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RedditProblem #60

Friction: 7/10

Manual supplier price verification consumes excessive time for media designers

The Problem

I have to spend an inordinate amount of time verifying supplier prices, which is taking away from my creative time and increasing my stress levels

Audience:Videographers

Proposed Tool:

A web application that aggregates and cross-verifies supplier pricing data in real-time by scraping or integrating with supplier APIs, then flags discrepancies or updates for media designers.

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QuoraProblem #18

Friction: 7/10

Automated extraction and organization of email attachments from Outlook

The Problem

Users waste time manually downloading and organizing attachments from incoming Outlook emails into designated cloud folders or local directories.

Audience:Knowledge workers (e.g., project managers, designers, or administrative roles) who rely on email attachments for collaboration or record-keeping.

Proposed Tool:

A web application that monitors a user’s Outlook inbox in real time, automatically extracts attachments matching predefined rules (e.g., sender domain, keywords in subject, file type), and organizes them into cloud folders or local directories based on configurable routing logic.

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GitHubProblem #11

Friction: 7/10

Automation of STAT table conversion for font design workflows

The Problem

I wish there was a tool that automates the tedious task of converting stat dump files from .ttf/otf to .stylespace & stub .designspace formats

Audience:Font designers and typographers

Proposed Tool:

A command-line utility that ingests .ttf or .otf files and outputs corresponding .stylespace and stub .designspace files based on STAT table data.

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Industry ForumProblem #2

Friction: 8/10

Difficulty Finding Appropriate Image Editing Software

The Problem

The user spends a lot of time searching for and manually searching for the right image editing software, only to find the same old options and struggle to find what they need.

Audience:Graphic designers or media creators

Proposed Tool:

A web application that aggregates image editing software listings, lets users filter by features, platform, pricing model, and compare side by side.

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