Ideas Lab

35FL score

Tax deadline tracker and compliance checklist

Small business owners struggle to track multiple tax filing deadlines across jurisdictions. A solo-built tool could aggregate deadlines, send reminders, and provide checklists for different business types. [Trending: "tax filing deadline" with 100+ searches in US]

Google Trends3mo agoToolFinanceUS

App Availability Lookup Tool

Users search for apps that don't exist for services/platforms they use. A directory tool showing which businesses/services lack mobile apps, with gaps mapped by category and region. [Google Search suggestion]

Google Trends3mo agoToolProductivityUS

35FL score

B2B construction material sourcing is fragmented and inefficient

Construction companies struggle to find reliable suppliers, compare prices, and manage procurement for materials. Manual sourcing is time-consuming and information is scattered across disconnected suppliers.

YC Graveyard6y agoToolB2B, Construction

SMB procurement in LatAm is fragmented and offline-first

Small and medium businesses in Latin America lack efficient tools to discover, compare, and purchase from wholesalers and distributors. Procurement is manual, supplier relationships are local/offline, and price discovery is difficult.

YC Graveyard5y agoToolB2B, LatAm

Is $300/HR too low these days for custom full stack?

Background. I'm a solo dev. I used to just bid contract jobs at around 25% less than where I used to work. So back in 2008 I would bid $75k to go solo on a job I knew my former employer would charge $100k for. I switched to an hourly rate around 2012 because I was tired of re-negotiating over every new feature (or what constituted a feature). At that point I just did an estimate, backwards from my job rate, and settled on $75/hr. Since then I've increased to $300/hr.But even back then, in 2012, I knew freelance consultants who specialized in something like Salesforce setups, who would come into someone's office and charge $450/hr to be there.Is $300/hr stupidly cheap now? I also know which code I could write with LLMs but I never check in LLM code. I could, but that would be cheating. I spend the hours writing code by hand.I'd like to hear from anyone in a similar position.

Hacker News3mo agoToolAI

25FL score

No way to format numbers as uppercase or emphasized beyond bold in text

Users sometimes need to give extra visual importance to numbers in text but bold alone is insufficient, and no standard typographic solution exists for 'uppercase numbers'.

X3mo agoTemplateDesign & Creative

28FL score

No tool to identify or 'Shazam' unknown perfumes and scents

People encounter pleasant or memorable smells (e.g. in elevators or public spaces) but have no way to identify the perfume or product, leading to missed opportunities for purchase or replication.

X3mo agoToolE-Commerce

35FL score

Lack of centralized high-visibility showcase platform for indie animations, games and comics

Independent creators of animations, games and HQs have no equivalent to Nintendo Direct or major events to gain broad exposure and reach audiences effectively.

X3mo agoOtherMedia

Excessive intrusive cookie consent popups ruining web browsing UX

Web users are constantly bombarded with dozens of annoying cookie banners, popups and consent dialogs that break the browsing flow and no one is addressing the normalization of this poor experience.

X3mo agoToolProductivity

Personal Earthquake Alert & Local Seismic Map

Real-time earthquake notification app with customizable radius alerts and local damage assessment. Users want immediate, location-specific earthquake data without delay. [Trending: "earthquake near me" with 10000+ searches in US]

Google Trends3mo agoToolProductivityUS

Smart Home Automation Setup Assistant

Non-technical users struggle to understand which smart home devices work together, compatibility, and setup steps. An interactive guide/tool simplifying Alexa home automation planning and device selection. [Google Search suggestion]

Google Trends3mo agoToolProductivityUS

Earthquake Magnitude Education & Comparison Tool

Interactive tool explaining earthquake scales (Richter, moment magnitude) with real-time comparisons and historical context. Helps users understand earthquake severity and impacts without confusion. [Trending: "earthquake scale" with 200+ searches in US]

Google Trends3mo agoToolEducationUS

42FL score

Financial Planning & Analysis for Small Teams

Mid-market companies and small businesses struggle with manual FP&A processes, lack access to sophisticated financial planning tools, and spend excessive time on reporting and forecasting instead of strategic insights.

YC Graveyard6y agoToolB2B SaaS

Digital Payment Infrastructure for Unbanked Africa

Small merchants and individuals in Africa lack access to simple, affordable digital payment tools and banking services.

YC Graveyard4y agoToolFintech

BUILD

78FL score

Investment Platform Friction for LatAm Users

Getting LatAm retail investors access to global securities and crypto markets is difficult due to complexity, currency barriers, and lack of localized platforms.

YC Graveyard4y agoToolFintech

I made a tool for learning scales, chords, and how to combine them

This started out when I vibe-coded a guitar scale fingering generator. It came out pretty good, and I started adding stuff to it: chords, then how chords and scales interact.Then I added charts for other instruments I mess around with: piano, cello, alto recorder.There's a complexity toggle to go from basic harmony to extended/experimental stuff.It's honestly still mostly a toy, but I thought other people might be interested in playing with it. Source is on github, so it's easy enough to run locally and fork.https://github.com/aleshh/gtr-scales

Hacker News4mo agoToolDev