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No comment on the ethics of it, but: go to freelance sites (such as upwork), and look at what people are requesting. Lots of good (and bad) ideas are on there.
Saving time = value.
The best products happen at the intersection of an existing niche you are some level of expert in already and a technology that has not yet been adopted in that niche. I've found one approach work very well with my mentees: - Figure out which "special interest groups" you are part of beyond software engineering. That can be "aquarium owner", "coffee lover", "morning person", "diligent grandson" — the less technical,…
Thinking to create yet another social media for people to post their aquariums and track the maintenance schedule then I realized I won't have the bandwidth (time and money) to deal with storing massive amounts of pictures, or policing the content to make sure it doesn't go down like social media dumpster fire of porn, gore, politics, religion, and other offensive materials
Targeting a better skillset or developing just for making money most of the time does not result in good ideas or products - but a project of personal interest will motivate you for a long time.
Personally, i created software, that i always wanted to have, but did not find something, that fitted all my needs - and it is still fun to work on it... e.g.:
- A simple tool to transfer files
- A tool to improve scanned document images and create a pdf
- A tool to convert audio files
Maybe an online tool for making SVG files from various types of image formats built on this fantastically brandable domain name?
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Could you provide more specifics? Cloud based platforms for personal computing needs is something that intrigues me. I would like to understand what is it that NextCloud or other existing offerings are lacking according to you?
Sorry. When I said vms, I meant video surveillance for residential use :)
That's a good skill to have!