About

Devache is a structured database of developer pain points — real frustrations that developers encounter with tools, frameworks, and workflows.

How to use

Browse and explore pain points across different technologies and categories.

Dashboard

Overview of the database: total pains, top categories, and recent entries.

Pains

Browse all pain points. Filter by severity, category, or technology.

Technologies

See which tools and frameworks have the most reported pain points.

Full-text search across all pain point titles and descriptions.

How it works

Pain points are automatically collected and structured through a 4-step pipeline.

1.Query

Targeted questions are run against Perplexity Sonar to collect real developer discussions from across the web.

2.Analyze

Claude AI extracts structured pain points — title, description, severity, category, and related technologies.

3.Deduplicate

Semantic deduplication merges near-identical pain points, consolidating evidence rather than creating noise.

4.Explore

Browse, filter, and search the database to discover what developers are actually struggling with.

Data fields

Each pain point is structured with the following fields.

Severity

Critical9–10Blocks core workflows. No good workaround.

High7–8Frequently reported, significant productivity hit.

Medium5–6Noticeable friction, but workable.

Low3–4Minor annoyance, limited impact.

Trivial1–2Edge case with minimal real-world impact.

CategoryWhere the friction occurs: Tooling, Configuration, Documentation, Performance, Debugging, or Integration.

StageWhich phase of development is affected — e.g. development, deployment, testing.

WorkaroundWhether a reasonable workaround exists for the issue.

FreshnessHow current the pain is — whether it's an ongoing issue or largely resolved.

ScopeHow broadly the issue affects the ecosystem (niche vs. widespread).

UpstreamWhether the upstream maintainer is aware of or actively fixing the issue.

RecurringWhether developers hit this issue repeatedly, or just once during setup.

Buyer TypeWho is most affected — individual developers, teams, or enterprises.

MaintainerHow responsive the project maintainers are to bug reports and feedback.

Data note: All pain points are AI-generated summaries of publicly available developer discussions. Severity scores and categorizations reflect AI judgment and should be treated as directional signals, not precise measurements.