TECHValidatedⓘEvidence tiers: Early signal = 1 uncorroborated request — treat as radar, not a validated opportunity · Corroborated = 2-3 requests · Validated = 4+ requests from 2+ different people. Every count appears exactly once, in the fact bar below — each traces to a real source post.
"I didn't want to rent access to my own checkboxes, so I built The Forge Habit Tracker"
— a builder, verbatim · sign in free to trace the source ↗
What they tried & dropped
Extracted word-for-word from the evidence posts below — every item is quoted verbatim from a real builder.
Structured — "if I want to add a task that isn’t time sensitive I need to add it to my inbox which is hidden and not easy to see"verbatimsign in to trace ↗
Habit Tracker (Davetech co.) — "If only this had a daily planner feature"verbatimsign in to trace ↗
Productive — "widgets are lacking. Also you can’t organize habits by time, you can only set a reminder to do the habi"verbatimsign in to trace ↗
Tasks.org — "does not have habit/history tracking"verbatimsign in to trace ↗
26 rivals shipping (fact bar)see prices → market is crowded; differentiate on the unmet requirements above, don't compete on breadth.
8 builder posts asking · 8 different people (fact bar)see posts → demand is independently reported, not one person repeating themselves.
22 new tracked posts (all types) in the last 30 days vs 14 the month beforesee the curve → demand is rising.
8 demand signals vs 26 shipping rivals → supply already outweighs demand — enter only with an edge.
0 willingness-to-pay quotes yet → no one has named a price — validate pricing before building.
last new signal 3 days ago → conversation is live now.
Signal history
102 tracked posts (8 asks · 94 product/news)first post Mar 2024▲ 22 in the last 30 days
Cumulative tracked posts (asks + products + news) by original post date · 1 earlier post before this 12-month window carried into the baseline · GapMine tracked communities — not search volume · every step traces to a real post in the evidence record (sign in to read them).
Evidence pool
10 source posts on record — each insight links back to a real one.