Ask HN: Requests for Software – have something you want built?

8 NewUser76312 2 7/5/2025, 3:31:25 PM

I thought it could be interesting to have a 'reverse Show HN', where instead of people showing what they've built, people can post about what they want built :)

Do you have any Requests for Software?

No hard requirements or constraints, anything from a fun hobby idea to something your $BIG_CO may desperately need.

The motivation for the idea is pretty simple: some of us like building, but may be out of ideas of interesting things to build. Hope others find the thread interesting or useful, cheers.

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aristofun · 2h ago

Please make a simple yet powerful video editing native app (macos) that doesn’t suck and doesn’t require a degree to make all the basic stuff that a youtuber needs.

Closest thing is screenflow, next (much farther away in “suck” department) - camtasia.

joey_spaztard · 8h ago

Five months ago:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42915664

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Ask HN: Requests for Software – have something you want built?

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