How to validate your startup idea in 2 minutes instead of 2 weeks

I just published an Apify actor that automatically discovers customer pain points across 7 platforms:

✅ Reddit communities
✅ Hacker News discussions  
✅ GitHub issues
✅ Stack Overflow threads
✅ Product Hunt reviews
✅ Indie Hackers forums
✅ Y Combinator discussions

The Problem:
Product managers and founders waste 10-20 hours per week manually scrolling through forums trying to find what customers actually struggle with.

The Solution:
My actor scrapes, analyzes, and ranks pain points by:

• Severity score (0-100)
• Sentiment (critical/solution-seeking/neutral)
• Category (technical/pricing/UX/support)
• Freshness (<7 days is "hot")

Real Example:
Input: ["billing", "AWS", "unexpected charges"]
Output: 491 pain points in 2 minutes
Top insight: "AWS account suspended without clear reason" (score: 80)

Use Cases:

1. Indie hackers validating SaaS ideas
2. PMs researching competitive gaps
3. Agencies generating client research reports
4. VCs conducting due diligence on markets

Pricing: Pay-per-event ($29-99 per run) — 20x cheaper than traditional research.

Try it here:https://apify.com/ornamental_oversight/pain-point-discovery

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💡 Built for the Apify $1M Challenge. Would love your feedback!