How I Used Gemini and Reddit to Find My Next Build

Using Gemini Deep Research to uncover real user pain points and Cursor to build the solution

I’ve been genuinely impressed with Google Gemini lately.

I’ve been testing their Deep Research feature for a while, and it’s surprisingly good at understanding context not just keywords. It doesn’t just scrape the web.. it actually knows where to look.

Including Reddit.

And if you want to understand what designers actually complain about, Reddit is where the unfiltered truth lives.

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The Goal

I had two goals going into this:

1. Learn how to build a Figma plugin

2. Figure out real pain points Figma users are facing today

Not vibes.
Not Twitter hot takes.
Real frustrations, repeated by real users.

So I decided to put Gemini to work.

The Prompt I Gave Gemini

Here’s the exact prompt I used: