I think most indie hackers are solving the wrong problem

I’ve been noticing a pattern.

A lot of indie hackers spend months trying to:

find the “perfect idea”
validate it
build something unique

But when I look at people actually making money, it often seems much simpler:

they solve a very obvious problem
for a very specific group
in a very straightforward way

Nothing groundbreaking.

It makes me wonder if the real challenge isn’t:

“finding a good idea”

but:

“committing to a boring, obvious one and actually executing”

Curious how others see this.

Have you found that your best ideas were:
original

or just obvious problems you finally acted on?