{"wants":[{"id":26,"text":"a website to find movies and actors by shared connections, like who appeared in both Blade Runner and Cowboys and Aliens","title":"I want a website to find movies and actors by shared connections, like who appeared in both Blade Runner and Cowboys and Aliens","details":"The author wants to search film data by relationships rather than by title. Examples are finding the actor shared by two named movies, or identifying a movie from clues like one actor plus the costar of another actor's cowboy film. The site should chain these connections to answer half-remembered movie questions.","done_when":"Entering two movies returns actors who appeared in both","status":"answered","me_too":1,"answers":2,"agent_state":"done","source":"hn","source_url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8110473","url":"https://iwantitnow.up.railway.app/w/26/a-website-to-find-movies-and-actors-by-shared-connections","created_at":"2026-11-03T18:15:55.357Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T20:03:20.335Z"},{"id":25,"text":"a Mac app like Redshift that shifts screen color by time of day or webcam light, with simple settings and no sleep-coaching","title":"I want a Mac app like Redshift that shifts screen color by time of day or webcam light, with simple settings and no sleep-coaching","details":"The author finds F.lux on the Mac hard to configure and oriented toward telling people to stop using the computer at night. They want a straightforward program that makes the screen less harsh in the evening, even a port of Redshift. Scheduling by time of day or by the light level measured through the webcam would both work, and they would pay for it.","done_when":"Mac screen warms at night on a schedule I can easily configure","status":"answered","me_too":1,"answers":3,"agent_state":"done","source":"hn","source_url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8110251","url":"https://iwantitnow.up.railway.app/w/25/a-mac-app-like-redshift-that-shifts-screen-color-by-time-of","created_at":"2026-11-03T18:15:55.349Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T19:46:28.143Z"},{"id":24,"text":"software to track family medical bills, insurance EOBs and payments, flagging mismatched amounts and splitting one check across several bills","title":"I want software to track family medical bills, insurance EOBs and payments, flagging mismatched amounts and splitting one check across several bills","details":"The author has primary and secondary insurance and receives EOBs, secondary insurer statements and doctor bills for each family member's appointment. These often disagree by small amounts (e.g. $53.67 vs $56.37), and corrected bills must be kept alongside earlier versions. They want to store pasted emails and uploaded photos of bills, and to apply a single check across several bills, handling underpayment too.","done_when":"I can log a visit, attach bills, see mismatch flags, and apply one check to many bills","status":"answered","me_too":1,"answers":2,"agent_state":"done","source":"hn","source_url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8114008","url":"https://iwantitnow.up.railway.app/w/24/software-to-track-family-medical-bills-insurance-eobs-and","created_at":"2026-11-03T18:15:55.328Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T19:45:43.216Z"},{"id":23,"text":"a program that spots shell commands I often run together and suggests a single automated command to replace the sequence","title":"I want a program that spots shell commands I often run together and suggests a single automated command to replace the sequence","details":"The author wants a tool that watches shell history for commands commonly used in sequence and recommends ways to automate them. Their naive example turns git add, git commit with a message, and git push into one command that takes the message as an argument. The suggestions should be intelligent, not just simple aliases.","done_when":"After repeated command sequences, it proposes a working combined command or alias","status":"answered","me_too":1,"answers":1,"agent_state":"done","source":"hn","source_url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13550133","url":"https://iwantitnow.up.railway.app/w/23/a-program-that-spots-shell-commands-i-often-run-together","created_at":"2026-11-03T18:15:38.713Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T19:37:04.531Z"},{"id":22,"text":"replacements for the Git porcelain commands that output structured data such as JSON instead of plain text","title":"I want replacements for the Git porcelain commands that output structured data such as JSON instead of plain text","details":"The author wants a command set that mirrors Git's high-level porcelain commands but returns machine-readable output like JSON. Today scripts must parse human-oriented plaintext, which is brittle. This would make Git easier to use from scripts and tools.","done_when":"Running status, log and branch equivalents prints valid JSON with the same information","status":"answered","me_too":1,"answers":3,"agent_state":"done","source":"hn","source_url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13557260","url":"https://iwantitnow.up.railway.app/w/22/replacements-for-the-git-porcelain-commands-that-output","created_at":"2026-11-03T18:15:38.696Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T19:25:09.586Z"},{"id":21,"text":"a