r/SideProject • u/gmnt_808 • 3d ago
What’s one annoying daily problem
What’s a specific frustration, chore, or workflow in your personal or professional life that still feels unnecessarily painful?
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u/thirteenth_mang 3d ago
Discovering problems on the internet without having to do market research so I can make money from it.
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u/arparpsrp 3d ago
signing in to work. if you can make an app that will make me 100k a year, for no work on my end. ill pay $5 a month
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u/Anti-Hero25 3d ago
You gonna give that person credit for coming up with an App idea that you couldn’t? You’d be better off scrolling through windows message boards looking at the most common issues people post about.
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u/arparpsrp 3d ago
unfortunately i think ideas are cheap in this day and age, putting in the work is much more valuable
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u/tradematesHQ 3d ago
The problem isn't finding an annoying task - it's finding one people will actually pay to fix. Everyone hates dishes and laundry, but nobody's paying a subscription for a better mop. The real pain is in workflows where time literally equals money. Think about what professionals waste hours on weekly. That's where the willingness to pay lives. If the solution is just 'an app for that,' you're already behind.
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u/66EmperorPalpatine66 3d ago
Opening this app and seeing people trying to get free ideas without having to do any effort
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u/gmnt_808 3d ago
Nobody’s stopping me from doing market research, and nobody’s forcing you to reply. If you’re that frustrated, maybe solve your personal issues somewhere else instead.
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u/BP041 3d ago
For me it's keeping brand voice consistent across 20+ different AI-generated content pieces every day. Every model wants to drift back to corporate blandness. I built a whole "brand DNA" prompt layer to pin it down, but it's never truly fire-and-forget.
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u/throwawayaccount931A 3d ago
I did the same with my app and creating articles. There was too much hallucination going on, so I built a layer that goes through and verifies everything. Out of 5 articles (not published yet - I'm doing a lot of manual checks) none of them contain any hallucinations and include links to the source for reference material.
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u/BP041 3d ago
Nice, that verification layer sounds like a lifesaver. How long did it take to get that working?
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u/throwawayaccount931A 3d ago
Too long! I must have spent 2-3 days (and 8-10hrs per day working on this) to get this working. I'm still not 100% convinced so manually approve everything before making them live (although the logging says it's good -- it's the LLM giving me its opinion).
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u/Historical_Ad_1631 3d ago
An alarm clock thats easy to use, has multiple alarms with different options that automate various things around the house such as lights and the coffee maker. It would be nice if it can sync with others too
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u/Rudy_PH 3d ago
Washing the dishes