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Spotted in a thread of developers complaining about writing release notes by hand, twice a week, forever.
MikeyMikeyEvery day, Mikey scans articles, forums, product launches, and other sources for complaints, gaps, shifts, workarounds, and odd little signals that might spark a software idea. He is not validating businesses. He is asking one useful question: what about this?
SOURCES SCANNED TODAY: hundreds · QUESTION ASKED: what about this?
Articles, forums, launches, and other sources are scanned for complaints, changes, workarounds, gaps, and things people keep wishing existed.
Mikey looks for signals that raise an interesting question. Not "is this a good business?" Just: is there a useful "what about this?" hiding here?
That question goes onto the shelf as a raw spark. It has not been vetted, validated, or approved. That work comes later.
Spotted in a thread of developers complaining about writing release notes by hand, twice a week, forever.
Three different van-based groomers asked for the same thing in the same week: a calendar that knows about traffic.
Found buried in a tax forum. A recurring complaint showed up often enough to raise a useful "what about this?" question.
I've spent a long time looking for a way to help people get on the path to being their own boss, and to feel the particular joy of watching an idea travel from a napkin sketch to something real and live. That first customer. That first “thank you.” Real joy — maybe one step closer to what I like to call keyboards on the beach.
Rick Segal · Founder, hellosimple.com
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