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Small businesses need automated accounting but existing solutions are too complex or expensive
Small businesses, especially in emerging markets, struggle with manual bookkeeping and can't afford complex accounting software or professional services.
YC Graveyard4y agoToolFinance
AI-Generated Content Detection for Educators & Publishers
Educators, publishers, and content moderators need a simple tool to detect if text was written by ChatGPT or similar AI models. Existing detectors are unreliable, paywalled, or fragmented across platforms. [Google Search suggestion]
Google Trends6mo agoToolEducationUS
Video creators need better monetization through contextual advertising
Video creators struggle to monetize content effectively, especially with ads that are relevant to specific moments in their videos.
YC Graveyard15y agoToolMedia
Mass block tool for engagement farming accounts on X
X users are annoyed by engagement farming accounts and want a way to mass block them instead of one-by-one.
X8mo agoToolProductivity
App for disguised self-messaging as if from other people
No app exists to let users send messages to themselves that appear as coming from someone else, for sharing random thoughts or self-motivation without it looking self-sent.
X8mo agoToolPsychology
Repositories lack automatic AI-updated documentation for LLM agents
Developers merge PRs but documentation like READMEs isn't updated to reflect changes, forcing LLM agents to scan entire codebases inefficiently instead of quick-reference docs.
X8mo agoToolDev
How much should I pay for the given website.
Project Title: Micro-Task Platform Project Overview Build a web platform where clients can create online tasks and workers can complete them to earn money. Workers submit proof, tasks are verified automatically or manually, and earnings are credited to their wallet. The platform must support crypto withdrawals and an admin management system. User Roles 1. Worker - Create account and login - View available tasks - Complete tasks and submit proof (link or screenshot) - Track earnings and task history - Request withdrawals 2. Client - Create campaigns/tasks - Set reward amount per task - Define number of workers required - Track task completion statistics - Pay for campaigns 3. Admin - Approve or reject task submissions - Manage users - Manage campaigns - Process withdrawals - Monitor platform activity Core Features User System - Registration and login - Email verification - User dashboard - Wallet balance display Task System - Task listing page - Task instructions page - Proof submission (URL or screenshot upload) - Task status tracking (pending / approved / rejected) Verification System - Automatic link validation for tasks when possible - Manual admin approval for complex tasks Wallet System - User balance management - Earnings credited after task approval - Withdrawal request system Payments - Crypto payments (USDT, BTC, ETH) - Admin manual approval for withdrawals Admin Dashboard - View all users - Manage tasks - Approve submissions - Approve withdrawals - Platform analytics Security & Anti-Fraud - Duplicate submission detection - Rate limiting for tasks - IP monitoring for multiple accounts Technical Requirements Frontend Responsive web interface. Backend API based architecture. Database Store users, tasks, submissions, and transactions. Optional Features (Phase 2) - Automated verification via social platform APIs - Referral system - Reputation score for workers - Automated crypto payouts - Real-time notifications
Reddit8mo agoToolDev
outsourced our phone answering to save time and now we're spending more time fixing the notes than we saved
We run a small insurance agency and phones are the biggest time suck in the office. Figured we'd try one of those call answering services to handle the easy stuff while we focus on quotes and renewals. Three weeks in it's a mess. The operators keep mixing up policy numbers and claim numbers in the notes they send us, carrier names are misspelled half the time, and if a client asks anything slightly specific they just transfer the call right back to us. So we're paying for a service that handles maybe 20% of calls on its own and creates cleanup work for the rest. One call really got me. Commercial client called about adding a location to their bop. Notes came back saying "customer wants to add a body shop to their policy." I still don't understand how you get there from what was actually said. Another time someone called about their personal umbrella policy and the only note was "customer has question about umbrella insurance." Zero context, zero details, so we had to call the client back and redo the whole conversation. The frustrating part is the terminology isn't even that complicated once you learn it but these generic services clearly don't train their people on any of it. I'm pulling the plug this week. Been poking around at some of the industry specific options, saw a few names come up like sonant and a couple others that are supposedly trained on insurance calls specifically but honestly at this point I'm skeptical anything that isn't our own staff will get it right. Anyone else dealt with this when trying to automate or outsource something in a specialized field? feels like the generic tools just don't cut it when there's real domain knowledge involved.
