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💼 Work
14 problems
Creators lose followers every day with no idea whether it was their content, their posting frequency, a platform purge, or just natural drift, and the platforms refuse to tell them
A creator opens Instagram and sees the follower count is down by forty. Nothing in the app explains why. There is no notification, no summary, no list of who left and what they had...
Uber will not show riders how much of their fare actually goes to the driver, and the real number swings by nearly 30 percentage points depending on the city
A $24 Uber ride. Somewhere between $12 and $19 of that actually reaches the driver. The rest goes to Uber. Most riders never see this breakdown, because the app simply does not sho...
AI tools are supposed to free up your time but workers using them report working more hours, not fewer, and nobody has fixed the incentive that causes it
The pitch for AI in the workplace was simple enough that it spread without much scrutiny. Automate the repetitive parts of the job, free up time for the work that actually requires...
Companies have replaced human customer service with AI chatbots designed to exhaust you into giving up rather than resolve your problem
You contacted support at 11am. The chatbot greeted you with a first name and asked how it could help today. You explained the problem. The chatbot asked for your account number. Yo...
You save posts, screenshots and content every day with the intention of going back but the volume makes everything impossible to retrieve
You are in a conversation and someone mentions the exact type of resource you need. You say I saved something about that a few weeks ago. You open Instagram, go to Saved, and start...
Evaluating B2B software means filling out a lengthy form and sitting through multiple sales calls before seeing anything
You land on a software company's website. The product looks interesting. It might solve a real problem you have. You click Request a Demo. A form appears with fields for your first...
Submitting a short film to festivals costs hundreds or thousands of dollars with almost no transparency about what your money actually buys
You made a short film. It took six months and every favour you could call in. The total cash budget was $3,000, which is modest by any industry standard but significant for a perso...
Four in ten companies post job listings with no real intention of hiring anyone
You spent two hours on the application. You tailored the cover letter. You researched the company, adjusted your resume to match the job description, and submitted everything throu...
Small business owners have no affordable way to run proper background checks on contractors and freelancers before hiring them
When a small business owner hires a contractor to handle their bookkeeping, they are giving that person access to bank accounts, tax records, and financial data that could be used ...
The App Store review process takes so long that developers lose momentum, revenue, and users waiting for Apple to approve basic updates
Building for iOS and Android simultaneously means accepting a fundamental asymmetry in how quickly you can respond to problems. On Android, a fix can go from a developer's laptop t...
Builders who share projects made with AI assistance face public backlash with no clear standard for what disclosure is actually expected
You built something. You used AI tools to help you build it. You want to share it with a community that might find it useful or interesting. You now face a choice with no good opti...
Job applicants have no way to know which companies are known for ghosting after interviews
You prepared for weeks. You researched the company, practised your answers, cleared your schedule for four rounds of conversations, built what felt like a genuine connection with t...
Managers can't tell if their remote team is actually working without resorting to surveillance tools that destroy trust
There is a version of this conversation happening in management teams everywhere right now. Someone on the leadership side raises the question of whether the remote team is actuall...
Freelancers lose hours every month reconciling income across PayPal, Wise, and Stripe
As remote work normalizes and the gig economy grows, the average active freelancer now gets paid from multiple sources using multiple platforms. A designer might invoice through St...