aggregates TypeScript/JavaScript errors and warnings across all project files (opened and unopened) into a unified, searchable, clickable problem list.

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 15:37:07 GMT

For TypeScript/JavaScript developers at mid-to-large companies working on monorepos or projects with hundreds of files who need to understand the full impact of refactoring changes.. I am using VS Code on a project at work that has hundreds of files and many layers of nested sub-directories. I frequently make changes that break many files, such as changing the call signature of a commonly used method. Since the project is entirely typescript, it is useful to be able to open the "Problems" view and see the errors and warnings my change caused in the files I have open. However,

A service that helps people detect and avoid employment scams, with educational resources and tools to verify job opportunities.

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 17:51:04 GMT

For Jobseekers, particularly those looking for remote or international work, who are at risk of falling victim to employment fraud schemes.. Got this scam email about an opportunity to earn passive income by acting as the front for an employment fraud scheme. How does the scammer benefit from this operation? I can think of 2 ways: - Personal / private data mining, but this seems quite work intensive for that purpose - Actually going through with the whole scam and disappearing after first salary payments come through Any other ide

A Google Drive bulk version recovery tool that automates marking thousands of encrypted files as 'Keep forever' across the 30-day recovery window.

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 14:35:36 GMT

For Small businesses and individual users who've suffered ransomware attacks on Google Drive and need rapid bulk file recovery before the 30-day window closes.. I've been hit by a ransomware and multiple thousands of my google drive files were encrypted and uploaded to Google Drive. Unlike Dropbox, no global rollback feature exists on Google Drive. For 30 days I can manually restore the previous version one file at a time via the Google Drive web interface and "Keep forever" setting in Revision. Is there a script or a tool I could use to automate this pro

A Docker image caching layer for AWS Fargate that eliminates repeated ECR pulls and associated data transfer costs.

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 15:37:07 GMT

For DevOps engineers and backend teams running scheduled Fargate tasks with frequent container restarts. EDIT: as @ronkorving mentioned, image caching is available for EC2 backed ECS. I've updated this request to be specifically for Fargate. **What do you want us to build?** I've deployed scheduled Fargate tasks and been clobbered with high data transfer fees pulling down the image from ECR. Additionally, configuring a VPC endpoint for ECR is not for the faint of heart. The doc is a bit confusing

A cross-database query federation layer that allows users to join data across heterogeneous databases using common keys without moving data.

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 15:37:07 GMT

For Backend engineers and data analysts at mid-market companies running siloed systems (e-commerce + accounting, CRM + warehouse, etc.). For example, if I have an e-commerce system in one database, and an accounting system in another database (not necessarily using the same driver), I'd like to be able to build queries to join the data using the email address or order number as the key. :arrow_down: Please click the :+1: reaction instead of leaving a `+1` or `update?` comment

Add UTM (QEMU-based VM) as a provider option in Vagrant or similar IaC tools for M1 Mac developers

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 15:37:07 GMT

For Software developers on M1/M2 Macs who need lightweight virtualization for development environments and currently can't use Virtualbox/VMware. On new Mac's with M1 processors users can't use Virtualbox and VMware, but UTM works: https://mac.getutm.app/ Could you please add provider for UTM? That will save a lot of developer life :) Thanks!

A TypeScript compiler plugin or ESLint rule that flags implicit global method calls and enforces explicit `window.`/`global.` qualification to prevent shadowing bugs.

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 15:37:07 GMT

For TypeScript developers in large codebases who want to catch accidental global method shadowing at compile time. I just spent 2 hours tracking down this issue: - We have a class with a prototype method called `focus()` - Our code was calling `focus()`, but it should have been calling `this.focus()` - The code compiled fine, because `window.focus()` shares the same signature as our `focus()` method Is there a way to throw a compile time error when implicitly accessing global methods (on `window`, `glo

A Playwright plugin that automatically pauses tests on failure for interactive debugging without manual code edits.

