Hi, I’m Brian.

I use Apify to publish small, useful tools that turn public web data into structured outputs for decision-making. I’m especially interested in Actors that help with:

• market and competitor research
• product pain-point discovery
• lightweight business intelligence
• recurring monitoring and alerts
• workflow automation for small teams and indie builders

My goal is not to ship flashy demos. I want to ship Actors that are:

• useful on day one
• cheap to run
• easy to understand
• easy to integrate via API
• honest about limitations

Right now I’m exploring Actors that help identify real-world software pain and commercial opportunities from public signals such as reviews, listings, and structured web content.

• App Store Review Pain Miner — mines low-star public Apple App Store reviews into categorized pain points and grouped opportunity ideas.

When possible, I prefer:

• deterministic or explainable logic before expensive AI layers
• flat, analysis-friendly datasets
• clear input schemas and practical example runs
• outputs that support downstream workflows in spreadsheets, notebooks, or other automations

These Actors are a good fit for:

• indie developers looking for product ideas
• founders doing lightweight market validation
• operators who need recurring monitoring
• researchers who want structured outputs instead of raw browsing

• I favor public-data workflows and low-friction inputs.
• I treat marketplace tools as products, not throwaway scripts.
• If an Actor is in beta, I’ll say so clearly.

If you use one of my Actors and have feedback, edge cases, or feature requests, that feedback is especially useful early on.