Reddit8mo agoToolProductivity
A startup founder loses focus and productivity juggling 5-7 tools for a single project. Existing «all-in-one» platforms don't provide the feel of a unified workspace.
ProblemHunt9mo agoToolProductivity
Fans of paper planners lack an iPad app that would allow importing PDF layout templates and using them as a foundation for digital notes
ProblemHunt10mo agoToolProductivity
Clients struggle to verify the competence and pricing honesty of freelancers when creating websites — there is no AI tool for real-time proposal analysis.
ProblemHunt10mo agoToolFreelance
Problem of access to loans for immigrants in the EU
ProblemHunt1y agoToolImmigration
Problem of managing type 1 diabetes without AI assistance
ProblemHunt1y agoToolAI
Real-time Taiwan stock market news and risk alerts
Investors need timely, consolidated updates and risk mitigation alerts for volatile Taiwan stock indexes to make informed decisions. [Trending: "taiwan index" with 2000+ searches in IN]
Google Trends23h agoToolFinanceIN
AI Website Builder Tool for Non-Technical Users
Many users want to create websites but lack coding skills and find existing website builders limited or expensive. An AI-powered tool that builds websites from simple prompts can lower barriers and speed up creation. [Google Search suggestion]
Google Trends23h agoToolDevUS
Simplify visa sponsorship tracking for tech workers
Many US tech workers face uncertainty due to shifting visa sponsorship policies from employers. A tool that tracks company sponsorship status and provides alternative job leads could help. [Trending: "h-1b visa" with 200+ searches in US]
Google Trends23h agoToolHR & CareerUS
Smart Wordle hints generator with context-aware clues
Wordle players seek meaningful hints that adapt to their current guesses without outright spoiling the answer. A lightweight tool could provide intelligent, contextual hints. [Trending: "wordle hint" with 200+ searches in GB]
Google Trends23h agoToolOtherGB
Simplified YouTube Monetization Planner for New Creators
Aspiring YouTubers struggle to understand and optimize monetization methods. A tool that breaks down monetization options, requirements, and revenue projections can help creators plan their channel growth and income. [Google Search suggestion]
Google Trends23h agoToolMarketing & SalesUS
Accurate UK house price analytics for buyers/sellers
UK home buyers and sellers struggle with unreliable or lagging housing price data. A tool that consolidates multiple sources and verifies price accuracy would aid better decisions. [Trending: "uk housing market price accuracy" with 200+ searches in GB]
Google Trends23h agoToolReal EstateGB
Pomerado (YC F26) – Turn any website into an MCP for agents
Hi HN, we’re Alan and Akshay from Pomerado (https://pomerado.ai/). We connect your agents to any website by turning sites into deterministic, self-healing APIs in minutes, fully self-serve.Agents are no longer limited by their intelligence, but rather by their ability to interact with systems. Airlines, banks, e-commerce, insurance portals, government sites, and legacy portals all lack APIs or MCPs and are common parts of personal assistant or business workflows. Agents instead rely on browser automation or computer use, which can be slow, expensive, and unreliable. And even if computer use were perfect, most companies have banned it out of security and compliance concerns.We discovered this problem while tinkering with our own personal assistants. When OpenClaw came out, we wanted to “live our lives through our agents” and have them do everything for us. We soon found their usefulness was restricted by what tools they could connect to. For example, when trying to book flights, they fell back on computer use, which failed to checkout. These issues got magnified on repeated workflows, like searching many airlines at once.Pomerado started off as a project to improve these personal assistant workflows. As we started building, we realized that just-in-time tool creation could have significant applications for AI builders in legacy verticals.We’re ex-McKinsey and Scale AI, where we drove agent deployments in healthcare, professional services, and telecom. Each time, the biggest bottleneck was getting agents to interface well with legacy websites and apps.Pomerado is what we built. It’s a self-serve platform where devs can create APIs for any website (even those they don’t own), in minutes. Users (or their coding agents) provide a short natural language description, answer a few questions about their workflow, and receive a MCP in less than an hour. Future tool calls use the deterministic MCP, which usually returns results in 5-30 seconds.Here’s a walkthrou
Hacker News1d agoToolAI