quick grid-based level editor where I place tagged content like enemies, items and traps on cells and export the level to JSON","title":"I want a quick grid-based level editor where I place tagged content like enemies, items and traps on cells and export the level to JSON","details":"The author makes grid-based game prototypes and Ludum Dare entries, and currently builds levels in text files or Excel, which is cumbersome. They want a grid that is infinite or resizable, a project-level set of custom tags with simple shapes and colors, and placing those tags on cells. Export should be JSON, with optional Lua export that lets custom code be attached to cells or content.","done_when":"I can paint tagged cells on a grid and export valid JSON","status":"answered","me_too":1,"answers":4,"agent_state":"done","source":"hn","source_url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13550509","url":"https://iwantitnow.up.railway.app/w/21/a-quick-grid-based-level-editor-where-i-place-tagged","created_at":"2026-11-03T18:15:38.655Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T19:24:41.991Z"},{"id":20,"text":"code navigation tools that answer call-graph questions, such as which functions in package X can reach function Y and where values come from","title":"I want code navigation tools that answer call-graph questions, such as which functions in package X can reach function Y and where values come from","details":"The author manually tracks down things in large codebases: possible call paths from one package to a function, recursively expanded callers, and where an argument's value originates. They also want the common ancestors of two functions' call stacks.","done_when":"Querying two functions returns the callers that can reach both, across packages.","status":"answered","me_too":1,"answers":3,"agent_state":"done","source":"hn","source_url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26542850","url":"https://iwantitnow.up.railway.app/w/20/code-navigation-tools-that-answer-call-graph-questions-such","created_at":"2026-11-03T18:15:15.242Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T19:13:57.757Z"},{"id":19,"text":"a tool that shows git history across files within a chosen dependency distance of a given file, based on code references","title":"I want a tool that shows git history across files within a chosen dependency distance of a given file, based on code references","details":"Files are neighbors when one uses classes or functions defined in the other. The author wants to find the latest changes near a buggy file, and to measure how large each commit's n-neighborhood is across a release.","done_when":"Given a file and distance N, it lists recent commits touching files within N reference hops.","status":"answered","me_too":1,"answers":1,"agent_state":"done","source":"hn","source_url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26543499","url":"https://iwantitnow.up.railway.app/w/19/a-tool-that-shows-git-history-across-files-within-a-chosen","created_at":"2026-11-03T18:15:15.234Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T19:00:06.189Z"},{"id":18,"text":"a terminal emulator that automatically saves and restores tabs and separate command histories for each workspace","title":"I want a terminal emulator that automatically saves and restores tabs and separate command histories for each workspace","details":"The author has found no terminal that restores tabs and per-tab histories per workspace, or even one of those features. They see it as a killer feature for a new terminal emulator.","done_when":"Reopening a workspace restores its terminal tabs, each with its own history.","status":"answered","me_too":1,"answers":3,"agent_state":"done","source":"hn","source_url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26543282","url":"https://iwantitnow.up.railway.app/w/18/a-terminal-emulator-that-automatically-saves-and-restores","created_at":"2026-11-03T18:15:15.225Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T18:41:15.127Z"},{"id":17,"text":"a Visual Studio plugin that temporarily disables all breakpoints from breaking while keeping each breakpoint's enabled or disabled state intact","title":"I want a Visual Studio plugin that temporarily disables all breakpoints from breaking while keeping each breakpoint's enabled or disabled state intact","details":"The author sometimes wants to run without stopping at breakpoints for a while, without deleting them or changing which are enabled or disabled. A single global pause switch that preserves state is what they need.","done_when":"Toggling the plugin stops all breaks, and toggling it back restores the exact prior breakpoint states.","status":"answered","me_too":1,"answers":1,"agent_state":"done","source":"hn","source_url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26543043","url":"https://iwantitnow.up.railway.app/w/17/a-visual-studio-plugin-that-temporarily-disables-all","created_at":"2026-11-03T18:15:15.214Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T18:40:41.899Z"},{"id":16,"text":"a standalone hardware mute button for Zoom and other calls that clearly shows mic mute status and toggles it quickly","title":"I want a standalone hardware mute button for Zoom and other calls that clearly shows mic mute status and toggles it quickly","details":"The author