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Real problems, pulled from Reddit, with proof.

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Find real customer problems on Reddit

Describe who you build for and see the subreddits worth reading.

indie devs shipping side projects

42 found
  • “I've shipped four side projects this year and every one died at zero users.”

    312r/SideProjectRecurring
  • “Every newsletter felt essential when I subscribed. Now my inbox is unusable.”

    1.4kr/productivityManual work
  • “Brands keep asking for my UGC rates and I'm making the numbers up.”

    89r/NewTubersMissing tool
Reading r/SideProject

You already have the answers.
They're in someone else's thread.

People describe their problems in public every day, for peers, not for your survey. Gripes goes and reads them.

Without Gripes

  • You guess what to build.
  • You spend hours reading Reddit.
  • You find out too late that nobody wanted it.

With Gripes

  • You see what people actually complain about.
  • You read one short list.
  • You build something people already asked for.
  • A list of real problems

    Not ideas. Real things people are annoyed about right now.

  • Proof for every one

    Each problem has a quote and a link to the post it came from.

  • Ready in minutes

    Start a search, go do something else, come back to a finished list.

Searches people are running.
One sentence is enough.

  • indie devs shipping side projects
  • developers annoyed by their tools
  • solo founders doing their own marketing
  • UGC creators pitching brands
  • self-taught programmers
  • creators editing short-form video
  • founders who need web scraping
  • people drowning in newsletters

Questions.
The ones people actually ask.

Where do the problems come from?
Real Reddit posts. Every problem links back to the post it came from, so you can read it yourself.
Do I need to know where on Reddit to look?
No. You describe your customer and Gripes finds the right places for you.
How long does a search take?
A few minutes. You can close the tab and come back when it is done.
What can I do with the list?
Keep the ones worth building, add your own notes, and download the whole thing.
What does it cost?
Ten dollars a month for 2,000 posts. You are charged for the posts a search actually reads, and your first 100 are free.

Stop guessing.
Go read what they said.

Start a search›