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Awful UI/UX in QuickBooks accounting software, particularly its suggestion features
QuickBooks has truly awful UI/UX around its suggestions, making it the most hated software that businesses can't easily replace despite urgent need for disruption.
X6mo agoToolFinance
Excessive CAPTCHA challenges degrading GitHub login UX for enterprise users
GitHub's anti-bot protection forces users, especially those with organizational emails, to solve 10 blurry puzzles multiple times, creating an extremely painful and frustrating user experience.
X6mo agoToolDev
Terrible UX in high-value crypto swaps leading to massive losses from slippage and MEV bots
Crypto protocols display slippage warnings that users ignore, resulting in enormous losses (e.g., $50M USDT swapped for $36K) due to MEV bot extraction during high-stakes transactions.
X6mo agoToolFinance
AI agents can't reliably build and deploy production apps without manual developer intervention
Currently, developers using AI agents to build fullstack applications must manually set up backend infrastructure (databases, auth, storage), integrate multiple services, and translate agent outputs into deployable code. This creates bottlenecks where agents get stuck on infrastructure decisions, agents can't autonomously handle critical backend operations, and even simple app deployments require significant human oversight. Teams either abandon agent-driven development or spend weeks building custom integrations.
Product Hunt6mo agoToolOther
Building and maintaining automation workflows requires technical skills most people don't have
Non-technical business users and solopreneurs need to automate repetitive tasks but lack coding knowledge or can't afford developers. They either manually handle tedious work (wasting hours weekly) or pay expensive contractors. Existing no-code tools still require understanding logic flows and debugging, creating friction that delays automation adoption.
Product Hunt6mo agoToolAI
5 partners — 5 different CV templates. Managers spend 20–40 minutes on each adaptation, up to 15 times a week. Over a year of this routine. No ready-made solutions found.
ProblemHunt6mo agoToolAI
Sales and relationship management for government and political organizations
CRM tools tailored for government agencies, political campaigns, and civic organizations to manage constituent relationships, donor tracking, and outreach—currently served by generic Salesforce or no good options.
YC Graveyard1y agoToolProductivity
EV Charger Installation Complexity for Real Estate Developers
Real estate developers face fragmented vendors, permitting delays, and coordination chaos when installing EV chargers. The problem is more acute now as mandates increase and EVs scale.
YC Graveyard3y agoToolBusiness
Fashion designers struggle to showcase work and build audience without professional platform infrastructure
Emerging fashion designers lack a dedicated platform to share design work, get feedback, and grow an audience before launching brands. Instagram and TikTok aren't design-focused, making discovery and credibility harder.
YC Graveyard5y agoTemplateDesign & Creative
Discovery and management of local business subscriptions and recurring services
Consumers and small businesses struggle to find, compare, and manage subscriptions to local services (gyms, salons, delivery, etc.). Aggregating and managing these subscriptions is currently fragmented.
YC Graveyard5y agoToolBusiness
Accessible online eyecare consultations and prescription refills without in-person visits
Consumers need affordable, convenient eye exams and prescription renewals without traveling to physical optometry offices. Regulatory barriers are lower than other healthcare (telemedicine eyecare is legal in many jurisdictions with proper licensing).
YC Graveyard5y agoToolMedicine & Health
Community and tools for improving fantasy sports player skill and strategy
Fantasy sports players lack a dedicated community platform for sharing insights, tracking performance, and collaborating on strategy. Despite larger platforms existing, niche communities and specialized tools for serious players remain underserved.
YC Graveyard5y agoTemplateSport & Fitness
Buy-Now-Pay-Later for Moving and Rental Payments
Renters face cash-flow challenges paying deposits and first month's rent upfront. BNPL solved this for e-commerce but hasn't been applied effectively to moving/rental payments.
YC Graveyard7y agoToolFinance
Booking Curated Local Experiences and Adventures
Travelers struggle to discover and book authentic, curated local experiences beyond tourist traps. Airbnb Experiences solved part of this, but demand for higher-quality, Disney-like production value experiences remains underserved.
YC Graveyard7y agoTemplateTravel
Neighborhood social discovery and mutual aid
Neighbors want to connect with each other for help, friendship, and community but lack a simple way to do so. This problem persists as neighborhood cohesion has declined and digital tools remain fragmented.
YC Graveyard7y agoToolCommunity
Machine learning is bottlenecked by slow software compilation and optimization
Data scientists and ML engineers waste time waiting for models to compile and run, slowing iteration cycles. This remains a real pain point in ML workflows where compilation overhead compounds.
YC Graveyard8y agoToolAI
Mobile investing platform for Indian retail investors
Helping Indian consumers access and manage mutual fund investments through a simple mobile app.
YC Graveyard9y agoToolFinance
Dispatch information system for first responders
Providing police and health workers with contextual safety information and risk assessment before arriving at scenes.
YC Graveyard9y agoToolBusiness
Curated interior design shopping and inspiration platform
Tastemaker tried to create a marketplace where interior designers could sell curated home goods. The problem—finding trustworthy, curated interior design products—still exists and is underserved.
YC Graveyard14y agoTemplateE-Commerce
Scale to zero
I have a serious side-project habit - I often have dozens of side projects on the go at once. As such, I really appreciate scale-to-zero services like Google Cloud Run and Vercel, where if my project isn't getting any traffic at all it costs me nothing (or just a few cents a month in storage costs) - then it spins up a server when a request comes in, with a cold-start delay of a few seconds before it starts serving traffic. I would love it if App Runner could do this! It looks like at the moment you have to pay for a minimum of one running instance.
GitHub5y agoToolOther