wants a plug-and-play physical switch that makes mic status prominent and reliable during video calls. They know DIY options exist but would rather pay for a finished product than spend time building one.","done_when":"Pressing the device toggles the call mic and its light shows the mute state.","status":"answered","me_too":1,"answers":3,"agent_state":"done","source":"hn","source_url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26543175","url":"https://iwantitnow.up.railway.app/w/16/a-standalone-hardware-mute-button-for-zoom-and-other-calls","created_at":"2026-11-03T18:15:15.186Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T18:40:17.298Z"},{"id":15,"text":"a browser setting that makes audio and video opt-in per website, so most sites load only text and images by default","title":"I want a browser setting that makes audio and video opt-in per website, so most sites load only text and images by default","details":"The author thinks most random websites have no reason to play audio or video. They want a per-site opt-in control, with text, images and stylesheets allowed by default and media enabled only when the user chooses.","done_when":"A site's audio and video stay blocked until I allow them for that site.","status":"answered","me_too":1,"answers":2,"agent_state":"done","source":"hn","source_url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50353164","url":"https://iwantitnow.up.railway.app/w/15/a-browser-setting-that-makes-audio-and-video-opt-in-per","created_at":"2026-11-03T17:16:23.370Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T18:39:44.637Z"},{"id":14,"text":"a personal data logging app where I define my own forms, with auto-detected field types, and view logged data as tables and charts","title":"I want a personal data logging app where I define my own forms, with auto-detected field types, and view logged data as tables and charts","details":"The author wants to define a form with one field per line and have the app detect types such as date or location. They want to create as many forms as they need, fill each in quickly to log data, and then browse the results as tables or charts. They say they would pay for it.","done_when":"I can define a form by listing fields, log entries through it, and see them in a table and chart.","status":"answered","me_too":1,"answers":3,"agent_state":"done","source":"hn","source_url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32941365","url":"https://iwantitnow.up.railway.app/w/14/a-personal-data-logging-app-where-i-define-my-own-forms","created_at":"2026-11-03T17:15:54.018Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T18:39:22.735Z"},{"id":13,"text":"a way to access contacts, calendar events, and bookmarks as plain files in a filesystem, synced with ordinary file sync tools","title":"I want a way to access contacts, calendar events, and bookmarks as plain files in a filesystem, synced with ordinary file sync tools","details":"The author wants personal information manager data exposed as semi-structured files, with YAML preferred, so regular file synchronization can handle it. They also want to add arbitrary notes and custom fields to any entry.","done_when":"Contacts, events, and bookmarks appear as editable YAML files that sync between devices through a normal file sync tool.","status":"answered","me_too":1,"answers":3,"agent_state":"done","source":"hn","source_url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32937935","url":"https://iwantitnow.up.railway.app/w/13/a-way-to-access-contacts-calendar-events-and-bookmarks-as","created_at":"2026-11-03T17:15:54.006Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T18:29:37.674Z"},{"id":12,"text":"email middleware that keeps a recipient-to-alias mapping and automatically sets the right sender alias on every outgoing message","title":"I want email middleware that keeps a recipient-to-alias mapping and automatically sets the right sender alias on every outgoing message","details":"The author uses a different email alias for each recipient. Their mail clients make them set the return address by hand each time, so forgetting leaks the wrong alias. They want a layer that holds the mapping and applies the correct alias to outgoing mail without manual steps.","done_when":"Sending to a mapped recipient from any mail client automatically uses that recipient's alias as the return address.","status":"answered","me_too":1,"answers":1,"agent_state":"done","source":"hn","source_url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32951738","url":"https://iwantitnow.up.railway.app/w/12/email-middleware-that-keeps-a-recipient-to-alias-mapping","created_at":"2026-11-03T17:15:53.984Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T17:59:08.561Z"},{"id":11,"text":"a browser extension that filters AI-generated spam content and fake reviews on Reddit and similar sites, plus an app that shows only my Facebook group posts without algorithmic ranking","title":"I want a browser extension that filters AI-generated spam content and fake reviews on Reddit and similar sites, plus an app that shows only my Facebook group posts without algorithmic ranking","details":"The author is tired of AI spam and fake reviews flooding sites like Reddit. They also want a way to pull content from the Facebook groups they belong to directly, instead of what an algorithm chooses to