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12 problems, longest running first. The list grows every day.

ProblemThis week
GitHub users keep filing bugsGitHub, Kubernetes, Grafana, Vercel, Gemini, Terraform25d activeSeen on GitHub issues, Reddit, App Store reviews+1212 posts in the last 7 days, 12 the 7 days before (steady)
Microsoft Teams app gets 1 and 2 star reviewsMicrosoft Teams19d activeSeen on App Store reviews, Reddit+88 posts in the last 7 days, 7 the 7 days before (steady)
Error messages are cryptic and unhelpfulGitHub, vLLM, Ollama, Claude, Airbyte, PyPI16d activeSeen on GitHub issues, Stack Overflow+44 posts in the last 7 days, 4 the 7 days before (steady)
Notion app gets 1 and 2 star reviewsNotion13d activeSeen on App Store reviews+77 posts in the last 7 days, 7 the 7 days before (steady)
Everyday tools feel slow and laggyVS Code, Databricks, Microsoft Teams, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Claude11d active+2Seen on Reddit, GitHub issues, App Store reviews, Mastodon, Hacker News+77 posts in the last 7 days, 2 the 7 days before (rising)
n8n users keep asking for helpn8n, SQLite, Docker10d activeSeen on Community forums, GitHub issues+99 posts in the last 7 days, 2 the 7 days before (rising)
VS Code users keep filing bugsVS Code, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Claude, ChatGPT, Codex10d activeSeen on GitHub issues+22 posts in the last 7 days, 4 the 7 days before (fading)
Dependency conflicts break installs and buildsGitHub, npm, Model Context Protocol, Docker, PostgreSQL, Vercel9d activeSeen on GitHub issues, Stack Overflow+33 posts in the last 7 days, 4 the 7 days before (steady)
Login, SSO and OAuth flows breakGitHub Copilot, VS Code, Slack, Apache Airflow, GitHub, AWS7d activeSeen on GitHub issues, Reddit, App Store reviews+44 posts in the last 7 days, 1 the 7 days before (rising)
Llama integrations break or are missingLlama, Hugging Face, GitHub6d activeSeen on GitHub issuesUnverified+22 posts in the last 7 days, 0 the 7 days before (rising)
Tools are clunky and unintuitive to useSlack, Claude Code, Codex, VS Code, pandas5d active+1Seen on GitHub issues, Reddit, App Store reviews, Hacker News+33 posts in the last 7 days, 1 the 7 days before (rising)
Integrations between tools are brittle glue codeHugging Face, Claude, Ollama, GitHub Copilot, VS Code, ChatGPT5d activeSeen on GitHub issues+11 post in the last 7 days, 2 the 7 days before (steady)

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