What’s One Tool That Saved You Hours This Year?
As Makers, we're constantly juggling product builds, user feedback, marketing, and bug fixes. Time seems to vanish in an instant. Over the past year, I’ve found that sometimes it's not a grand strategy or overhaul that makes the difference, but rather one game-changing tool that quietly handles the busywork.
For me, a standout has been Fathom, an AI-powered tool that transcribes meetings and automatically delivers highlight summaries. No more scrambling for bullets during calls, no more post-call backlog. It’s saved me hours each week. In fact, users combining tools like Fathom, ChatGPT, Asana, and Zapier have reported reclaiming 20+ hours per week by streamlining writing, research, and task automation.
I’m curious to hear from this community:
What’s one tool or product that genuinely saved you hours this year?
Was it a lightweight extension, a full-fledged platform, or somewhere in between?
Do you think time-saving tools deserve more spotlight than MVP launches or shiny new releases?
If enough people share, we’ll have a curated list of underrated productivity wins for fellow Makers to explore!
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I think with vibe coding it's often overlooked the positive impact AI has had to those with programming experience. Trying to learn and implement new features just released into tool kits used to take me significantly longer, reading technical documentation, finding stack over flow posts... Where as now, I find I can implement new features and fundamentally understand the plug in a lot quicker. I've had good experience with Claude.