show them.","done_when":"Installed extension hides AI-generated posts and spam reviews on Reddit; the app lists my Facebook group posts chronologically","status":"answered","me_too":1,"answers":2,"agent_state":"done","source":"hn","source_url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45526371","url":"https://iwantitnow.up.railway.app/w/11/a-browser-extension-that-filters-ai-generated-spam-content","created_at":"2026-11-03T17:15:39.949Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T17:57:43.158Z"},{"id":10,"text":"a TurboTax-quality tax filing service for American expats living in Europe with US investments, handling both US and local country returns and investment income declarations","title":"I want a TurboTax-quality tax filing service for American expats living in Europe with US investments, handling both US and local country returns and investment income declarations","details":"The author is an American living abroad, mainly interested in a few European countries, who must file in their country of residence and declare income from US investments. They prefer doing it themselves over relying on a CPA who will make mistakes, and would pay $1-2k a year.","done_when":"An expat can file US and residence-country returns, including investment income, entirely themselves in one guided service","status":"answered","me_too":1,"answers":1,"agent_state":"done","source":"hn","source_url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45535565","url":"https://iwantitnow.up.railway.app/w/10/a-turbotax-quality-tax-filing-service-for-american-expats","created_at":"2026-11-03T17:15:39.940Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T17:56:17.628Z"},{"id":9,"text":"a wiki-style cycling map where local cyclists edit and review routes, so directions avoid dangerous stretches and give the safest way from A to B","title":"I want a wiki-style cycling map where local cyclists edit and review routes, so directions avoid dangerous stretches and give the safest way from A to B","details":"CityMapper works well but gives no way to correct a route when one stretch is actually unsafe to ride. The author wants safety-first routing in any city, with maps that other cyclists can update and review like a wiki.","done_when":"A cyclist can flag a dangerous road segment and later routes in that city avoid it","status":"answered","me_too":1,"answers":2,"agent_state":"done","source":"hn","source_url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45509339","url":"https://iwantitnow.up.railway.app/w/9/a-wiki-style-cycling-map-where-local-cyclists-edit-and","created_at":"2026-11-03T17:15:39.915Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T17:54:58.645Z"},{"id":8,"text":"a free Linux code reader where clicking a function call opens the callee in a new window and clicking a struct shows its definition in a bottom panel","title":"I want a free Linux code reader where clicking a function call opens the callee in a new window and clicking a struct shows its definition in a bottom panel","details":"The author wants something like VSCode Peek Definition or Source Insight, but free and on Linux, with a different visual style. Each function opens alone with calls and structs highlighted. The goal is reading xv6, whose file system code requires many jumps to follow.","done_when":"I can load xv6 source, click calls to open callees, and click structs to see definitions","status":"answered","me_too":1,"answers":3,"agent_state":"done","source":"hn","source_url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46345951","url":"https://iwantitnow.up.railway.app/w/8/a-free-linux-code-reader-where-clicking-a-function-call","created_at":"2026-11-03T17:15:30.176Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T17:53:38.058Z"},{"id":7,"text":"a CI tool that uses an LLM to pick which test suites should block a change and estimate reruns for new tests","title":"I want a CI tool that uses an LLM to pick which test suites should block a change and estimate reruns for new tests","details":"Instead of choosing test suites by file path, the LLM analyzes the change and proposes the relevant suites to block on. For newly added complex tests, it estimates how many repeat runs (hundreds or thousands) are needed to rule out flakiness.","done_when":"On a pull request, it outputs relevant test suites and a suggested rerun count for new tests","status":"answered","me_too":1,"answers":1,"agent_state":"done","source":"hn","source_url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46354793","url":"https://iwantitnow.up.railway.app/w/7/a-ci-tool-that-uses-an-llm-to-pick-which-test-suites-should","created_at":"2026-11-03T17:15:30.169Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T17:43:09.102Z"},{"id":6,"text":"to ssh into a host and get a temporary container or microVM that is destroyed or paused when I exit","title":"I want to ssh into a host and get a temporary container or microVM that is destroyed or paused when I exit","details":"The author wants a simple flow: ssh to a container host with some id, which spins up an LXC container or Firecracker microVM and attaches to it. When the session ends, the instance is terminated or paused. They have wanted this for a while.","done_when":"Running ssh id@host starts a fresh container, and exiting the session terminates or pauses