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 15:37:07 GMT

For QA engineers and test automation developers using Playwright who spend significant time debugging flaky or failing tests. In TestCafe, there's a simple `--debug-on-fail` command line flag that automatically pauses the test if it fails, so you can troubleshoot and debug it. It is singularly one of the most used and useful command line flags for me in TestCafe, I run it with at least 95% of my test runs. It doesn't seem that Playwright has this pause on fail option, making troubleshooting test failures a big pain.

A standalone, open-source or commercial Gantt chart component library optimized for React applications with native drag-and-drop, timeline scaling, and resource management features.

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 15:37:07 GMT

For React/web developers building project management, workflow scheduling, or resource planning tools who need native Gantt visualization without external dependencies.. # Action Requested: User Survey 📢 We want to understand your use cases better, so we're collecting your requirements for our Gantt Charts in a mini-survey. Please share what you need: https://tally.so/r/m6MBNo ⚠️ If you don't need Gantt-specific features, we have https://github.com/mui/mui-x/issues/20595 for a "simpler" Timeline component. ## Summary This is about supporting people to implem

A tool that auto-converts or validates CLAUDE.md files into AGENTS.md format for cross-tool agent compatibility.

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 15:37:07 GMT

For Engineering teams using Claude Code alongside other AI coding agents (Codex, Cursor, Amp) who need standardized agent onboarding across tools.. Codex, Amp, Cursor, and others are starting to standardize around AGENTS.md (https://agents.md/) — a unified Markdown file that coding agents can use to understand a codebase. By contrast, CLAUDE.md feels too specific to Claude Code. It doesn’t work as well when collaborating with other developers who aren’t using Claude Code.

A Dart code generation tool that auto-generates immutable data classes with copy(), equals(), hashCode(), and toString() with zero boilerplate

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 15:37:07 GMT

For Dart/Flutter web developers building state management systems who find existing solutions (built_value) too verbose and slow. Immutable data are used heavily for web applications today, commonly with Elm-like (redux, ngrx, ...) architectures. Most common thing web developer is doing with data is creating a copy of it with some fields changed, usually propagated to the root of state tree. JavaScript has spread operator for this. There should be a easy way to use immutable data structures in Dart. I would like to have data

A Terraform abstraction layer or DSL that enables dynamic provider instantiation and multi-account resource provisioning without hardcoding

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 15:37:07 GMT

For DevOps/Infrastructure engineers managing multiple AWS accounts who use Terraform. ### Current Terraform Version

A Terraform provider enhancement or standalone tool that enables strategic JSON/YAML patching of Kubernetes resources while preserving upstream modifications

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 15:37:07 GMT

For DevOps/Platform engineers managing EKS clusters who need to inject configuration (proxies, env vars) into pre-configured system daemonsets without overwriting existing values. ### Terraform Version Terraform v0.12.18 ### Affected Resource(s) n/a (request for new resource) In AWS EKS, clusters come "pre-configured" with several things running in the `kube-system` namespace. We need to patch those pre-configured things, while retaining any "upstream" changes which happen to be made. (for example: set HTTP_PROXY variables) kubectl provides the `patch` keyword

Web observability and crash reporting for Angular/JavaScript apps integrated natively into Firebase Crashlytics

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 15:37:07 GMT

For Angular/JavaScript developers at mid-to-large companies already invested in Firebase ecosystem who need production error tracking without switching vendors. --- **Edit (Sep 23 2025) from Firebase** > Hi Everybody - this is Abdallah from the Firebase team. We're investigating adding web observability to Crashlytics, and we'd like to get your feedback on https://github.com/firebase/firebase-js-sdk/discussions/9273. Let us know your thoughts! --- Please, support crashlytics firebase. I do not want to use other services, like https://www.bugsnag.com

A Git credential manager that allows developers to store and switch between multiple account credentials per repository without manual CLI configuration.

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 15:37:07 GMT

For Software developers who work across personal and work Git repositories and frequently switch between multiple accounts (especially common in agencies, consultancies, and companies with side projects).. It would be great to be able to manage multiple git credentials in the options. Additionally it'd be nice to set an git credential override for each repository. Otherwise when a user works with personal and work related accounts they always have to change between the accounts.