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Free Photoshop alternative finder
Users seek free photo editing but lack clarity on feature parity. Curated alternative guide, comparison tool, or specialized free editor for common Photoshop tasks. [Google Search suggestion]
Google Trends5mo agoToolDesign & CreativeUS
Office uninstall cleaner tool
Users struggle with complete Office removal leaving registry/file remnants. Automated cleaning tool could fill gap left by Microsoft's basic uninstaller. [Google Search suggestion]
Google Trends5mo agoToolDevUS
CapCut Alternatives Comparison & Feature Matcher
Users need free video editing software but struggle to find CapCut replacements with matching features. A tool comparing free video editors by OS, export quality, and specific features could reduce research friction. [Google Search suggestion]
Google Trends5mo agoToolDesign & CreativeUS
Free Excel Alternative Recommendation Engine
Users seeking free spreadsheet tools face fragmented options (LibreOffice, Google Sheets, Airtable). A curated comparison tool matching specific needs to best free alternatives could save decision time. [Google Search suggestion]
Google Trends5mo agoToolProductivityUS
Jet Fuel Supply Chain Alert System
Real-time monitoring and alerts for aviation fuel shortages affecting European airlines, helping travel platforms and customers anticipate cancellations. [Trending: "easyjet fuel shortage" with 5000+ searches in GB]
Google Trends5mo agoToolTransportationGB
Fashion Discovery and Shoppability
Users struggle to find and purchase fashion items they discover in photos, on social media, or in the wild. Current solutions are fragmented or require manual curation. A streamlined tool that identifies fashion items and connects buyers to retailers solves real friction.
YC Graveyard10y agoToolFashion/Commerce
Skill Development & Team Training for Companies
Small to mid-size companies struggle to upskill employees at scale without expensive training programs. They need flexible, trackable, affordable learning paths tailored to job roles.
YC Graveyard21y agoToolHR-Tech
Radiology Report Automation
Radiologists spend significant time on repetitive diagnostic report generation and workflow management. AI can now meaningfully automate report generation, quality checks, and workflow routing.
YC Graveyard6y agoToolHealthcare
Remote Collaborative Whiteboarding & Ideation
Distributed teams struggle to brainstorm synchronously without expensive tools or real-time collaboration on visual ideas. Designers, engineers, and PMs need lightweight whiteboarding that works across devices.
YC Graveyard20y agoToolProductivity
Podcast Distribution & Hosting for Independent Creators
Podcasters need an affordable, all-in-one platform to host audio, generate RSS feeds, distribute to Apple/Spotify, track analytics, and monetize without complex technical setup or high fees.
YC Graveyard20y agoToolMedia
Easy Online Photo Editing Without Desktop Software
Non-designers need quick, intuitive photo editing in the browser—cropping, filters, resizing, basic effects—without downloading Photoshop or complex desktop tools. Batch processing would be useful.
YC Graveyard20y agoToolConsumer
Gene Therapy Manufacturing Complexity
Gene therapy manufacturing is a bottleneck preventing democratization—current processes are expensive, capital-intensive, and centralized, making treatment costs prohibitive
YC Graveyard8y agoToolHealthcare / Biotech
Artist-Fan Direct Revenue Sharing
Musicians struggle to retain revenue when selling through traditional digital stores that take large cuts. Fans want direct connection to artists they support.
YC Graveyard18y agoToolMusic
Democratizing Investment Research & Collaboration
Retail investors lack collaborative platforms to share research, validate investment ideas, and learn from peer analysis before committing capital. Information asymmetry between institutions and individuals persists.
YC Graveyard19y agoToolFinTech
Continual Learning with .md
I have a proposal that addresses long-term memory problems for LLMs when new data arrives continuously (cheaply!). The program involves no code, but two Markdown files.For retrieval, there is a semantic filesystem that makes it easy for LLMs to search using shell commands.It is currently a scrappy v1, but it works better than anything I have tried.Curious for any feedback!
Hacker News5mo agoToolAI
Marky – A lightweight Markdown viewer for agentic coding
Hey HN,In this age of agentic coding I've found myself spending a lot of time reviewing markdown files. Whether it's plans or documentation that I've asked my agent to generate for me, it seems that I spend more time reading markdown than code.I've tried a few different solutions to make it easier to read such as Obsidian however I've found their Vault system to be quite limiting for this use case and I've found TUI solutions to not quite be as friendly to read as I've wanted so I made Marky.Marky is a lightweight desktop application that makes it incredibly easy to read and track your markdown files. It also has a helpful cli so you can just run marky FILENAME and have the app open to the md file that you pointed it at. I've been using the daily over the past week and I really enjoy it so I figured I'd share it.Here's a video if you want to check out a demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGBxt8uOVjc.I have plans to add more features such as incorporating agentic tools such as claude code and codex into the UI as well as developing a local git diff reviewer to allow me to do local code review before pushing up to git.I'd love to hear your thoughts and any feature suggestions you may have :)
Hacker News5mo agoToolAI
Teams manually copy-pasting data across multiple operations tools
Business operations spread across 5-6 different tools require manual copy-pasting, which founders find too complicated to automate despite the obvious need.
X5mo agoToolProductivity
Persistent manual accounting in Excel
Despite advancements like space travel, accounting is still done manually in Excel, highlighting outdated manual processes.
X5mo agoToolFinance
Manual Reddit outreach for SaaS lead generation
SaaS growth marketers waste time manually monitoring target subreddits, reviewing posts, drafting personalized comments, and sending DMs, desiring automated notifications and AI-assisted personalization.
X5mo agoToolMarketing & Sales