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Show HN: Backlog – a public repository of real work problems

https://www.worldsbacklog.com/
34•anticlickwise•4h ago
AI has made building fast and cheap, but finding the right problems still feels hard.

I built World’s Backlog (https://worldsbacklog.com ) to collect real problems directly from people working inside different industries.

Contributors post workflow pain, others validate it, and builders can study severity, frequency, and willingness to pay before building anything.

Would love feedback from builders and people who feel real pain at work.

Comments

jamiepond•4h ago
This is a smart idea. Looking forward to seeing it populated!
anticlickwise•4h ago
Thank you
rubyfan•1h ago
Nice idea, sort of like the inverse of Product Hunt.

1) it seems aggressively walled off by login/singup, e.g. one must signup or login just to view the details of a problem.

2) there is a variation of this in the corporate world where “innovation” consultants try to pitch corporate clients on the idea of featuring business problems to a panel of startups. There are a few problems I’ve seen with this model but the most applicable is, people most passionate about a problem set aren’t always the decision makers to procure or fund the solution.

3) have you thought about how to make this a functioning market? It seems like you need to attract builder to work on these problems and subject matter experts to document the problems more deeply than the top level titles.

chrisandchris•29m ago
For 1), use reader mode.
xnx•29m ago
Similar: "[flagged] Database full of 1000+ validated problems that can be turned into applications" (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42260998)
wingtw•28m ago
Great idea! I would n it differently, tho - many of "problem owners" might not be aware of the term backlog.
never_giveup•23m ago
Yes please, this is a great idea. I feel like the key is to promote it among non-builders.

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