r/AppIdeas • u/Far_Package2285 • 2d ago
What problems are you currently solving manually?
I'm looking for something real to build.
I'm a data analyst and I enjoy building things with AI/vibe coding. Instead of coming up with another random AI app, I want to find a problem people actually deal with and build an MVP around it.
What is something annoying or repetitive that you currently solve manually?
It could be anything — work, business, personal productivity, research, boring admin tasks, etc.
I'm particularly interested in problems where existing solutions are too expensive, complicated, or simply bad.
If you have one, tell me:
What the problem is
How you currently solve it
How often you encounter it
I'll look through the responses and see if there's something I can actually build.
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u/somethingicameupwit 1d ago
just dropping this here, my ai refactored thoughts
Sometimes, when we do things out of habit, we don’t stop to question whether there’s a faster, easier, or better way to do them.
That’s what makes innovation difficult. It’s hard to find a solution to a problem when you don’t even realise there’s a problem in the first place.
A lot of innovation comes from questioning what we’ve accepted as “normal” — and imagining that it could be done differently.
For example, I never felt the need for someone to deliver my groceries. Going to the store was simply the norm, and I didn’t mind doing it. If you had asked me back then, I probably would have said, “I don’t need an app for that. I’ll just go to the store.”
Yet today, I order groceries for delivery most of the time.
The need existed before I recognised it. The difference was that I had never thought to question the way things were done.
Maybe that’s one of the most important parts of innovation: you’re not always solving a problem people are actively asking you to solve. Sometimes, you’re creating a new possibility they never thought was possible.