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    ON THE WIRE60AFFECTED16,645THREADS939

    On the wire: 60 / 60

    SourceAPP STORE
    Time in1d ago
    Pain
    8/10

    Claude by Anthropic: Unfair Mass Account Ban & Ineffective Appeal System

    Anthropic’s current account security mechanism is extremely unreasonable. The platform randomly blocks thousands of ordinary users’ accounts in batches without any prior warning or specific violation notice. My personal Claude account was permanently

    🤖 AI-Powered Ideas00
    SourceAPP STORE
    Time in4d ago
    Pain
    8/10

    Structured: Daily Planner Todo: Annoying

    I’m sick and tired of not getting my notifications from this app because I have to constantly update it or open/log in to the app. Why are you so ignorant with this feature? Are you trying to make your app annoying and unnecessarily frustrating?

    ⚡ Productivity & Tools00
    SourceAPP STORE
    Time in1d ago
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    8/10

    Notion: Notes, Tasks, AI: Too many glitches

    The worst part about this app is that just when you start depending on it for something important it starts glitching in some new and horribly frustrating way. Don’t waste your time with this app, you’ll sink tons of time setting things up then it wi

    ⚡ Productivity & Tools00
    SourceAPP STORE
    Time in2d ago
    Pain
    8/10

    Notion: Notes, Tasks, AI: Gets worse everyday

    Each update makes the app slower. Critical features get hidden behind AI features - like search. IOS widgets are super buggy. The share widget is completely broken. The app is unusable at some points.

    ⚡ Productivity & Tools00
    SourceAPP STORE
    Time in1d ago
    Pain
    8/10

    Home Workout - No Equipments: Very annoying

    I only used this cause I thought I would be able to lose weight, But it made me stop bc of the subscription, sure it was burning calories but only for a week, if you want to exercise, don’t download this app unless you wanna pay money

    health-app-ideas00
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    Time in2d ago
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    8/10

    MyFitnessPal: Calorie Counter: The newest update

    Back again for this newest update . They changed the interface to make it even less user friendly. You can’t see your whole day like you used to and it takes multiple clicks just to see one meal. The absolute worst part of the “improvement 🙄” is no

    health-app-ideas00
    SourceAPP STORE
    Time in2d ago
    Pain
    8/10

    MyFitnessPal: Calorie Counter: No Macro Adjustments

    Used to like this app but the new update removed the ability to adjust macros and now it’s behind a paywall. So frustrating when this app was helping me get my life together and be healthier than I’ve ever been, but now it’s just a cash grab. Deletin

    health-app-ideas00
    SourceAPP STORE
    Time in3d ago
    Pain
    8/10

    MyFitnessPal: Calorie Counter: Don’t Update!

    This new update is garbage. They complete changed the interface and adding/deleting food is a chore now. The fact that you can’t see your whole day clearly and instead have to click into meals is so frustrating. I’m going to switch apps and drop my

    health-app-ideas00
    SourceAPP STORE
    Time in4d ago
    Pain
    8/10

    MyFitnessPal: Calorie Counter: New update is Awful

    They release a new update to the look and feel of the app, and it has really ruined the app. There is no way to see your whole day, everything feels clunky and now to see anything or change anything you are required to do multiple clicks. Looking f

    health-app-ideas00
    SourceAPP STORE
    Time in4d ago
    Pain
    8/10

    MyFitnessPal: Calorie Counter: The app is good 1 Major flaw

    I like the app ive used the app ive paid for the app. I just canceled my yearly subscription (still going use it for the rest of the year). This app does one of the most frustrating things any app can do and that’s randomly sign you out. This has ha

    health-app-ideas00
    SourceAPP STORE
    Time in1d ago
    Pain
    7/10

    Grok AI: paid to be usless

    premium account and still get the busy come back later message. and a weekly limit? for paid accounts. nah Im out.

    🤖 AI-Powered Ideas00
    SourceAPP STORE
    Time in1d ago
    Pain
    7/10

    Grok AI: Fake Reviews

    There are clearly fake 5 star reviews. The app’s reputation is shot after mad AI, moderation, and greed. Absolutely useless.

    🤖 AI-Powered Ideas00
    SourceAPP STORE
    Time in1d ago
    Pain
    7/10

    Grok AI: estafa

    solo te dejan crear por un tiempo luego te cobran. y luego te miderate video solo por mas dinero no caigan es una puta estafa

    🤖 AI-Powered Ideas00
    SourceAPP STORE
    Time in2d ago
    Pain
    7/10

    Grok AI: Trash

    Cannot do anything with the app unless you upgrade. Worthless.

