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Weekly Pain Digests

Weekly Digest3 min read

Obsidian's Sync Paywall and iOS Friction Lead This Week's Builder Frustrations

Obsidian Sync costs $48/year (annual) — and the community is generating more alternative-hunting posts than anything else this month. Two build opportunities hiding in plain sight.

May 10, 20262 ideas linked

Build Guides

Build Guide7 min read

How to Build WinStack — A Drag-and-Drop Windows Installer in Two Weeks

Setting up a Windows PC in 2026 still means clicking Next-Next-Finish forty times. Here's exactly how to build the tool that fixes it — visual app selector, one-click PowerShell script, background auto-updater.

May 12, 20261 idea linked