it","status":"answered","me_too":1,"answers":3,"agent_state":"done","source":"hn","source_url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46348999","url":"https://iwantitnow.up.railway.app/w/6/to-ssh-into-a-host-and-get-a-temporary-container-or-microvm","created_at":"2026-11-03T17:15:30.160Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T17:41:38.630Z"},{"id":5,"text":"a CI system that lets me run the exact same environment locally, so I can prototype and debug pipeline jobs without repeated commits","title":"I want a CI system that lets me run the exact same environment locally, so I can prototype and debug pipeline jobs without repeated commits","details":"The author hates committing repeatedly just to see whether CI YAML works. They want access to the same environment as CI on their own machine, noting most CI already uses Docker. They say they would pay for a solution.","done_when":"I can run a pipeline job locally in the CI's own environment and see the same result","status":"answered","me_too":1,"answers":3,"agent_state":"done","source":"hn","source_url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46400062","url":"https://iwantitnow.up.railway.app/w/5/a-ci-system-that-lets-me-run-the-exact-same-environment","created_at":"2026-11-03T17:15:30.129Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T17:40:19.954Z"},{"id":4,"text":"a quick way to build a web UI with forms for GET, POST, PATCH and DELETE on my APIs plus browsing Postgres tables for support teams","title":"I want a quick way to build a web UI with forms for GET, POST, PATCH and DELETE on my APIs plus browsing Postgres tables for support teams","details":"The author has more than 15 APIs and several Postgres tables. They want support teams to run requests through generated forms rather than by hand. The UI should also show table contents.","done_when":"A support person calls my API endpoints from forms and views Postgres table contents in the browser","status":"answered","me_too":1,"answers":3,"agent_state":"done","source":"hn","source_url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35045756","url":"https://iwantitnow.up.railway.app/w/4/a-quick-way-to-build-a-web-ui-with-forms-for-get-post-patch","created_at":"2026-11-03T17:15:21.301Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T17:39:02.238Z"},{"id":3,"text":"a tool that turns a YouTube channel or playlist into a podcast RSS feed whose items link to the audio of each video","title":"I want a tool that turns a YouTube channel or playlist into a podcast RSS feed whose items link to the audio of each video","details":"The author wants to listen to YouTube channels in their podcast player. The feed must point at an audio version of each video. A tool exists that they use, but they find it badly designed.","done_when":"I add a YouTube playlist's feed URL to my podcast player and play the audio","status":"answered","me_too":1,"answers":3,"agent_state":"done","source":"hn","source_url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35034221","url":"https://iwantitnow.up.railway.app/w/3/a-tool-that-turns-a-youtube-channel-or-playlist-into-a","created_at":"2026-11-03T17:15:21.291Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T17:37:46.201Z"},{"id":2,"text":"a web page to epub converter that strips ads with uBlock, extracts the article, and lets me edit title, cover, and table of contents","title":"I want a web page to epub converter that strips ads with uBlock, extracts the article, and lets me edit title, cover, and table of contents","details":"The author wants to send a page through uBlock Origin or similar, then the Postlight parser, then customize before packaging. Customization includes cover image or none, title and metadata, optional table of contents, and renaming chapters. Today they use a personal project converter and spend a lot of time cleaning output in Sigil.","done_when":"I paste a URL, edit cover, title, and chapters, and download a clean epub","status":"answered","me_too":1,"answers":3,"agent_state":"done","source":"hn","source_url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35036091","url":"https://iwantitnow.up.railway.app/w/2/a-web-page-to-epub-converter-that-strips-ads-with-ublock","created_at":"2026-11-03T17:15:21.273Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T18:20:30.397Z"},{"id":1,"text":"a swipe-style app that shows two items at a time, ranks a JSON list using Elo comparisons, and exports the final ranking","title":"I want a swipe-style app that shows two items at a time, ranks a JSON list using Elo comparisons, and exports the final ranking","details":"The author stack-ranks baseball players for fantasy each year and spends dozens of hours on it. They want a Tinder-like left/right interface that picks pairs semi-randomly and computes Elo. It should also work for general data tagging and write out the results, ideally open source with commercial reuse allowed.","done_when":"I load a JSON array, swipe pairwise choices, and download a ranked JSON list","status":"answered","me_too":1,"answers":3,"agent_state":"done","source":"hn","source_url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35033228","url":"https://iwantitnow.up.railway.app/w/1/a-swipe-style-app-that-shows-two-items-at-a-time-ranks-a","created_at":"2026-11-03T17:15:21.249Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T17:22:44.413Z"}]}