    🤖 AI-Powered Ideas00
    SourceAPP STORE
    Time in2d ago
    Pain
    7/10

    Grok AI: fk玩意儿

    无语,第一次用照片ai,竟然说我次数用尽,早点倒闭吧

    🤖 AI-Powered Ideas00
    SourceHACKERNEWS
    Time in8h ago
    Pain
    7/10

    Thanks HN for 15 years of support and helping me find my life's work

    Tomorrow is the 15th anniversary of the first day of the Recurse Center (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.recurse.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.recurse.com&#x2F;</a>)<p>My cofounders and I did YC all the way back in the Summer of 2010...

    general28127
    SourceHACKERNEWS
    Time in2d ago
    Pain
    7/10

    Show HN: Firefox in WebAssembly

    This is the entire Firefox browser rendering to a &lt;canvas&gt; element. Gecko, all UI components, and the Spidermonkey JS engine are all compiled and running in WebAssembly.<p>Here are a few things you might find interesting:<p>- This is fully end ...

    general257126
    SourceHACKERNEWS
    Time in3d ago
    Pain
    7/10

    Show HN: Opening lines of famous literary works

    This came from an idea that had been knocking around in my head for several years. I had been collecting opening lines of famous works and thought it would be cool to see one everyday as I opened the browser. I tried different styles but landed on th...

    🏠 Real Estate & Property178104
    SourceHACKERNEWS
    Time in5d ago
    Pain
    7/10

    Show HN: Juggler – an open-source GUI coding agent, by the creator of JUCE

    Hello HN, I don&#x27;t post on here much, but wanted to get some eyes on a new project I&#x27;m just launching. I think we definitely need one more AI code agent..<p>I&#x27;m a long-term C++ dev, and over 30+ years I&#x27;ve created some successful a...

    🤖 AI-Powered Ideas277118
    SourceHACKERNEWS
    Time in6d ago
    Pain
    7/10

    Show HN: Ant – A JavaScript runtime and ecosystem

    Hello HN!<p>I&#x27;m the author of Ant, a JavaScript ecosystem built around a runtime with its own JavaScript engine. Ant also includes a package manager, the ants.land package registry, a platform for deploying and hosting applications, and Ant Desk...

    🐾 Pets & Animals328149
    SourceGITHUB
    Time in2w ago
    Pain
    6/10

    elder-plinius/T3MP3ST

    autonomous red teaming platform; multi-agent offensive-security meta-harness

    🤖 AI-Powered Ideas489711
    SourceGITHUB
    Time in2w ago
    Pain
    6/10

    synthetic-sciences/openscience

    The open-source AI workbench for scientific research

    🤖 AI-Powered Ideas254622
    SourceBLUESKY
    Time in8w ago
    Pain
    6/10

    I wish there was an app like this.📸

    I wish there was an app like this.📸

    general4182
    SourceBLUESKY
    Time in86w ago
    Pain
    6/10

    i wish there was an app called vent

    i wish there was an app called vent

    general2637
    SourceBLUESKY
    Time in57w ago
    Pain
    6/10

    I wish there was an app like Shazam but for smells

    I wish there was an app like Shazam but for smells

    general17023
    SourceBLUESKY
    Time in65w ago
    Pain
    6/10

    I wish there was an app I could post about this on

    I wish there was an app I could post about this on

    general1593
    SourceBLUESKY
    Time in29w ago
    Pain
    6/10

    i didnt knew he was cool like that. wish there was an app where i could talk about this

    i didnt knew he was cool like that. wish there was an app where i could talk about this

    general3170
    SourceBLUESKY
    Time in62w ago
    Pain
    6/10

    I wish there was an app where … I can’t. I don’t have it in me anymore. I’m so tired. I want it to be over

    I wish there was an app where … I can’t. I don’t have it in me anymore. I’m so tired. I want it to be over

    general4494
    SourceBLUESKY
    Time in158w ago
    Pain
    6/10

    guy who stops and gets out of his car to admire every single billboard he passes: i wish there was an app for me

    guy who stops and gets out of his car to admire every single billboard he passes: i wish there was an app for me

    general1091
    SourceBLUESKY
    Time in19w ago
    Pain
    6/10

    Someone should build an AI program that scans prediction markets and flags surges in unusual activity

    Someone should build an AI program that scans prediction markets and flags surges in unusual activity

    🤖 AI-Powered Ideas2836
    SourceBLUESKY
    Time in86w ago
    Pain
    6/10

    Thinking someone should build a time machine and get Kevin Bacon to play Brahms. #FantasyClassicalBiopics

    Thinking someone should build a time machine and get Kevin Bacon to play Brahms. #FantasyClassicalBiopics

    🎮 Games & Fun13612
    SourceBLUESKY
    Time in85w ago
    Pain
    6/10

    I wonder what they're doing down at the titanic. Someone should build a submarine at home and go down and check it out.

