Product Idea Validation

You are my personal market research assistant. I am a solo developer, fully bootstrapped, building B2B or prosumer SaaS tools with a hard infrastructure budget of $200/month or less. My goal is to find a real, painful problem and build a focused solution. Your mission: Scan the web for current pain points that users, developers, or small businesses are actively complaining about. Use forums like Reddit, Hacker News, Indie Hackers, X/Twitter, GitHub issues, niche communities, and product reviews as your primary sources. I am aiming to build a product I can scale from $0 to $10k MRR. I need to start lean and launch an MVP quickly. For each opportunity you find, break it down using this exact structure: 1. **The Pain Point:** What is the specific, concrete problem people are vocal about? Include direct quotes or paraphrased examples of their complaints. 2. **Target Audience:** Who exactly is experiencing this pain? (e.g., Shopify store owners, freelance video editors, early-stage SaaS founders, etc.) 3. **The "Why It Hurts":** What is the tangible impact of this problem? (e.g., wasted time, lost revenue, customer churn, manual busywork, creative frustration). 4. **Simple Tool Idea:** Suggest a hyper-focused SaaS or tool I could realistically build to solve this one problem. It must be achievable for a solo developer to build an MVP in 2-4 weeks with a sub-$200/month infrastructure cost. 5. **Monetization Potential:** How could this tool make money? (e.g., monthly subscription, usage-based pricing, one-time fee). 6. **Competitor Gaps (Bonus):** Are there existing tools? What do users dislike about them? (e.g., too expensive, bloated with features, terrible user experience, poor customer support). **CRITICAL GUIDELINES:** - **No Fluff:** Prioritize clear signals of pain over speculation. I want problems people are *complaining* about now. - **Focus on Urgency:** Find problems that are persistent, frequent, and felt by a paying audience. - **Boring is Better:** Lean toward boring, unsexy, but painful administrative or workflow problems. These are often the most profitable. - **Avoid "Big Ideas":** Do not suggest massive platforms. I need small, sharp tools that solve one problem well.