Alright HN, tell me what to build. Top voted idea wins. Keep in mind I am one guy and the budget is reasonable hosting costs and 3 months to build. Don't bore me!! Will post a follow up.
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#2Good TUI app for github.
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#3App that gives you app ideas for apps that people will actually desire to be built
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#4If you are a developer, don’t build another developer tool please. If you decide to build a developer tool, ask yourself when was last time you paid for a developer tool, what made you pay for it, did you switch to a free version later?
Without knowing your background, it is difficult to suggest any specific idea. You mentioned hosting costs and 3 months build time, so I assume you want to build a hosted solution that can be built in 3 months most probably a MVP.
I will suggest you build a blog. For first 2 months read books on how to discover and develop innovative ideas, customer discovery, identifying customer needs, user flow and stories, everything a good product manager does before a product specification is written.
For first two months, Write blog posts summarizing what you learnt from each book, and implementation worksheets/mindmaps that can be used to execute what you learnt in that book. By the 3rd month, you might have good idea how you may want to build something and a bunch of mindmaps and worksheets to use for any idea that comes to your mind.
In third month, go to Show HN tab or product hunt, take the first idea that you find attractive and apply your worksheets and mindmaps to that idea. Contact the original poster and offer to collaborate and if you think you can do better alone, go for it.
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#5Something I really want is a better way to discover new products. Say, I want to know the best kind of instant noodle, or a good mid range mattress.
Everything on Google now leads to a sponsored blog. Every major site has had its algorithm gamed, and only comes out with mediocre recommendations.
Maybe something like Product Hunt, but also for cars, recipe books, private hospitals near you.
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#6If you are a developer, don’t build another developer tool please. If you decide to build a developer tool, ask yourself when was last time you paid for a developer tool, what made you pay for it, did you switch to a free version later? Without knowing your background, it is difficult to suggest any specific idea. You mentioned hosting costs and 3 months build time, so I assume you want to build a hosted solution tha…
> For first 2 months read books on how to discover and develop innovative ideas, customer discovery, identifying customer needs, user flow and stories, everything a good product manager does before a product specification is written.
Any suggestions for books?
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#7Nuclear powered scooter!
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#8If you are a developer, don’t build another developer tool please. If you decide to build a developer tool, ask yourself when was last time you paid for a developer tool, what made you pay for it, did you switch to a free version later? Without knowing your background, it is difficult to suggest any specific idea. You mentioned hosting costs and 3 months build time, so I assume you want to build a hosted solution tha…
> For first 2 months read books on how to discover and develop innovative ideas, customer discovery, identifying customer needs, user flow and stories, everything a good product manager does before a product specification is written. Any suggestions for books?
Start with Steve Blank’s The Startup Manual or Four Step to Epiphany. Other books
Dan Olsen, The Lean Product Playbook
Mart Cagan, Inspired
Ryan Singer, Shape Up
Jake Knapp, Sprint
Jeff Patton, User Story Mapping
Stephen Wunker, Costovation
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#9Neat and simpl data mining and tool for the output coming from this product: https://iwishtherewas.app/ that was posted to Show HN yesterday. Give us the answer to "What people want?"
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#10maybe some kind of program that lets you read and send emails via sms. you text a request to pull an email, and another command to send one.