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YouTube spoilers in recommendations and thumbnails
Users frequently encounter unwanted spoilers for shows like Breaking Bad in YouTube search suggestions, thumbnails, and recommendations, with no easy way to blur or block them automatically.
X3mo agoToolMedia
Personal Injury Law Practice Management Suite
Injury lawyers manage consultations, case intake, settlements, and client communication. A tool automating intake forms, settlement tracking, and client communication workflows. [Trending: "injury lawyer" with 200+ searches in US]
Google Trends3mo agoToolLegalUS
Criminal Defense Case Management & Discovery System
Criminal defense lawyers need organized case tracking, discovery management, and CPS/DCFS file organization. A specialized tool to organize case documents and automate evidence tracking. [Trending: "criminal defense lawyer" with 100+ searches in US]
Google Trends3mo agoToolLegalUS
Mortgage Broker Lead & Compliance Management Platform
Mortgage brokers struggle with client lead organization, compliance documentation, and managing multiple regulatory requirements. A tool to streamline intake, track compliance, and automate document preparation. [Trending: "mortgage broker" with 500+ searches in US]
Google Trends3mo agoToolFinanceUS
Air Mattress Alternative Finder
People seek better sleep solutions but lack a centralized comparison tool for air mattress alternatives (memory foam, inflatable toppers, etc.) with pricing and reviews. [Google Search suggestion]
Google Trends3mo agoToolE-CommerceUS
Affordable Eczema/Allergy Treatment Options Finder
Dupixent is expensive; patients need guidance finding cheaper biologics, generics, or copay assistance programs. A tool comparing alternatives and financial aid could help. [Google Search suggestion]
Google Trends3mo agoToolMedicine & HealthUS
Skincare Product Cost Comparison Tool
Users seeking cheaper alternatives to premium skincare brands lack easy way to find comparable ingredients/efficacy at lower prices across brands and retailers. [Google Search suggestion]
Google Trends3mo agoToolE-CommerceUS
Free Design Software Comparison Tool
Designers seeking free Adobe Illustrator alternatives (Inkscape, Affinity, Figma free tier) lack side-by-side feature/capability comparison and learning resource guides. [Google Search suggestion]
Google Trends3mo agoToolDesign & CreativeUS
Free AI Chatbot Comparison & Matcher
Users want free ChatGPT alternatives but lack clear comparison of open-source/freemium LLMs (Llama, Mistral, local models). A matcher tool guiding users to best free option per use case. [Google Search suggestion]
Google Trends3mo agoToolAIUS
Free Music Streaming Service Finder
Users seeking free Spotify alternatives are scattered across YouTube Music, Apple Music free tier, library services, etc. A comparison and trial tracker tool would help. [Google Search suggestion]
Google Trends3mo agoToolMediaUS
AI Model Comparison & Recommendation Engine
Users seeking Claude alternatives lack clear feature/price/capability comparison. A solo builder could create a tool comparing LLMs on speed, cost, accuracy, and use case fit. [Google Search suggestion]
Google Trends3mo agoToolAIUS
Lightweight API Testing Client for Developers
Developers seek lightweight, simple alternatives to Postman for API testing and debugging. Current solutions are bloated, slow, or subscription-heavy. [Google Search suggestion]
Google Trends3mo agoToolDevUS
Superset (YC P26) – IDE for the agents era
Hey HN, we’re Avi, Kiet, and Satya. We’re building Superset (https://github.com/superset-sh/superset), an open-source agentic IDE for running coding agents like Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode etc in parallel.Demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWDHn7gUwfgTry it: https://superset.sh/We’re three engineers who’ve built and maintained large codebases, and we kept wanting to work on more than one thing at a time. Once CLI coding agents got good enough we found ourselves running several of them in parallel: triaging Github issues, adding a few ui features, reviewing PRs, researching a refactor, etc.The funny part was that we and a lot of our friends had all hacked together similar scripts around git worktrees. Worktrees are a nice primitive for this because each agent can get an isolated copy of the repo, but the workflows around them can feel pretty messy, setting up/tearing down environments and managing dev servers.We first posted here a few months ago when Superset was mostly an open-source terminal for managing git worktrees (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46368739). Since then, it has changed a lot based on feedback from people using it on real codebases, plus contributions from our open-source community. The product has grown into something closer to an IDE for managing agent work across many worktrees, repos, and machines.The biggest thing we learned is that the hard part is not just “run more agents.” It is managing all the state around them: worktrees, ports, terminal sessions, environment setup, diffs, tasks, and PRs. Once you have five or ten agents running, the bottleneck often becomes remembering what each one is doing and actual human review. We added task / issue tracking so work can move from issue → agent → diff → PR → review without losing the context all in Superset. But there's a lot more work to improve this experience over time.We also launched Remote Workspaces, c
Hacker News3mo agoToolAI
No background audio playback in X app
X (Twitter) app lacks background play for audio content despite positioning as an 'everything app'.
X3mo agoToolMedia
Tedious phone cache and data management
Users must manually clear cache and unnecessary data in each app individually, with no single-button solution to handle everything at once.
X3mo agoToolProductivity
Boring and unengaging navigation voiceovers during long drives
Drivers seek entertaining, personality-driven navigation audio featuring specific experts with humorous anecdotes to make road trips more enjoyable instead of standard robotic voices.
X3mo agoToolTransportation
No option to compliment Uber Eats drivers in app
Uber Eats app provides many complaint and negative rating options but no straightforward way to compliment or positively acknowledge drivers.
X3mo agoToolTransportation
Forced internet search in Gemini AI app
Gemini app automatically forces internet search for every query, even random ones, which ruins high-quality model responses and cannot be disabled.
X3mo agoToolAI
Tedious manual updates for app store screenshots and assets after code changes
Developers must repeatedly take screenshots, upload them manually to templates, download, and re-upload to app stores every time app changes occur, which is time-consuming and error-prone.
X5mo agoToolDev