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Find people who are already looking for a fix.

Every problem links back to the post it came from, and the person who wrote it is still there.

indie devs shipping side projects

42 found
  • “I've shipped four side projects this year and every one died at zero users.”

    312r/SideProjectRecurring
  • “Every newsletter felt essential when I subscribed. Now my inbox is unusable.”

    1.4kr/productivityManual work
  • “Brands keep asking for my UGC rates and I'm making the numbers up.”

    89r/NewTubersMissing tool
Reading r/SideProject

What you get.
Every time you run it.

  • A complaint is a buying signal

    Someone describing a problem in public has already decided it is worth solving.

  • As recent as you want

    Run the search over new posts and you are reading problems from this week, not from three years ago.

  • Work the list once

    Keep the posts worth answering, note what you said and to whom, and drop the rest.

Other things people use it for.
Same search, different question.

  • Find a startup idea

    Pick a trade you understand and read what the people in it are already fed up with.

  • Validate an idea

    See whether anyone complains about the problem you picked, without asking a single leading question.

  • Plan your roadmap

    Search your own category and read what people say is missing from the tools they already pay for.

  • Write better copy

    Every problem comes with a verbatim quote. That is your headline.

  • Research a new market

    Read a segment's real problems before you commit a quarter to it.

  • Content ideas

    Every complaint is a post, a video or a newsletter someone already asked for.

Stop guessing.
Go read what they said.

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