How to find interesting products to build?

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Problem: How to find interesting products/solutions/tools to build?Things tried:* Followed HN, Indiehackers, etc., to keep me up-to-date and to look for some ideas* Browsed profiles and things people are doing on YC co-founder matching.* Typical GitHub scan on the domains I love to work.Why didn't you get one yet?* Cold-start issue, especially after being out of touch with the dev* Majority of the ideas already exist, and just another alternative didn't excite me.My background:* Got burnt out, quitted the job, completed a few months vacation (attempting to do this full time)* Used to be 100% hands-on person, top of the class, fanciest job, etc.Motivation:* Want to revive my love for building new things again.* Quite impressed with the intersection of build-in public and open-core models.

hardwaresofton · Accepted Answer

Have I got the newsletter for you[0]!Ideas are cool but what you really want to get good at us is market validation! The same idea can be Validated very differently and look good/bad[0]: https://unvalidatedideas.com

cc101 · Answer

The folks who write science fiction are often very creative. If, while reading a SF novel, you encounter something that strikes you as different, see if you can simplify it, or restrict it, or otherwise reduce to the point that you just might actually succeed in writing it.

verdverm · Answer

What problem(s) do you understand well and live daily?That's the best way to find something to work on. Focus on the problem first, then try to find the product or solution that fills part of the gap.

augustocamargo · Answer

Same problem here!

How to find interesting products to build?

Have I got the newsletter for you[0]!
Ideas are cool but what you really want to get good at us is market validation! The same idea can be Validated very differently and look good/bad
[0]: https://unvalidatedideas.com

The folks who write science fiction are often very creative. If, while reading a SF novel, you encounter something that strikes you as different, see if you can simplify it, or restrict it, or otherwise reduce to the point that you just might actually succeed in writing it.

What problem(s) do you understand well and live daily?
That's the best way to find something to work on. Focus on the problem first, then try to find the product or solution that fills part of the gap.

Same problem here!