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INSS medical evaluations incorrectly deny disability benefits to elderly heart patients
Government health experts (perícia médica) issue reports claiming no work incapacity for elderly patients with severe cardiac issues, surgeries, implants, and limitations, leading to denied benefits and frustration for advocates.
X6mo agoTemplateMedicine & Health
LinkedIn is a waste of time for most Brazilian workers
LinkedIn provides little value for 80-90% of Brazilian workers, benefiting only the elite, creating a need for more effective professional networking and job search alternatives tailored to average professionals.
X6mo agoToolHR & Career
Lack of seamless offline reading capabilities for fanfictions and AUs
Readers of fanfictions and alternate universe stories want a reliable method or app to access content fully offline, without depending on internet connectivity from current platforms.
X6mo agoToolMedia
No reliable way to schedule messages natively in WhatsApp
WhatsApp users repeatedly wish for a built-in scheduling feature to send messages at specific future times, as current workarounds are cumbersome or non-existent.
X6mo agoToolProductivity
Absence of a mind-reading personalized recommender for niche content like fanfics, doramas, movies, and books
Users struggle with discovery, constantly trying dozens of mismatched fanfics, doramas, AUs, movies, and books; need an intelligent system that perfectly matches their exact tastes without trial-and-error.
X6mo agoToolOther
No specialized social network for quality educational chemistry videos
Chemistry learners can't tolerate junk content on general platforms like TikTok or YouTube and need a dedicated social feed with only verified educational chemistry videos.
X6mo agoToolEducation
Lack of a dedicated Letterboxd-like app for tracking and rating music albums
Music fans are frustrated with fragmented or less intuitive platforms for logging, rating, reviewing, and discovering albums, desiring a sleek mobile app like Letterboxd specifically for music.
X6mo agoToolMedia
Users waste time searching their phone for the perfect meme to send in group chats
People who actively participate in group chats spend several minutes per day scrolling through their camera roll, downloads, or meme folders trying to find a meme that matches the current conversation vibe. This breaks conversation flow, slows down real-time banter, and often results in sending a suboptimal meme or giving up entirely. The friction of app-switching and manual searching kills the spontaneity that makes meme-based communication fun.
Product Hunt7mo agoToolOther
Healthcare professionals want AI for diagnosis, documentation, and patient care — but training doesn't scale and tools feel too technical. Need a simple, clinically relevant path.
ProblemHunt6mo agoToolEducation
Musicians need a platform to discover collaborators and share short-form music content
Musicians struggle to find collaborators and build audiences through short video. TikTok is hostile to music creators with rights issues and algorithm suppression. A dedicated platform for musicians to collab, share clips, and monetize could work.
YC Graveyard6y agoToolMedia
Automating business development and partnership outreach
Sales teams spend significant time on manual outreach and deal sourcing; AI can now automate prospecting, email generation, and lead qualification at a fraction of the cost.
YC Graveyard14y agoToolSales
Finding and financing land for residential development
Developers and individual buyers struggle to identify available land parcels and navigate the financing/permitting process. This remains a real bottleneck in real estate development.
YC Graveyard5y agoTemplateReal Estate
Low patient engagement with healthcare providers
Healthcare systems struggle to keep patients engaged with treatment plans and preventive care between appointments, leading to poor outcomes and compliance. A lean engagement tool with token-based incentives could work for independent clinics and health coaches.
YC Graveyard3y agoToolMedicine & Health
Designing and manufacturing custom products is too complex and expensive for small businesses
Small businesses and creators struggle to design, price, and manufacture custom products at reasonable costs. AI design tools and print-on-demand services have matured since 2015.
YC Graveyard11y agoToolE-Commerce
Selling used items locally without friction
Mobile app to quickly list and sell used goods to local buyers, reducing the friction of traditional classified ads or eBay.
YC Graveyard15y agoTemplateE-Commerce
Pre-launch product discovery and early access platform
Creators and hardware makers need a way to validate demand and acquire early customers before full production; Kickstarter and pre-order platforms exist but there's room for niche verticals.
YC Graveyard13y agoTemplateE-Commerce
Extracting and organizing key insights from long-form content
Users struggle to capture, tag, and organize important snippets from articles, documents, and web content. AI can now power intelligent clipping and tagging at scale.
YC Graveyard18y agoToolProductivity
Buy-now-pay-later with frictionless UX across any merchant
Consumers want installment payment options at any retailer, but BNPL adoption is fragmented and each merchant integration is painful. A lean BNPL referral or API wrapper could aggregate demand and make integration trivial.
YC Graveyard4y agoToolFinance
Real-time local marketplace for quick sales and trades
People want to buy and sell items immediately in their local area without waiting days for listings to gain traction. Craigslist/Facebook Marketplace are slow and require constant refresh; mobile real-time feeds could surface urgent/hot deals faster.
YC Graveyard12y agoTemplateE-Commerce
Creator platform for short-form writing with social discovery and monetization
Writers need a place to publish short-form content, build an audience, and earn money. This problem is still real—Substack, Medium, and others prove demand, but YourQuote failed likely due to India-specific competition and monetization challenges.
YC Graveyard5y agoToolMedia