A tiny internal tool saved me 1 hour every day. So we turned it into a product.
I was rewriting the same things daily.
Client replies.
Follow-ups.
Project updates.
Proposals.
It didn’t feel like work.
But it quietly took about an hour of my day.
So I built a small internal tool.
Nothing fancy.
- saved common replies
- used shortcuts to paste them
- kept a copy history so text never got lost
That alone gave me an hour back every day.
At first, it was just for me.
Then my team started using it.
Then freelancers we worked with asked for it.
They all said the same thing:
“I type the same things every day.”
That’s when it clicked.
This wasn’t a feature.
It was a daily pain.
So we cleaned it up.
Removed everything extra.
And turned it into a simple product.
We now call it "Slashit App"
Here is the website: https://www.slashit.app/
No dashboards.
No noise.
Just faster writing and less typing.
The takeaway for me:
If a small tool saves you time every day,
it probably saves time for others too.
That’s usually where good products start.
Thanks for this! I love how small internal tools can turn into real products when they solve an everyday pain point.
I’ve noticed the same when building my own SaaS — the biggest value often comes from streamlining recurring tasks rather than adding flashy features.
What was the hardest part in deciding which features to keep vs remove once you turned it into a product?
Inspiring, How a personal problem solution became a true product for the market.
Great reminder that if something improve daily work, it’s probably valuable to many others too 👏
Exactly man.