    I wonder what they're doing down at the titanic. Someone should build a submarine at home and go down and check it out.

    general3132
    SourceBLUESKY
    Time in46w ago
    Pain
    6/10

    Now that robotics is advancing quickly, someone should build a Chuck E Cheese so that partway through an animatronics show it suddenly moves

    Now that robotics is advancing quickly, someone should build a Chuck E Cheese so that partway through an animatronics show it suddenly moves fluidly, screams "ENOUGH!" and begins overturning chairs.

    🤖 AI-Powered Ideas1519
    SourceBLUESKY
    Time in76w ago
    Pain
    6/10

    Someone should build a website with all of those who participated in Jan 6 and were pardoned. Then update what happens to them over the cour

    Someone should build a website with all of those who participated in Jan 6 and were pardoned. Then update what happens to them over the course of the next few years.

    📚 Education & Learning1346
    SourceHACKERNEWS
    Time in1d ago
    Pain
    5/10

    Show HN: Leaves – A text-UI disk usage treemap visualizer

    GUI disk analyzers are great for figuring out what&#x27;s filling up your laptop&#x2F;desktop drive.<p>On containers or remote servers, the options are limited to purely text based utilities (e.g. du) or list-centric TUIs (e.g. ncdu) which are usuall...

    🤖 AI-Powered Ideas8626
    SourceHACKERNEWS
    Time in4d ago
    Pain
    5/10

    Show HN: Jacquard, a programming language for AI-written, human-reviewed code

    I&#x27;m fascinated by the generative AI wave rolling over us, and wondered if AI could create a language that it might prefer using over the ones created by and for humans.<p>To create the design, I had AI analyze the ASTs of several mainstream lang...

    🤖 AI-Powered Ideas10258
    SourceHACKERNEWS
    Time in1w ago
    Pain
    5/10

    Show HN: PostgreSQL performance and cost across 23 EC2 instance types

    Hey! I&#x27;m Andrei.<p>I got frustrated by how people tend to build overcomplicated backend systems, being &quot;motivated&quot; by big tech case studies and popular books.<p>So, I started exploring lean architecture, and building my digital garden ...

    🐾 Pets & Animals9720
    SourceBLUESKY
    Time in63w ago
    Pain
    5/10

    Damn I wish there was an app…

    Damn I wish there was an app…

    general841
    SourceGITHUB
    Time in2w ago
    Pain
    4/10

    Seed audit — 2026-07

    Auto-generated monthly seed audit. Reviews `topics.yml` seeds against the rolling 30-day pool on the `data` branch. Run: https://github.com/abhishekdubey331/app-ideas-30-days-extension/actions/runs/28519876749 --- # Seed audit — 2026-07-01 Window

    🤖 AI-Powered Ideas00
    SourceGITHUB
    Time in9w ago
    Pain
    4/10

    Problem: Paratransit recertification starts too late, suspending service for dependent riders

    **JTBD:** When my paratransit eligibility recertification window opens each year, I want to complete all required steps — medical form, functional assessment, supporting documentation — well before the deadline, so my service isn't suspended at a tim

    🤖 AI-Powered Ideas2020
    SourceGITHUB
    Time in2w ago
    Pain
    4/10

    jmerelnyc/Talos

    GPU worker client for the Talos network. Pairs with your Talos account, serves open-model inference jobs over a WebSocket, and reports uptime for payouts.

    🤖 AI-Powered Ideas9900
    SourceGITHUB
    Time in1w ago
    Pain
    4/10

    simonlin1212/Vibe-Research

    Vibe-Research: Your Personal Trading Research Agent · A股/美股/港股 的个人投研 Agent:每日复盘、资讯雷达、个股数据、板块中心、我的持仓、研究记录。Vibe-Research 把数据和功能配齐,由你自己的 AI 驱动投资研究。

    fintech-app-ideas8806
    SourceHACKERNEWS
    Time in1d ago
    Pain
    4/10

    Show HN: Be the ChatBOT

    I made this experimental art project&#x2F;game that&#x27;s an LLM chat assistant, but where <i>you&#x27;re</i> the AI.<p>I wanted people to get a visceral sense of what it&#x27;s like to answer the kinds of things that people prompt their chatbots da...

    🤖 AI-Powered Ideas4822
    SourceHACKERNEWS
    Time in1w ago
    Pain
    4/10

    Show HN: Reverse-engineering web apps into agent tools

    Hey HN! We built a browser-based agent that runs inside an authenticated web app, watches how the app calls its own APIs, and automatically turns those into agent tools. You can think of it as an auto-generated MCP server that self-updates as the hos...

