The latest articles on DEV Community by Dimitris Eleftheriou (@drdimis). https://dev.to/drdimis https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F4139113%2Fb229bb29-e0c9-4114-9536-49925996322b.png https://dev.to/drdimis en Dimitris Eleftheriou Wed, 23 Sep 2026 09:29:32 +0000 https://dev.to/drdimis/finding-plugin-gaps-roblox-v1-m2h https://dev.to/drdimis/finding-plugin-gaps-roblox-v1-m2h <h1> Finding Plugin Gaps </h1> <p>I've been experimenting with a way to find small software opportunities using real developer requests instead of brainstorming ideas.</p> <p>For the first experiment, I looked at the <strong>Roblox plugin ecosystem</strong>.</p> <p>I analyzed <strong>999 developer requests</strong>, grouped them into <strong>66 related problems</strong>, checked <strong>399 API and capability pages</strong>, and reviewed <strong>157 existing plugins</strong> in targeted searches.</p> <p>The interesting part was that demand alone wasn't enough.</p> <p>Some ideas that initially looked strong turned out to already have good solutions. Others had recently been addressed by Roblox itself.</p> <p>So I built <strong>PluginGap</strong> to make the research easier to explore and highlight ideas that still seem worth investigating.</p> <p>👉 <a href="https://www.plugingap.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Explore PluginGap</a></p> <p>I'm curious whether this kind of research would be useful when deciding what to build next.</p> <p><strong>What other signals would you want to see before deciding an idea is worth building?</strong></p> <p><em>AI assistance was used to help organize and edit this post.</em></p> webdev programming python machinelearning