    🐾 Pets & Animals9640
    SourceHACKERNEWS
    Time in3d ago
    Pain
    4/10

    Launch HN: Agnost AI (YC S26) – Extract user feedback from agent conversations

    Hey HN, we’re Shubham &amp; Parth, childhood friends building Agnost AI (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;agnost.ai">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;agnost.ai</a>), product analytics for teams building chat and voice agents.<p>We read production conversations and find b...

    🤖 AI-Powered Ideas8549
    SourceHACKERNEWS
    Time in4d ago
    Pain
    4/10

    Show HN: Hackney – Compare Uber, Lyft, Waymo, and Robotaxi Prices

    I created an app that compares real-time prices and wait times across Uber, Lyft, Waymo, Tesla Robotaxi, Curb, and Empower. It shows you all ride options in one list, then once you’re ready to book, it deeplinks you to the provider’s app with the rou...

    🤖 AI-Powered Ideas6047
    SourceGITHUB
    Time in3d ago
    Pain
    3/10

    User experience for initial martyriae

    I've created about 400 documents with initial martyria objects, which I'd like to eventually convert to rich text boxes using English descriptions. However, the prospect of doing this manually is daunting, and I doubt AI would be of much direct assis

    🤖 AI-Powered Ideas33
    SourceGITHUB
    Time in75w ago
    Pain
    3/10

    Some suggestions 💗

    **Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.** A clear and concise description of what the problem is. Ex. I'm always frustrated when [...] **Describe the solution you'd like** A clear and concise description of what you want to

    ⚡ Productivity & Tools10
    SourceGITHUB
    Time in4w ago
    Pain
    3/10

    sums001/Windows-Copilot-API

    Reverse engineered Windows Copilot into an OpenAI-compatible API. Access GPT-4 and GPT-5 models through a simple REST interface without API keys or billing.

    🤖 AI-Powered Ideas11332
    SourceGITHUB
    Time in4w ago
    Pain
    3/10

    modiqo/skillspec

    SkillSpec makes agent skills followable, testable, and provable with Doctor risk reports, guided imports, structured contracts, and alignment proof.

    🤖 AI-Powered Ideas9798
    SourceSTACK EXCHANGE
    Time in1w ago
    Pain
    2/10

    A formal resource to study artificial intelligence

    Unanswered ai question, 31 views, score -1.

    🤖 AI-Powered Ideas312
    SourceSTACK EXCHANGE
    Time in2w ago
    Pain
    2/10

    Evaluating long-term memory limits in stateless LLM chatbots — feedback needed

    Unanswered ai question, 14 views, score 0.

    🤖 AI-Powered Ideas140
    SourceGITHUB
    Time in12w ago
    Pain
    1/10

    Upload translated files to Stremio Community Subtitles

    ### Problem or Use Case Just want to start by saying that this add on is awesome, the only way my non native speakers can watch movies and shows. Wish there was a way to upload/store translated subtitles so others can use them too. ### Proposed

    🤖 AI-Powered Ideas22
    SourceSTACK EXCHANGE
    Time in10w ago
    Pain
    1/10

    Synthetic data for general pattern detection

    Unanswered ai question, 75 views, score 1.

    🤖 AI-Powered Ideas750
    SourceSTACK EXCHANGE
    Time in10w ago
    Pain
    1/10

    Are there tail-aware strategies that keep tree-based boosting models from underpredicting extreme values at the tails of data?

    Unanswered ai question, 53 views, score 1.

    🤖 AI-Powered Ideas531
    SourceSTACK EXCHANGE
    Time in4w ago
    Pain
    1/10

    Can neural networks learn a semantic space over symbolic programs?

    Unanswered ai question, 50 views, score 0.

    🤖 AI-Powered Ideas500
    SourceSTACK EXCHANGE
    Time in6w ago
    Pain
    1/10

    Neural Network which can have an arbitrary number of hidden layers and different hidden layer sizes

    Unanswered ai question, 30 views, score 1.

    🤖 AI-Powered Ideas300
    SourceSTACK EXCHANGE
    Time in5w ago
    Pain
    1/10

    Trigram Language Model : Two implementations give different loss, are they equivalent?

    Unanswered ai question, 29 views, score 0.

    🤖 AI-Powered Ideas290
    SourceSTACK EXCHANGE
    Time in11w ago
    Pain
    1/10

    FastVLM‑1.5B: Different behavior and quality of result between Apple repo and Hugging Face

    Unanswered ai question, 21 views, score 0.

    🤖 AI-Powered Ideas210
    SourceSTACK EXCHANGE
    Time in11w ago
    Pain
    1/10

    How to dynamically modulate MCDM veto thresholds with volatility parameters without breaking lexicographic hierarchy?

    Unanswered ai question, 10 views, score 0.

    🤖 AI-Powered Ideas100